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... political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country , the candid and the just will now admit , that both have contributed splendid talents , spotless integrity , ardent patriotism , and disinterested sacrifices ...
... political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country , the candid and the just will now admit , that both have contributed splendid talents , spotless integrity , ardent patriotism , and disinterested sacrifices ...
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... political contention , and blended into harmony the most discordant elements of public opinion . There still remains one effort of magnanimity , one sacrifice of prejudice and passion , to be made by the individu- als throughout the ...
... political contention , and blended into harmony the most discordant elements of public opinion . There still remains one effort of magnanimity , one sacrifice of prejudice and passion , to be made by the individu- als throughout the ...
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... political asso- ciation with the republics of Spanish America . I should waste the time of the senate , if I were to detain you by the formal proof of the fact , that the United States are , at this moment , in the enjoyment of an ...
... political asso- ciation with the republics of Spanish America . I should waste the time of the senate , if I were to detain you by the formal proof of the fact , that the United States are , at this moment , in the enjoyment of an ...
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... political connexion as possible . So far as we have already formed en- gagements , let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith . Here let us stop . " The proposition which I am endeavoring to illus- trate , asserts merely , that the ...
... political connexion as possible . So far as we have already formed en- gagements , let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith . Here let us stop . " The proposition which I am endeavoring to illus- trate , asserts merely , that the ...
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... breathe the upper air . However darkly nurtured in this political dungeon , to which the sign manual of the President , and our own too easy confidence have consigned us , it must see the light . It 20 MR . BERRIEN'S SPEECH }
... breathe the upper air . However darkly nurtured in this political dungeon , to which the sign manual of the President , and our own too easy confidence have consigned us , it must see the light . It 20 MR . BERRIEN'S SPEECH }
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Page 432 - 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 412 - No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the air in vain ; he likes it not His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music; it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar.
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 connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Page 410 - Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery that Shenstone ' might have envied, blooms around him. Music that might have charmed" Calypso J and her nymphs, is his.
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 225 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 105 - They have not made the appointment of the President to depend on any preexisting bodies of men, who might be tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the People of America, to be exerted in the choice of persons for the temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment.
Page 298 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 412 - Blennerhassett, found but little difficulty in changing the native character of that heart and the objects of its affection. By degrees he infuses into it the poison of his own ambition. He breathes into it the fire of his own courage ; a daring and desperate thirst for glory ; an ardor panting for great enterprises, for all the storm and bustle and hurricane of life.