A Memoir of the Life of Daniel WebsterStimpson and Clapp, 1831 - 234 Seiten |
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... evil in collecting the public revenue , which in 1816 , called loudly for a remedy . The paper of banks much under par was taken at the Treasury office , and this upon the arbitrary decision of the Secretary of the Treasury ; selecting ...
... evil in collecting the public revenue , which in 1816 , called loudly for a remedy . The paper of banks much under par was taken at the Treasury office , and this upon the arbitrary decision of the Secretary of the Treasury ; selecting ...
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... evil resulting from it , I should have been willing to retain it , unless considerable objection had been ex- pressed to it . If others were satisfied with it I should be . I do not consider it , however , essential to retain it , as ...
... evil resulting from it , I should have been willing to retain it , unless considerable objection had been ex- pressed to it . If others were satisfied with it I should be . I do not consider it , however , essential to retain it , as ...
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... evil . If evil do arise , we may be sure it will be a great evil ; if this power should happen to be abused , it would be most mischievous in its consequences . It is not a sufficient answer , to say that we have as yet felt no ...
... evil . If evil do arise , we may be sure it will be a great evil ; if this power should happen to be abused , it would be most mischievous in its consequences . It is not a sufficient answer , to say that we have as yet felt no ...
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... evil hour , a vindictive neighbor , offended by some cause not arising in the Court of Probate , entered his complaint upon some State allega- tions to the House of Representatives , on which the House thought it a duty to frame ...
... evil hour , a vindictive neighbor , offended by some cause not arising in the Court of Probate , entered his complaint upon some State allega- tions to the House of Representatives , on which the House thought it a duty to frame ...
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... evil . I may perhaps overrate the importance of this occasion to the public welfare ; but I confess it does appear to me that if this body give its sanction to some of the princi- ples which have been advanced on this occasion , then ...
... evil . I may perhaps overrate the importance of this occasion to the public welfare ; but I confess it does appear to me that if this body give its sanction to some of the princi- ples which have been advanced on this occasion , then ...
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Seite 80 - 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.
Seite 162 - 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.
Seite 160 - I profess, sir, in my career, hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Union.
Seite 151 - Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit for a certain period the sales of the public lands...
Seite 79 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech further than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction.
Seite 160 - Mr. President, I have thus stated the reasons of my dissent to the doctrines which have been advanced and maintained. I am conscious of having detained you and the Senate much too long. I was drawn into the debate with no previous deliberation, such as is suited to the discussion 197 of so grave and important a subject.
Seite 127 - Hall, as far as I now remember, was that this was originally matter of doubtful construction. The gentleman himself, I suppose, thinks there is no doubt about it, and that the laws are plainly against the Constitution. Mr. Madison's letters already referred to contain, in my judgment, by far the most able exposition extant of this part of the Constitution. He has satisfied me, so far as the practice of the government had left it an open question. With a great majority of the Representatives of Massachusetts,...
Seite 36 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.
Seite 156 - I understand him to maintain an authority, on the part of the States, thus to interfere, for the purpose of correcting the exercise of power by the general government, of checking it and of compelling it to conform to their opinion of the extent of its powers. I understand him to maintain that the ultimate...
Seite 159 - But while the people choose to maintain it as it is, while they are satisfied with it and refuse to change it, who has given or who can give to the State legislatures a right to alter it, either by interference, construction, or otherwise ? Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do anything for themselves.