History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Administration of President Johnson, Volumen3Johnson, Fry, 1866 |
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... hand , and quite as severely criticised on the other . The impartial reader must judge for himself of its merits ; it will repay a careful examination . Mr. Tucker says of it ; " On the style , it may be remarked , that though it is ...
... hand , and quite as severely criticised on the other . The impartial reader must judge for himself of its merits ; it will repay a careful examination . Mr. Tucker says of it ; " On the style , it may be remarked , that though it is ...
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... hands of the majority . I would gladly have left to time and accident , to raise them to their just share . But their total exclusion calls for prompter corrections . I shall correct the pro- cedure ; but that done , return with joy to ...
... hands of the majority . I would gladly have left to time and accident , to raise them to their just share . But their total exclusion calls for prompter corrections . I shall correct the pro- cedure ; but that done , return with joy to ...
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... hand . Experience has developed that irregu- larity and another - that of speaking to the message , on the motions to refer particular clauses of it to ap- propriate committees ; thereby delaying the reference ; principal relations ...
... hand . Experience has developed that irregu- larity and another - that of speaking to the message , on the motions to refer particular clauses of it to ap- propriate committees ; thereby delaying the reference ; principal relations ...
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... hand will be laid before you , that you may judge of the additions still requi- site . " With respect to the extent to which our naval preparations should be car- ried , some difference of opinion may be expected to appear ; but just ...
... hand will be laid before you , that you may judge of the additions still requi- site . " With respect to the extent to which our naval preparations should be car- ried , some difference of opinion may be expected to appear ; but just ...
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... hand a rod over the western section of the Union , had compelled the dastardly and imbecile monarch of Spain to commit an act of perfidy , by withdrawing from the peo- ple of the United States this stipulated right of deposit , before ...
... hand a rod over the western section of the Union , had compelled the dastardly and imbecile monarch of Spain to commit an act of perfidy , by withdrawing from the peo- ple of the United States this stipulated right of deposit , before ...
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Página 13 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand, undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 341 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Página 14 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies...
Página 150 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground. Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Página 127 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are, virtually, dissolved; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it .will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare, definitely, for a separation; amicably, if they can; violently if they must.
Página 342 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Página 80 - I congratulate you, fellow citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the. morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country, have long been eager to proscribe.
Página 467 - ... by the arbitration of commissioners appointed on each side, or by that of a friendly nation. And should such course be proposed by either party it shall be acceded to by the other unless deemed by it altogether incompatible with the nature of the difference or the circumstances of the case.
Página 41 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution. The Legislature, in casting behind them metaphysical subtleties, and risking themselves like faithful servants, must ratify and pay for it, and throw themselves on their country for doing for them unauthorized what we know they...
Página 467 - ... employments and shall not be molested in their persons nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force...