The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun, Том 1J.E. Beardsley, 1850 - 454 страница |
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... believe , by every member except that gentleman . I do not attribute any wilful misstatement to him , but consider it the effect of inadvertency or mistake . Indeed , the report could mean nothing but war or empty menace . I hope no ...
... believe , by every member except that gentleman . I do not attribute any wilful misstatement to him , but consider it the effect of inadvertency or mistake . Indeed , the report could mean nothing but war or empty menace . I hope no ...
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... believe was said , that the people will not pay taxes , be- cause the rights violated are not worth defending , or that the defence will cost more than the gain . Sir , I here enter my solemn protest against this low and " calculating ...
... believe was said , that the people will not pay taxes , be- cause the rights violated are not worth defending , or that the defence will cost more than the gain . Sir , I here enter my solemn protest against this low and " calculating ...
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... believe no war would be less dangerous to internal peace or the safety of the country . But we are told of the black population of the Southern States . As far as the gentleman from Virginia speaks of his own per- sonal knowledge , I ...
... believe no war would be less dangerous to internal peace or the safety of the country . But we are told of the black population of the Southern States . As far as the gentleman from Virginia speaks of his own per- sonal knowledge , I ...
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... believe - in my opinion , the period of the greatest safety is during a war , unless , indeed , the enemy should make a lodgment in the country . It is in war that the country would be most on its guard , our militia the best prepared ...
... believe - in my opinion , the period of the greatest safety is during a war , unless , indeed , the enemy should make a lodgment in the country . It is in war that the country would be most on its guard , our militia the best prepared ...
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... believe , and that we can affect the balance of power , it will not be difficult for us to obtain such terms as our rights demand . I , Sir , will now conclude , by adverting to an argument of the gentle- man used in debate on a ...
... believe , and that we can affect the balance of power , it will not be difficult for us to obtain such terms as our rights demand . I , Sir , will now conclude , by adverting to an argument of the gentle- man used in debate on a ...
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Страница 282 - ... that 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 162 - ... 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 203 - Union ; and to call forth the force of the Union against any member of the Union failing to fulfill its duty under the articles thereof.
Страница 249 - Resolved, That the people of the several States composing these United States are united as parties to a constitutional compact, to which the people of each State acceded as a separate...
Страница 454 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.
Страница 163 - 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 428 - Union, Union, the glorious Union!" can no more prevent disunion than the cry of "Health, health, glorious health!
Страница 203 - All laws of the particular States contrary to the Constitution or laws of the United States to be utterly void; and the better to prevent such laws being passed, the Governor or President...
Страница 426 - The cords which bound these States together in one common Union are far too numerous and powerful for that. Disunion must be the work of time. It is only through a long process, and successively, that the cords can be snapped, until the whole fabric falls asunder. Already the agitation of the slavery question has snapped some of the most important, and has greatly weakened all the others, as I shall proceed to show.