Speeches delivered on various public occasionsLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... civil crisis . I verily believe it is true , that , of all that are left to us from the Revolution , nine tenths are with us in the existing contest . If there be living a Revolution- ary officer , or soldier , who has joined in the ...
... civil crisis . I verily believe it is true , that , of all that are left to us from the Revolution , nine tenths are with us in the existing contest . If there be living a Revolution- ary officer , or soldier , who has joined in the ...
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... civil liberty , and calling upon all men of honest purpose , disinterested patriotism , and unbiased intelligence , to put forth their utmost constitutional efforts in order to effect a change . General Andrew Jackson was elected ...
... civil liberty , and calling upon all men of honest purpose , disinterested patriotism , and unbiased intelligence , to put forth their utmost constitutional efforts in order to effect a change . General Andrew Jackson was elected ...
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... civil trusts ; and we believe him a veteran soldier , whose honor and bravery cannot be ques- tioned . We give him our unhesitating confidence ; and in that confidence we shall support him , and the distinguished citizen of Virginia who ...
... civil trusts ; and we believe him a veteran soldier , whose honor and bravery cannot be ques- tioned . We give him our unhesitating confidence ; and in that confidence we shall support him , and the distinguished citizen of Virginia who ...
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... civil liberty , and its habits of political disquisition . I know that the landholders of Virginia are competent , from their education and their leisure , to discuss political questions in their elements , and to look at government in ...
... civil liberty , and its habits of political disquisition . I know that the landholders of Virginia are competent , from their education and their leisure , to discuss political questions in their elements , and to look at government in ...
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... civil revolution , as is now in progress , and , I trust , is near its completion ? I present this case as the greatest and strongest of all proofs that executive power in this country has increased , and is be- come dangerous to ...
... civil revolution , as is now in progress , and , I trust , is near its completion ? I present this case as the greatest and strongest of all proofs that executive power in this country has increased , and is be- come dangerous to ...
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