A Eulogy Upon the Life and Character of the Late Hon. Robert Y. Hayne: Delivered on the 13th February, 1840, at the Circular Church, by Appointment of the Citizens of CharlestonW. Riley, 1840 - 63 страница |
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... liberties , by the illustrious example it will hold up for their admiration . And if the inti- mate and confidential relations which have subsisted between us , without a momentary breach , for nearly twenty years , during which we were ...
... liberties , by the illustrious example it will hold up for their admiration . And if the inti- mate and confidential relations which have subsisted between us , without a momentary breach , for nearly twenty years , during which we were ...
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... liberties , or arrest its desolating progress by interposing the sacred shield of her sovereign power - a power " in- estimable to us and formidable to tyrants only . " - Having reached this eventful crisis in the political history of ...
... liberties , or arrest its desolating progress by interposing the sacred shield of her sovereign power - a power " in- estimable to us and formidable to tyrants only . " - Having reached this eventful crisis in the political history of ...
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... liberties . The colonial restrictions and unconstitutional taxes impo- sed upon our common ancestors by Great Britain , were " trifles light as air , " in comparison with those imposed upon us , under the perverted forms of a free ...
... liberties . The colonial restrictions and unconstitutional taxes impo- sed upon our common ancestors by Great Britain , were " trifles light as air , " in comparison with those imposed upon us , under the perverted forms of a free ...
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... liberties of its citizens against an unauthorized Act of Congress , without incurring the guilt of treason , in the persons of her functionaries . To this it was rejoined , that the idea of a State committing treason , against its ...
... liberties of its citizens against an unauthorized Act of Congress , without incurring the guilt of treason , in the persons of her functionaries . To this it was rejoined , that the idea of a State committing treason , against its ...
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... liberties appertaining to them . " Those of Kentucky declare , " that the several States who formed that instrument , ( the federal com- pact , ) being sovereign and independent , have the un- questionable right to judge of its ...
... liberties appertaining to them . " Those of Kentucky declare , " that the several States who formed that instrument , ( the federal com- pact , ) being sovereign and independent , have the un- questionable right to judge of its ...
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13th inst admiration adopted Aldermen appointed authority Brigadier BRISBANE burthens chairman character and services Circular Church City Council City Square civic civil and military Clerk of Council committee of twenty-five common compact confederacy confidence Congress constitution convened deceased defence delivery distinguished duties eloquence erection Eulo Eulogy exhibit federal following resolutions foreign formed GEORGE M'DUFFIE gium H. L. PINCKNEY HAYNE HENRY DEAS hereby honor illustrious Kentucky resolutions lamented fellow citizen LANCE lature Legislature liberties March 26 Marshals Mayor meeting Meeting-street melancholy memory ment midst military procession monument neral never noble occasion Officers opinion oppressive party patriotism political President principles Proclamation protecting system prudence public services Rail Road Company relation requested Resolved respect ROBERT ROBERT Y sacred select an Orator Senate Society solemn soon South Bay Battery South Carolina sovereign spirit talents tariff Tariff of 1832 thee Thursday tion Union United Ward WEBSTER whole wisdom zens
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Страница 44 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Страница xiv - This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there ? 5 O glorious hour! O blest abode ! I shall be near, and like my God ; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul.
Страница 46 - ... since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; that the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy...
Страница xiii - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.
Страница xiii - Thou art gone to the grave ; we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side ; But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee, And sinners may hope, since the Saviour hath died.
Страница 44 - ... short of despotism— since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers...
Страница 44 - It appears to your committee to be a plain principle, founded in common sense, illustrated by common practice, and essential to the nature of compacts, that where resort can be had to no tribunal, superior to the authority of the parties, the parties themselves must be the rightful judges in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated.
Страница 45 - ... 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 the arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Страница 48 - The speedy establishment on the ruins of the rights of the states, and the liberties of the people...
Страница 47 - If the sacred soil of Carolina should be polluted by the footsteps of an invader, or be stained with the blood of her citizens, shed in her defense, I trust in Almighty God that no son of hers, native or adopted, who has been nourished at her bosom, or been cherished by her bounty, will be found raising a parricidal arm against our common mother.