The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R. P. Bixby & Company, 1843 |
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... regard to the Speeches of Mr. Clay , no labor has been spared in seeking for them , and it is believed that few , if any , which have been reported , will be found wanting in our collection . A brief memoir has been prefixed to each ...
... regard to the Speeches of Mr. Clay , no labor has been spared in seeking for them , and it is believed that few , if any , which have been reported , will be found wanting in our collection . A brief memoir has been prefixed to each ...
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... regard it as very problematical , whether we should be able to get beyond the pale of republican simplicity . But the most cogent consideration is the belief that our efforts would not be more highly appreciated than were those of the ...
... regard it as very problematical , whether we should be able to get beyond the pale of republican simplicity . But the most cogent consideration is the belief that our efforts would not be more highly appreciated than were those of the ...
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... regard to means and employment , were spending their evenings in recreations suited to their juvenile dispositions , he was eagerly conning over his own self - directed and unaided lessons of learning . Most assiduously did he devote ...
... regard to means and employment , were spending their evenings in recreations suited to their juvenile dispositions , he was eagerly conning over his own self - directed and unaided lessons of learning . Most assiduously did he devote ...
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... regard to the province in question , that he legitimately possessed in presiding over his own . His sympathies seemed to be strongly enlisted in behalf of the king of Spain , whose prospective loss he deplored in language of deep ...
... regard to the province in question , that he legitimately possessed in presiding over his own . His sympathies seemed to be strongly enlisted in behalf of the king of Spain , whose prospective loss he deplored in language of deep ...
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... diversity of opinion prevailed in regard to the number of men it was desirable to raise . Many were in favor of fifteen thousand only a force in his estimation by far too small to meet the exigences which LIFE OF HENRY CLAY . 53.
... diversity of opinion prevailed in regard to the number of men it was desirable to raise . Many were in favor of fifteen thousand only a force in his estimation by far too small to meet the exigences which LIFE OF HENRY CLAY . 53.
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Страница 274 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Страница 274 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Страница 577 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Страница 118 - House, respectively, whether it be expedient or not to make provision for the admission of Missouri into the Union on the same footing as the original states, and for the due execution of the laws of the United States within Missouri; and if not, whether any other, and what, provision adapted to her actual condition ought to be made by law.
Страница 404 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Страница 234 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner; and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The .immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! logo.
Страница 73 - An honorable peace is attainable only by an efficient war. My plan would be to call out the ample resources of the country, give them a judicious direction. prosecute the war with the utmost vigor, strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax. We are told that England is a proud and lofty nation, which disdaining to wait for danger, meets it half way. Haughty as she is, we once triumphed over her. and, if we do not listen to...
Страница 174 - President's opinion, and by appointing his successor to effect such removal, which has been done, the President has assumed the exercise of a power over the treasury of the United States not granted to him by the constitution and laws, and dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Страница 306 - Congress power to provide for calling out the militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions ; and in no other cases.
Страница 432 - Our institutions now make us free ; but how long shall we continue so if we mould our opinions on those of Europe ? Let us break these commercial and political fetters ; let us no longer watch the nod of any European politician; let us become real and true Americans, and place ourselves at the head of the American system.