Some Southern QuestionsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 318 páginas |
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... vital to our commerce . Above the cry of the dema- gogue striving for place , higher than the behest of party seeking advantage , there is a great and solemn view to be taken by this people , and that is the protection of our commerce ...
... vital to our commerce . Above the cry of the dema- gogue striving for place , higher than the behest of party seeking advantage , there is a great and solemn view to be taken by this people , and that is the protection of our commerce ...
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... vital questions of our civil life . The question is of to - day , and I will not take precious time to present the rubbish of the history of the fran- chise . A word , however , is necessary that we may in- telligently grasp the ...
... vital questions of our civil life . The question is of to - day , and I will not take precious time to present the rubbish of the history of the fran- chise . A word , however , is necessary that we may in- telligently grasp the ...
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... vital spark of Teutonic liberty . The bor- ough bell was the living resonant signal as far as its piercing clang could reach , warning fierce baron and greedy churchman and grasping king that the English- man held to his local rights ...
... vital spark of Teutonic liberty . The bor- ough bell was the living resonant signal as far as its piercing clang could reach , warning fierce baron and greedy churchman and grasping king that the English- man held to his local rights ...
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... vital principles of their governments , and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self - government and for the preservation of liberty . " Let us briefly consider the ...
... vital principles of their governments , and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self - government and for the preservation of liberty . " Let us briefly consider the ...
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... vital essence of the people's being , is the most difficult to grasp , and it can only be comprehended by a know- ledge of the life , the thoughts , the habits , and the desires of the people , acquired by an investigation alike ...
... vital essence of the people's being , is the most difficult to grasp , and it can only be comprehended by a know- ledge of the life , the thoughts , the habits , and the desires of the people , acquired by an investigation alike ...
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Página 211 - 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 254 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 211 - ... 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 4 - 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 190 - 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 39 - 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 213 - 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 183 - 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 211 - ... 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 211 - ... 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...