James Sidney Rollins, MemoirPrinted at the De Vinne Press, 1891 - 317 páginas |
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... House of Representatives at Jefferson City a bill — which was passed the 8th of February , 1839 , the first he ever drafted and the first that advanced the pledge of the Constitution one step towards fulfilment for fixing the site of ...
... House of Representatives at Jefferson City a bill — which was passed the 8th of February , 1839 , the first he ever drafted and the first that advanced the pledge of the Constitution one step towards fulfilment for fixing the site of ...
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... house ; subscriptions were pledged and doubled and raised again ; the air resounded with stirring appeals to pride of county , to glory in learning , to commercial ambition . Very eloquent ; too , they must have been - at least very ...
... house ; subscriptions were pledged and doubled and raised again ; the air resounded with stirring appeals to pride of county , to glory in learning , to commercial ambition . Very eloquent ; too , they must have been - at least very ...
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... House was Col. W. F. Switzler , who has faithfully and efficiently served the University in so many capacities , as legislator , as curator , as editor , and who of late years , as Chief of the Bureau of Statistics , clothed himself ...
... House was Col. W. F. Switzler , who has faithfully and efficiently served the University in so many capacities , as legislator , as curator , as editor , and who of late years , as Chief of the Bureau of Statistics , clothed himself ...
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... houses of the General Assem - bly . To this assault Mr. Rollins replied in a compact speech of an hour , replete with all the elements of forensic eloquence , with logic , with sarcasm , with lofty sentiments of patriotism , with ...
... houses of the General Assem - bly . To this assault Mr. Rollins replied in a compact speech of an hour , replete with all the elements of forensic eloquence , with logic , with sarcasm , with lofty sentiments of patriotism , with ...
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... House of Repre- sentatives . Here the selection of Mr. Lincoln would have been quite impossible , and not less so the election of Breckenridge ; the only possible choice among the three would have been the middle one . How successfully ...
... House of Repre- sentatives . Here the selection of Mr. Lincoln would have been quite impossible , and not less so the election of Breckenridge ; the only possible choice among the three would have been the middle one . How successfully ...
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Página 207 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 260 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Página 127 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations — northern and southern — Atlantic and western ; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Página 143 - It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,— that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...
Página 141 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution. and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired:...
Página 212 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success: that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Página 197 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Página 179 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 142 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you.
Página 194 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...