The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R. P. Bixby & Company, 1843 |
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... tion , immediately visited him , and exclaimed , Stop , stop , sire ! I alone am the author of my fortune , and desire it to be so understood : neither royal descent nor royalty has contributed any thing to its achievement , and though ...
... tion , immediately visited him , and exclaimed , Stop , stop , sire ! I alone am the author of my fortune , and desire it to be so understood : neither royal descent nor royalty has contributed any thing to its achievement , and though ...
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... tion to move the repeal of its charter . This question was brought to bear directly on the election , and as the views of Mr. Clay were known to be opposed to his , he was selected to advocate the claims of the institution . The attempt ...
... tion to move the repeal of its charter . This question was brought to bear directly on the election , and as the views of Mr. Clay were known to be opposed to his , he was selected to advocate the claims of the institution . The attempt ...
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... tion . But Mr. Clay recognizing , treated him with marked coldness and refused to receive or return the proffered civility . Mr. Burr , however , endeavored to engage him in conversation , congratulating him on his successful efforts at ...
... tion . But Mr. Clay recognizing , treated him with marked coldness and refused to receive or return the proffered civility . Mr. Burr , however , endeavored to engage him in conversation , congratulating him on his successful efforts at ...
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... tion of these and kindred works , may be learned from the phrase- ology of the resolutions which he introduced recommending them . In the report before mentioned there is the following passage . ' How far is it the policy of the ...
... tion of these and kindred works , may be learned from the phrase- ology of the resolutions which he introduced recommending them . In the report before mentioned there is the following passage . ' How far is it the policy of the ...
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... tion shall be utterly void . This act , when applied to the case in question , perhaps admits of the construction that the votes given to Mr. Haycroft , though void and ineffectual in creating any right in him to a seat in the house ...
... tion shall be utterly void . This act , when applied to the case in question , perhaps admits of the construction that the votes given to Mr. Haycroft , though void and ineffectual in creating any right in him to a seat in the house ...
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Página 274 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Página 274 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Página 577 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Página 118 - House, respectively, whether it be expedient or not to make provision for the admission of Missouri into the Union on the same footing as the original states, and for the due execution of the laws of the United States within Missouri; and if not, whether any other, and what, provision adapted to her actual condition ought to be made by law.
Página 404 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Página 234 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner; and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The .immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! logo.
Página 73 - An honorable peace is attainable only by an efficient war. My plan would be to call out the ample resources of the country, give them a judicious direction. prosecute the war with the utmost vigor, strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax. We are told that England is a proud and lofty nation, which disdaining to wait for danger, meets it half way. Haughty as she is, we once triumphed over her. and, if we do not listen to...
Página 174 - President's opinion, and by appointing his successor to effect such removal, which has been done, the President has assumed the exercise of a power over the treasury of the United States not granted to him by the constitution and laws, and dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Página 306 - Congress power to provide for calling out the militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions ; and in no other cases.
Página 432 - Our institutions now make us free ; but how long shall we continue so if we mould our opinions on those of Europe ? Let us break these commercial and political fetters ; let us no longer watch the nod of any European politician; let us become real and true Americans, and place ourselves at the head of the American system.