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Página 263 - That the platform adopted by the Democratic party at Cincinnati be affirmed, with the following explanatory resolutions : "2. That it is the duty of the Federal government, in all its departments, to protect, when necessary, the rights of persons and property in the Territories and wherever else its constitutional authority extends.
Página 35 - which damnation is denounced and for which hell-fire is prepared, so he had some virtues which have caused the memory of some men in all ages to be celebrated ; and he will be looked upon by posterity as a brave, bad man.
Página 37 - There is apparently much truth in the belief that the wonderful progress of the United States, as well as the character of the people, are the results of natural selection; for the more energetic, restless, and courageous men from all parts of Europe have
Página 35 - A great light, one of our few authentic solar luminaries, going down now amid the clouds of death, like the setting of a great, victorious, summer sun ; its course now finished. Here is a life battle nobly done. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ; blessed are the valiant that have lived in the Lord.
Página 58 - champions," and —"He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept." When Irby sat down in the discussion upon the bill referred
Página 109 - I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless.
Página 68 - Oft, where she leads, thy blood must mark thy foot-steps; Oft, where she leads, thy head must bear the storm, And thy shrunk form endure heat, cold, and hunger; But she will guide thee up to noble heights. Which he who gains seems native of the sky, While earthly things lie stretched beneath his feet, Diminished, shrunk, and valueless.
Página 9 - The object of the Society is to discover, procure, preserve and diffuse whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary and ecclesiastical history of the State of Alabama, and of the States in connection with her.
Página 37 - Looking to the distant future, I do not think it an exaggerated view to say that all other series of events—as that which resulted in the culture of mind in Greece and that which resulted
Página 147 - happy plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?