Some Southern QuestionsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 318 páginas |
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... Surely , it will take all of our strength to close rightly the only question which has kept apart the people of this mighty Republic , and which has given anxious thought to those who look towards our land for the blessed realization of ...
... Surely , it will take all of our strength to close rightly the only question which has kept apart the people of this mighty Republic , and which has given anxious thought to those who look towards our land for the blessed realization of ...
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... surely we can rise above the heat of political discussion , and show to the world complete abnegation of previously formed opinion , and allow our spirits to be touched by that charity which comes alone from Him who , amidst the ...
... surely we can rise above the heat of political discussion , and show to the world complete abnegation of previously formed opinion , and allow our spirits to be touched by that charity which comes alone from Him who , amidst the ...
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... surely attended with ultimate ruin to our system of republican government . “ In democracy , there can be no exercise of sovereignty but by the suffrages of the people which are their will . " Sir , this is fundamental , and , in this ...
... surely attended with ultimate ruin to our system of republican government . “ In democracy , there can be no exercise of sovereignty but by the suffrages of the people which are their will . " Sir , this is fundamental , and , in this ...
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... surely you drop out of the nations which exercise an abiding power upon civilization . To enable our country to consummate its destiny , this vital principle , at the risk of weariness of expres- sion , must be kept close to the hearts ...
... surely you drop out of the nations which exercise an abiding power upon civilization . To enable our country to consummate its destiny , this vital principle , at the risk of weariness of expres- sion , must be kept close to the hearts ...
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... surely propitious for such injury to our governing prin- ciple , and the example of its infraction too recent to brook denial . The growth of the sentiment that the Constitution is what the majority of the people wish it to be , the ...
... surely propitious for such injury to our governing prin- ciple , and the example of its infraction too recent to brook denial . The growth of the sentiment that the Constitution is what the majority of the people wish it to be , the ...
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Página 209 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 252 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 37 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 209 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Página 2 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Página 188 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 211 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Página 181 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, " Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth...
Página 209 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Página 209 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...