 | William Carlos Martyn - 1868 - 896 strani
...stores were collected, ammunition was heaped up, fortifications were repaired and strengthened. Orange " smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." The seizure of ecclesiastical property, the... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 strani
...linger and play on its summit. Address on Laying tht Corner-Stone of Hie Bunher Hill Monument, 1825. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.* Speech on Hamilton, March, 183i. On this question of principle,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1869 - 552 strani
...credit can not be given to the far-seeing policy of Hamilton. In the eloquent language of Webster, " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." 428. In May,... | |
 | 1901 - 510 strani
...viewing them, Webster, in a celebrated metaphor, ascribed miraculous energy: " He smote the rock of our national resources and abundant streams of revenue...touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet." Honor and praise, unstinted and perpetual on all proper occasions, and this... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie - 1870 - 286 strani
...in-imp.fHa.tfi and complete. " He smote the rock of the national resources," said Daniel Webster, " and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." All the war debts of the States were assumed by the General Government. Efficient... | |
 | 1894 - 922 strani
...a complex dual government, the subject of a wide difference of opinion among wise men, as Hamilton "smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth," Marshall breathed on the dry bones of the Federal Constitution life and vigor, rescued it from "innocuous... | |
 | 1885 - 544 strani
...magnificent praise bestowed on him by another great American statesman: " He smote the rock of our national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth; he touched the corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." It is a curious reflection that however... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1871 - 366 strani
...local. t The credit of these pians belongs to Hamilton. Daniel Webster has eloquently said of him, . . He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." that posts... | |
 | Lewis O. Thompson - 1873 - 336 strani
...of Hamilton, the credit of the country was placed upon a firm foundation. In the words of Webster, "He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." March 4. Vermont,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 strani
...linger and play on its Summit. Address on Laying the Corner-Stone of the Bunher Hill Monument, 1825. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.1 Speech on Hamilton, March 10, 1831. On this question of... | |
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He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. 
