John C. CalhounHoughton Mifflin, 1882 - 356 sidor |
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... party in power had not the candor and moral courage to acknowledge that it had stumbled into grave mistakes , but it was apparent that it could no more , for any length of time , pur- sue its old course . If the great European war ...
... party in power had not the candor and moral courage to acknowledge that it had stumbled into grave mistakes , but it was apparent that it could no more , for any length of time , pur- sue its old course . If the great European war ...
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... weight might be urged against resenting all these injuries at this time with powder and lead , and personal inter- est as well as party spirit would surely put these · reasons into the strongest light . But it was 14 JOHN C. CALHOUN .
... weight might be urged against resenting all these injuries at this time with powder and lead , and personal inter- est as well as party spirit would surely put these · reasons into the strongest light . But it was 14 JOHN C. CALHOUN .
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... party . It was principally due to his position towards this overshadowing question that Henry Clay owed his election to the speakership ; and for the same reason the Speaker awarded the sec- ond place on the Committee on Foreign Rela ...
... party . It was principally due to his position towards this overshadowing question that Henry Clay owed his election to the speakership ; and for the same reason the Speaker awarded the sec- ond place on the Committee on Foreign Rela ...
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... parties here , " After this speech the passing of the resolu- tions by the House could not be understood otherwise than as a formal announcement that war would be declared so soon as , in the opin- ion of the war party , the country ...
... parties here , " After this speech the passing of the resolu- tions by the House could not be understood otherwise than as a formal announcement that war would be declared so soon as , in the opin- ion of the war party , the country ...
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... party pushed vigor- ously on towards the bloody goal . They needed half a year more to reach it . President Mad- ison was about the last man to long for the laurels of " the conquering hero . " His whole character as well as his ...
... party pushed vigor- ously on towards the bloody goal . They needed half a year more to reach it . President Mad- ison was about the last man to long for the laurels of " the conquering hero . " His whole character as well as his ...
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Sida 294 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Sida 343 - But can this be done? Yes, easily; not by the weaker party, for it can of itself do nothing — not even protect itself — but by the stronger. The North has only to will it to accomplish it — to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory...
Sida 348 - ... commencement. I have exerted myself, during the whole period, to arrest it, with the intention of saving the Union, if it could be done; and if it could not, to save the section where it has pleased Providence to cast my lot, and which I sincerely believe has justice and the Constitution on its side. Having faithfully done my duty to the best of my ability, both to the Union and my section, throughout this agitation, I shall have the consolation, let what will come, that I am free from all responsibility.
Sida 194 - Resolved, That the intermeddling of any state or states, or their citizens, to abolish slavery in this district, or any of the territories, on the ground or under the pretext that it is immoral or sinful, or the passage of any act or measure of Congress with that view, would be a direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of all the slave-holding states.
Sida 176 - I may say with truth, that in few countries so much is left to the share of the laborer, and so little exacted from him, or where there is more kind attention paid to him in sickness or infirmities of age.
Sida 21 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States ; and on the side of the United States, a state of peace towards Great Britain.
Sida 346 - Among others, it might be effected through a reorganization of the executive department ; so that its powers, instead of being vested, as they now are, in a single officer, should be vested in two ; — to be so elected, as that the two should be constituted the special organs and representatives of the respective sections, in the executive department of the government ; and requiring each to approve all the acts of Congress before they shall become laws.
Sida 116 - When it comes to be once understood that politics is a game; that those who are engaged in it but act a part; that they make this or that profession, not from honest conviction or an intent to...
Sida 235 - Texas, we avow that we wish to see slavery abolished there, as elsewhere, and \re should rejoice if the recognition of that country by the Mexican government should be accompanied by an engagement on the part of Texas to abolish slavery eventually, and under proper conditions, throughout the Republic. But although we earnestly desire and feel it to be our duty to promote such a consummation, we shall not interfere unduly, or with an improper assumption of authority, with either party, in order to...
Sida 344 - Constitution by an amendment which will restore to the South in substance the power she possessed of protecting herself, before the equilibrium between the sections was destroyed by the action of this government.