The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun, Volym 1J.E. Beardsley, 1850 - 454 sidor |
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... existence must be to them as " holy ground , " - like Mecca to the followers of the Prophet , or the meadow of Grütli to the peasantry of Switzerland . It is consecrated earth that contains beneath its bosom " Ashes which make it holier ...
... existence must be to them as " holy ground , " - like Mecca to the followers of the Prophet , or the meadow of Grütli to the peasantry of Switzerland . It is consecrated earth that contains beneath its bosom " Ashes which make it holier ...
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... existence . The Constitution , then , it seems , has failed in an essential object : " to pro- vide for the common defence . " No , says the gentleman , it is competent to a defensive , but not an offensive war . It is not necessary for ...
... existence . The Constitution , then , it seems , has failed in an essential object : " to pro- vide for the common defence . " No , says the gentleman , it is competent to a defensive , but not an offensive war . It is not necessary for ...
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... existence ; no more to be fighting the battles of the world in defence of the liberties of mankind . The magic cry of French influence ' is lost . In this very hall we are not stran- gers to that sound . Here , even here , the cry of ...
... existence ; no more to be fighting the battles of the world in defence of the liberties of mankind . The magic cry of French influence ' is lost . In this very hall we are not stran- gers to that sound . Here , even here , the cry of ...
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... existence of the treaty depended on the passage of this bill , nothing scarcely could be more interesting . It would be calculated to excite strong feelings . We all know how the country was agitated when Jay's treaty was before this ...
... existence of the treaty depended on the passage of this bill , nothing scarcely could be more interesting . It would be calculated to excite strong feelings . We all know how the country was agitated when Jay's treaty was before this ...
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... existence of some other circumstance , if other there can be . The house determines this question , Is the country any longer bound by the treaty ? Has it not ceased to exist ? The nation passes in judgment on its own con- tract ; and ...
... existence of some other circumstance , if other there can be . The house determines this question , Is the country any longer bound by the treaty ? Has it not ceased to exist ? The nation passes in judgment on its own con- tract ; and ...
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abolitionism administration admitted adopted agent agitation argument assertion authority bank Bank of England bill Calhoun cause character citizens commenced compact concurring conflict Congress Constitution contest convention course currency dangerous declaration defence delegated duties effect equal ernment established executive exercise existence fact favor federal feelings force Force Bill foreign former friends important increase institutions interests JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN latter legislation liberty limits majority manufactures means measure ment Missouri compromise nation nature necessary never nullification object operation opinion opposed opposition party peace Pennsylvania political portion present President principle proper proposed protection provision question reference regard repeal Republican Republican party reserved powers resistance resolutions revenue secession Senate session slavery South Carolina sovereign sovereignty speech suppose tariff tariff of 1816 taxes territory tion treasury treaty uncon unconstitutional Union United Virginia vote whole Wilmot proviso
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Sida 282 - ... that in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.
Sida 162 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Sida 203 - Union ; and to call forth the force of the Union against any member of the Union failing to fulfill its duty under the articles thereof.
Sida 249 - Resolved, That the people of the several States composing these United States are united as parties to a constitutional compact, to which the people of each State acceded as a separate...
Sida 454 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.
Sida 163 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Sida 428 - Union, Union, the glorious Union!" can no more prevent disunion than the cry of "Health, health, glorious health!
Sida 203 - All laws of the particular States contrary to the Constitution or laws of the United States to be utterly void; and the better to prevent such laws being passed, the Governor or President...
Sida 426 - The cords which bound these States together in one common Union are far too numerous and powerful for that. Disunion must be the work of time. It is only through a long process, and successively, that the cords can be snapped, until the whole fabric falls asunder. Already the agitation of the slavery question has snapped some of the most important, and has greatly weakened all the others, as I shall proceed to show.
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