The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848Miller, Orton, Mulligan, 1855 - 423 pages |
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... claim of the supernumerary officers in the service of the state during the revolutionary war . Mr. Clay remembers that remarkable man , his appearance and his manner , distinctly . The impression of his eloquent powers remaining on his ...
... claim of the supernumerary officers in the service of the state during the revolutionary war . Mr. Clay remembers that remarkable man , his appearance and his manner , distinctly . The impression of his eloquent powers remaining on his ...
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... claimed a member , who had overheard the ha mark . The chairman instantly took the hint , and nodd lawyer in token of his readiness to hear what With every indication of extreme embarrassment , his confusion , began by saying ...
... claimed a member , who had overheard the ha mark . The chairman instantly took the hint , and nodd lawyer in token of his readiness to hear what With every indication of extreme embarrassment , his confusion , began by saying ...
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... , with a grace and good humor , which won him new applause from the spectators . All great emotions claim respect ; and in this instance so far did the HIS SUCCESS AS A LAWYER . 19 sympathies of the 18 LIFE OF HENRY CLAY .
... , with a grace and good humor , which won him new applause from the spectators . All great emotions claim respect ; and in this instance so far did the HIS SUCCESS AS A LAWYER . 19 sympathies of the 18 LIFE OF HENRY CLAY .
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... claim could only be supported by a total rejection of the votes given by Mr. Haycraft , as void to all intents whatever . Mr. Clay contended that those votes , though void and ineffectual in creating any right in Mr. Haycraft to a seat ...
... claim could only be supported by a total rejection of the votes given by Mr. Haycraft , as void to all intents whatever . Mr. Clay contended that those votes , though void and ineffectual in creating any right in Mr. Haycraft to a seat ...
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... claim had been admitted by necessary implication or express stipulation , the rights of our sea- men would have been abandoned ! It is with utter astonishment that I hear it has been contended in this country , that because our right of ...
... claim had been admitted by necessary implication or express stipulation , the rights of our sea- men would have been abandoned ! It is with utter astonishment that I hear it has been contended in this country , that because our right of ...
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Page 413 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die...
Page 47 - When the gentleman to whom I have been compelled to allude shall have mingled his dust with that of his abused ancestors; when he shall have been consigned to oblivion, or, if he lives at all, shall live only in the treasonable annals of a certain junto, the name of Jefferson will be hailed with gratitude, his memory honored and cherished as the second founder of the liberties of the people...
Page 27 - Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury be directed to prepare, and report to the senate, at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the power of congress, to the purposes of opening roads and making canals; together with a statement of the undertakings of that nature, which, as objects of public improvement, may require and deserve the aid of government...
Page 372 - Resolved unanimously, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of the Hon. JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him for one month, by the usual mode of wearing crape on the left arm.
Page 47 - Neither his retirement from public office, his eminent services, nor his advanced age, can exempt this patriot from the coarse assaults of party malevolence. No, sir, in 1801 he snatched from the rude hand of usurpation the violated Constitution of his country, and that is his crime. He preserved that instrument in form and substance and spirit, a precious inheritance for generations to come, and for this he can never be forgiven. How vain and impotent is party rage directed against such a man!
Page 285 - ... to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces...
Page 83 - I hope gentlemen will deliberately survey the awful isthmus on which we stand. They may bear down all opposition ; they may even vote the General* the public thanks; they may carry him triumphantly through this House. But, if they do, in my humble judgment, it will be a triumph of the principle of insubordination, a triumph of the military over the civil authority, a triumph over the powers of this House, a triumph over the Constitution of the land. And I pray most devoutly to Heaven, that it may...
Page 413 - Subject to the joint action of the Vice President of the United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the jurisdiction and control including the care and maintenance of the legislative garage.
Page 370 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 184 - Standing securely upon our conscious rectitude, and bearing aloft the shield of the constitution of our country, your puny efforts are impotent, and we defy all your power. Put the majority of 1834 in one scale, and that by which this expunging resolution is...