..."fraternal congratulations" to the new French Republic, and rejoiced that the spirit of popular rule was "prostrating thrones and erecting republics on the ruins of despotism in the Old World." Two years later Daniel Webster, as Secretary of State, sent a note to Austria, justifying the right...

...of this grand political truth, — of the sovereignty of the people and their capacity and power for self-government, which is prostrating thrones and...feel that a high and sacred duty is devolved, with increasing responsibility, upon the Democratic party of this country .... to sustain and advance among...

...platform moreover resolved that " in view of the condition of popular institutions in the Old World, a high and sacred duty is devolved with increased responsibility upon the Democracy of this country ". The New York Herald looked to the Pierce administration for the promotion...

...development of this grand political truth—of the sovereignty of the people and their capacity and power for self-government, which is prostrating thrones and...erecting republics on the ruins of despotism in the Old World—we feel that a high and sacred duty is devolved . . . upon the Democratic party ... to sustain...

...religious disabilities against the rights of acquiring and enjoying citizenship, in our own land)—a high and sacred duty is devolved with increased responsibility...Democratic party of this country, as the party of the Union, to uphold and maintain the rights of every State, and thereby the Union of the States; and to...

...this grand political truth, — of the sovereignty of the people and their capacity ai.d power for self-government, which is prostrating thrones and...feel that a high and sacred duty is devolved, with increasing responsibility, upon the Democratic party of this country ... to sustain and advance among...