American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansDesilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 531 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... feel oppression , and will oppose it ; but we know , for our constitution tells us , that oppression can never spring from the throne . We must , therefore , search elsewhere for its source : our infallible guide will direct us to it ...
... feel oppression , and will oppose it ; but we know , for our constitution tells us , that oppression can never spring from the throne . We must , therefore , search elsewhere for its source : our infallible guide will direct us to it ...
Pàgina 34
... feel the highest gratitude and attachment to my country ; her felicity is the most fervent prayer of my heart . Conscious of having exerted my faculties to the utmost in her be- half , if I have not succeeded in securing the esteem of ...
... feel the highest gratitude and attachment to my country ; her felicity is the most fervent prayer of my heart . Conscious of having exerted my faculties to the utmost in her be- half , if I have not succeeded in securing the esteem of ...
Pàgina 38
... feel the fatal effects of an imperfect system of union . The honorable gentleman attacks the constitution , as he thinks it contrary to our bill of rights . Do we not appeal to the people , by whose authority all government is made ...
... feel the fatal effects of an imperfect system of union . The honorable gentleman attacks the constitution , as he thinks it contrary to our bill of rights . Do we not appeal to the people , by whose authority all government is made ...
Pàgina 45
... , than this desperate alternative , is a union with our American brethren ! I feel my- self so abhorrent to any thing that will dissolve our union , that I cannot prevail with myself to assent to it directly or THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION .
... , than this desperate alternative , is a union with our American brethren ! I feel my- self so abhorrent to any thing that will dissolve our union , that I cannot prevail with myself to assent to it directly or THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION .
Pàgina 51
... feel the in- dignation of an honest historian , he would reprehend and recrim- inate our folly with equal severity and justice . Catch the present moment ; seize it with avidity and eagerness ; for it may be lost , never to be regained ...
... feel the in- dignation of an honest historian , he would reprehend and recrim- inate our folly with equal severity and justice . Catch the present moment ; seize it with avidity and eagerness ; for it may be lost , never to be regained ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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!
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Pàgina 111 - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.