American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America, Količina 1Frank Moore Appleton, 1859 |
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... enemies ; neither of which ever deserted him . In May , 1761 , he was chosen to the Legislature , in which assembly he wielded immense power . His superiority as a legislator was everywhere acknowl- edged , and in all important measures ...
... enemies ; neither of which ever deserted him . In May , 1761 , he was chosen to the Legislature , in which assembly he wielded immense power . His superiority as a legislator was everywhere acknowl- edged , and in all important measures ...
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... enemies marched in triumph through our country . Yet the peo- their pompous armaments : they stopped their career , and victoriously captured them : where is the peril now , compared to that ? pression , " but each State shall at least ...
... enemies marched in triumph through our country . Yet the peo- their pompous armaments : they stopped their career , and victoriously captured them : where is the peril now , compared to that ? pression , " but each State shall at least ...
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... enemies . It is on a supposition that your American governors shall be honest , that all the good qualities of this government are founded ; but its defective and imperfect construction , puts it in their power to perpetrate the worst ...
... enemies . It is on a supposition that your American governors shall be honest , that all the good qualities of this government are founded ; but its defective and imperfect construction , puts it in their power to perpetrate the worst ...
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... enemies on our backs . By the spect even to this State . confederation , the rights of territory are se- Switzerland consists of thirteen cantons ex- cured . No treaty can be made without the pressly confederated for national defence ...
... enemies on our backs . By the spect even to this State . confederation , the rights of territory are se- Switzerland consists of thirteen cantons ex- cured . No treaty can be made without the pressly confederated for national defence ...
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... enemies to our backs ? This weak , this poor confederation cannot secure us . We are resolved to take shelter under the shield of federal authority in America . The southern parts of America have been protected by that weakness so much ...
... enemies to our backs ? This weak , this poor confederation cannot secure us . We are resolved to take shelter under the shield of federal authority in America . The southern parts of America have been protected by that weakness so much ...
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Stran 257 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Stran 258 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from. external annoyance; when we may take such an" attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected...
Stran 255 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations, which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Stran 254 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Stran 258 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But, if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...
Stran 257 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public...
Stran 253 - I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
Stran 257 - ... revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate. Observe...
Stran 372 - That the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation ; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Stran 254 - You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together. The Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts — of common dangers, sufferings and successes.