Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts ; Speeches in CongressLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... feel strong , because they are numerous , and because they consider themselves as the im- mediate representatives of the people . They depend on pub- lic opinion to sustain their measures , and they undoubtedly pos- sess great means of ...
... feel strong , because they are numerous , and because they consider themselves as the im- mediate representatives of the people . They depend on pub- lic opinion to sustain their measures , and they undoubtedly pos- sess great means of ...
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... feel daily all the miseries which flow from despotism , from an- archy , from slavery , and from religious persecution . If any thing yet remains to heighten such a picture , let it be added , that every office in the government is not ...
... feel daily all the miseries which flow from despotism , from an- archy , from slavery , and from religious persecution . If any thing yet remains to heighten such a picture , let it be added , that every office in the government is not ...
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... feel- ing of uneasiness under the present condition of things , than from the clear perception of any benefit which the measure itself can confer ? Is not all expectation of advantage centred in a sort of vague hope , that change may ...
... feel- ing of uneasiness under the present condition of things , than from the clear perception of any benefit which the measure itself can confer ? Is not all expectation of advantage centred in a sort of vague hope , that change may ...
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... feel that Mr. Speaker should fall into the common mode of expression used elsewhere , and ask if we will give our manufacturers no protection . Sir , look to the history of our laws ; look to the present state of our laws . Consider ...
... feel that Mr. Speaker should fall into the common mode of expression used elsewhere , and ask if we will give our manufacturers no protection . Sir , look to the history of our laws ; look to the present state of our laws . Consider ...
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... feel the strongest objections . To begin with the article of iron . Our whole annual con- sumption of this article is supposed by the chairman of the com- mittee to be forty - eight or fifty thousand tons . Let us suppose the latter ...
... feel the strongest objections . To begin with the article of iron . Our whole annual con- sumption of this article is supposed by the chairman of the com- mittee to be forty - eight or fifty thousand tons . Let us suppose the latter ...
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Страница 342 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Страница 200 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Страница 319 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Страница 501 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Страница 455 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Страница 317 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts ; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history ; the world knows it by heart.
Страница 275 - I never shall be, into crimination and recrimination, the honorable member may perhaps find that, in that contest, there will be blows to take as well as blows to give; that others can state comparisons as significant, at least, as his own; and that his impunity may possibly demand of him whatever powers of taunt and sarcasm he may possess. I commend him to a prudent husbandry of his resources.
Страница 477 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.
Страница 255 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Страница 498 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.