American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansDesilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 531 pagini |
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Pagina 72
... live happily without changing our present despised government . Cannot people be as happy under a mild as under an energetic government ? Cannot content and felicity be enjoyed in a republic as well as in a mon- archy , because there ...
... live happily without changing our present despised government . Cannot people be as happy under a mild as under an energetic government ? Cannot content and felicity be enjoyed in a republic as well as in a mon- archy , because there ...
Pagina 113
... live again , collect together , and form a society , they would , howev- er loath , soon find themselves obliged to make justice , that justice under which they fell , the fundamental law of their state . They would perceive it was ...
... live again , collect together , and form a society , they would , howev- er loath , soon find themselves obliged to make justice , that justice under which they fell , the fundamental law of their state . They would perceive it was ...
Pagina 130
... live ; " perish our riches , let our freedom live . This , sir , would be the sentiment of every American , were the alternative between submission and wealth ; but here , sir , it is proposed to destroy our wealth in order to ruin our ...
... live ; " perish our riches , let our freedom live . This , sir , would be the sentiment of every American , were the alternative between submission and wealth ; but here , sir , it is proposed to destroy our wealth in order to ruin our ...
Pagina 192
... live as pensioners on the country . This argu- ment is predicated upon an extreme abuse of power , which can never fairly be urged to restrain the legitimate exercise of it : as well might it be urged , that a subsequent congress had a ...
... live as pensioners on the country . This argu- ment is predicated upon an extreme abuse of power , which can never fairly be urged to restrain the legitimate exercise of it : as well might it be urged , that a subsequent congress had a ...
Pagina 224
... live with her in perfect amity . Let us offer every assistance in our power to conquer and preserve St. Do- mingo . Let us show her , that we have done an act of mere de- fence . Let us prove our pacific disposition by declaring , that ...
... live with her in perfect amity . Let us offer every assistance in our power to conquer and preserve St. Do- mingo . Let us show her , that we have done an act of mere de- fence . Let us prove our pacific disposition by declaring , that ...
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Pagina 15 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Pagina 196 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Pagina 14 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne.
Pagina 484 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way ; but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, .and in the occasion.
Pagina 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Pagina 111 - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Pagina 51 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Pagina 484 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Pagina 297 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Pagina 26 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.