American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the Most Eminent Orators of America, Volumen1D. Appleton and Company, 1857 |
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... situation of pub- lic affairs . I conceive the republic to be in ex- treme danger . If our situation be thus uneasy , whence has arisen this fearful jeopardy ? It arises from this fatal system ; it arises from a proposal to change our ...
... situation of pub- lic affairs . I conceive the republic to be in ex- treme danger . If our situation be thus uneasy , whence has arisen this fearful jeopardy ? It arises from this fatal system ; it arises from a proposal to change our ...
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... situation are we to be ? tion for amendments ; but a destructive and mischievous feature is , that three - fourths of the State legislatures , or of the State conventions , must concur in the amendments when proposed . In such numerous ...
... situation are we to be ? tion for amendments ; but a destructive and mischievous feature is , that three - fourths of the State legislatures , or of the State conventions , must concur in the amendments when proposed . In such numerous ...
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... situation will be deplorable indeed : nor can we ever expect to get this government amended ; since I have already shown , that a very small minority may prevent it , and that small minority interested in the continuance of the ...
... situation will be deplorable indeed : nor can we ever expect to get this government amended ; since I have already shown , that a very small minority may prevent it , and that small minority interested in the continuance of the ...
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... situation of their farmers , cottagers and me- Union is to be dissolved . Who are those eight chanics , but also the relative situation and in- adopting States ? Are they averse to give us a tercourse of those nations . Virginia is as ...
... situation of their farmers , cottagers and me- Union is to be dissolved . Who are those eight chanics , but also the relative situation and in- adopting States ? Are they averse to give us a tercourse of those nations . Virginia is as ...
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... situation of the coun- try ; compare that of our citizens to what they were then , and decide whether persons and property are not as safe and secure as they were at that time . Is there a man in this com- monwealth , whose person can ...
... situation of the coun- try ; compare that of our citizens to what they were then , and decide whether persons and property are not as safe and secure as they were at that time . Is there a man in this com- monwealth , whose person can ...
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Página 258 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight,) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration.
Página 260 - 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...
Página 255 - But as it is easy to foresee that from different causes and from different quarters much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth, as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed...
Página 259 - ... great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt, that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?
Página 253 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Página 259 - ... 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...
Página 259 - ... 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...
Página 258 - It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Página 256 - The North, in an unrestrained intercourse with the South, protected by the equal laws of a...
Página 17 - THAT government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security, of the people, nation, or community: of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of...