American Orations: I. Colonialism. II. Constitutional government. III. The rise of democracy. IV. The rise of nationalityAlexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn G. P. Putnam's sons, 1896 |
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Strana 23
... friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant , the active , the brave . Besides , sir , we have no election . If we were base enough to desire it , it is now too late to ...
... friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant , the active , the brave . Besides , sir , we have no election . If we were base enough to desire it , it is now too late to ...
Strana 32
... friendship , and plough , and sow , and reap , to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood , and hunt us from the face of the earth ? If ye love wealth better than liberty , the ...
... friendship , and plough , and sow , and reap , to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood , and hunt us from the face of the earth ? If ye love wealth better than liberty , the ...
Strana 33
... friends . This is an insult on your virtue as well as your common sense . Your unanimity this day and through the course of the war is a decisive refutation of such invidious predictions . Our enemies have already had evidence that our ...
... friends . This is an insult on your virtue as well as your common sense . Your unanimity this day and through the course of the war is a decisive refutation of such invidious predictions . Our enemies have already had evidence that our ...
Strana 35
... friends and reducing our in- ternal foes to acquiescence , -these are all strong and palpable marks and assurances , that Provi- dence is yet gracious unto Zion , that it will turn away the captivity of Jacob . We have now no other ...
... friends and reducing our in- ternal foes to acquiescence , -these are all strong and palpable marks and assurances , that Provi- dence is yet gracious unto Zion , that it will turn away the captivity of Jacob . We have now no other ...
Strana 53
... , yet it is a criterion from which I by no means would depart , nor could if I would . Comparisons have been made between * For notes on Madison see Appendix , p . 350 . the friends of this constitution and those who oppose it 53.
... , yet it is a criterion from which I by no means would depart , nor could if I would . Comparisons have been made between * For notes on Madison see Appendix , p . 350 . the friends of this constitution and those who oppose it 53.
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Strana 25 - 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!
Strana 25 - Gentlemen may cry peace, 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!
Strana 271 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and 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...
Strana 244 - 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.
Strana 304 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Strana 304 - ... heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood. Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, not a single star obscured,...
Strana 341 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Strana 374 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Strana 140 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Strana 159 - Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.