American Eloquence : a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the Most Eminent Orators of America ; with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Notes, Том 2D. Appleton and Company, 1858 |
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... Constitution of the dangers to which this country is exposed . was promulgated . The convention resolved , " That the He told us that the principal danger arose from Constitution be laid before the United States , in Congress a ...
... Constitution of the dangers to which this country is exposed . was promulgated . The convention resolved , " That the He told us that the principal danger arose from Constitution be laid before the United States , in Congress a ...
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... constitution of Virginia ? If the checks in the constitution be compared to the checks in the Virginia constitution , he will find the best security in the former . The temple of liberty was complete , said he , when the people of ...
... constitution of Virginia ? If the checks in the constitution be compared to the checks in the Virginia constitution , he will find the best security in the former . The temple of liberty was complete , said he , when the people of ...
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... constitution itself , are to try . Let us try it , and keep our hands free to change it when necessary . If it be necessary to change government , let us change that gov- ernment which has been found to be defective . The difficulty we ...
... constitution itself , are to try . Let us try it , and keep our hands free to change it when necessary . If it be necessary to change government , let us change that gov- ernment which has been found to be defective . The difficulty we ...
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... constitution which exclude the courts of the States from those cases which they now possess ? Does the gentleman imagine this to be the case ? Will any gentleman believe it ? Are not controversies respecting lands , claimed under the ...
... constitution which exclude the courts of the States from those cases which they now possess ? Does the gentleman imagine this to be the case ? Will any gentleman believe it ? Are not controversies respecting lands , claimed under the ...
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... constitution . Is this done by our own constitution , or by any provision of the English government ? Is it done by their magna charta , or bill of rights ? This privilege is founded on their laws . If so , why should it be objected to ...
... constitution . Is this done by our own constitution , or by any provision of the English government ? Is it done by their magna charta , or bill of rights ? This privilege is founded on their laws . If so , why should it be objected to ...
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Страница 78 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Страница 399 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in Heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Страница 363 - We come, as Americans, to mark a spot which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished...
Страница 46 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Страница 194 - American citizens who now hold lands in the dominions of His Majesty, shall continue to hold them according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein; and may grant, sell, or devise the same to whom they please, in like manner as if they were natives ; and that neither they nor their heirs or assigns shall, so far as may respect the said lands and the legal remedies incident thereto, be regarded as aliens.
Страница 362 - We shall not stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth while the sea continues to wash it ; nor will our brethren in another early and ancient colony forget the place of its first establishment till their river shall cease to flow by it. No vigor of youth, no maturity of manhood, will lead the nation to forget the spots where its infancy was cradled and defended.
Страница 399 - Liberty first and Union afterwards;" but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable ! Mr.
Страница 364 - But the scene amidst which we stand does not permit us to confine our thoughts or our sympathies to those fearless spirits who hazarded or lost their lives on this consecrated spot. We have the happiness to rejoice here in the presence of a most worthy representation of the survivors of the whole Revolutionary Army. Veterans ! you are the remnant of many a well-fought field. You bring with you marks of honor from Trenton and Monmouth, from Yorktown, Camden, Bennington and Saratoga.
Страница 209 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Страница 399 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what, might lie hidden in the dark recess behind.