Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts ; Speeches in CongressLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... principle of popular and elective governments , all office is in the free gift of the peo- ple . They may grant or they may withhold it at pleasure ; and if it be for them , and them only , to decide whether they will grant office , it ...
... principle of popular and elective governments , all office is in the free gift of the peo- ple . They may grant or they may withhold it at pleasure ; and if it be for them , and them only , to decide whether they will grant office , it ...
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... should keep in it an expression of our respect and attachment to Christianity ; — not , indeed , to any of its peculiar forms , but to its general principles , BASIS OF THE SENATE . * I KNOW not , QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE . 7.
... should keep in it an expression of our respect and attachment to Christianity ; — not , indeed , to any of its peculiar forms , but to its general principles , BASIS OF THE SENATE . * I KNOW not , QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE . 7.
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... principle , without being influenced by any regard to its local ap- plication . I do not inquire whether the senators whom this principle brings into the government will come from the county of Suffolk , from the valley of the ...
... principle , without being influenced by any regard to its local ap- plication . I do not inquire whether the senators whom this principle brings into the government will come from the county of Suffolk , from the valley of the ...
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... principle or provision in government is experience ; and of all experience , our own , if it have been long enough to give the principle a fair trial , should be most decisive . This provision has existed for forty years , and while so ...
... principle or provision in government is experience ; and of all experience , our own , if it have been long enough to give the principle a fair trial , should be most decisive . This provision has existed for forty years , and while so ...
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... principle , I do not understand how there can be a question about it . All government is a modification of general principles and general truths , with a view to practical utility . Personal liberty , for in- stance , is a clear right ...
... principle , I do not understand how there can be a question about it . All government is a modification of general principles and general truths , with a view to practical utility . Personal liberty , for in- stance , is a clear right ...
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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.
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