Eloquence of the United States, Volume 4E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... defendant , on a motion for a new trial . MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT ; IN arising to address your Honors at so late a period of the day , and after your attention has been so much fatigued , and the cause has been so ably handled , I may ...
... defendant , on a motion for a new trial . MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT ; IN arising to address your Honors at so late a period of the day , and after your attention has been so much fatigued , and the cause has been so ably handled , I may ...
Page 272
... defendant ob- jected to the attorney general's reading passages from the prospectus of the Wasp , and from other numbers , he expressly avowed that he thus acted in order that the jury might see it to be " manifest that the intent of ...
... defendant ob- jected to the attorney general's reading passages from the prospectus of the Wasp , and from other numbers , he expressly avowed that he thus acted in order that the jury might see it to be " manifest that the intent of ...
Page 280
... defendant gone . Will any one say , that under forms of law we may commit homicide ? Will any directions from any judge excuse them ? I am free to say , I would die on the rack , were I to sit as a juror , rather than confirm such a ...
... defendant gone . Will any one say , that under forms of law we may commit homicide ? Will any directions from any judge excuse them ? I am free to say , I would die on the rack , were I to sit as a juror , rather than confirm such a ...
Page 281
... defendant to enter into the truth . In the King vs. Tutchin , lord Holt express- ly tells the jury , you are to consider whether the ten- dency of this writing be not to criminate the adminis- tration ; you , the jury , are to decide on ...
... defendant to enter into the truth . In the King vs. Tutchin , lord Holt express- ly tells the jury , you are to consider whether the ten- dency of this writing be not to criminate the adminis- tration ; you , the jury , are to decide on ...
Page 329
... defendant's counsel . But the ability of the counsel was not inferior to Fries ' counsel ; and if judge Chase had indeed a design to oppress and injure John Fries , and to convict him IN THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL CHASE . 329.
... defendant's counsel . But the ability of the counsel was not inferior to Fries ' counsel ; and if judge Chase had indeed a design to oppress and injure John Fries , and to convict him IN THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL CHASE . 329.
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Page 2 - And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 225 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 403 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 298 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 200 - Had this day been wanting, the world had never seen the last stage of perfection, to which human nature is capable of attaining.
Page 17 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Page 189 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy: Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while, or anguish, and excite Fallacious hope, or arm the obdured' breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
Page 81 - I look on the message of December, 1823, as forming a bright page in our history. I will help neither to erase it nor to tear it out ; nor shall it be by any act of mine blurred or blotted. It did honor to the sagacity of the Government, and I will not diminish that honor.
Page 414 - ... genius of another — this man, thus ruined and undone and made to play a subordinate part in this grand drama of guilt and treason, this man is to be called the principal offender, while he, by whom he was thus plunged in misery, is comparatively innocent, a mere accessory!
Page 5 - I shall be governed in the fulfilment of those duties, my first resort will be to that constitution, which I shall swear, to the best of my ability, to preserve, protect, and defend. That revered instrument enumerates the powers and prescribes the duties of the executive magistrate; and, in its first words, declares the purposes to which these, and the whole action of the government, instituted by it, should be invariably and sacredly...