The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848Miller, Orton, Mulligan, 1855 - 423 pages |
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... Opinions of that Chieftain in 1819 - A Prophetic Glimpse - Mr . Adams and General Jackson - The Father of the American System - Bill to regulate Duties , & c . -Mr . Clay's Speech in Behalf of the Protective Policy - His Great Speech of ...
... Opinions of that Chieftain in 1819 - A Prophetic Glimpse - Mr . Adams and General Jackson - The Father of the American System - Bill to regulate Duties , & c . -Mr . Clay's Speech in Behalf of the Protective Policy - His Great Speech of ...
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... Opinion of him - Personal Details - His Popularity , and the Secret of it - Traits of Character - Richard M. John- son's Eulogy upon him - Mr . Clay's Habits of Life - His Wife and Children - Domes- tic and Social Relations - Conclusion ...
... Opinion of him - Personal Details - His Popularity , and the Secret of it - Traits of Character - Richard M. John- son's Eulogy upon him - Mr . Clay's Habits of Life - His Wife and Children - Domes- tic and Social Relations - Conclusion ...
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... opinion of Congress was expressed , so as to be a precedent for future action . A committee , consisting of Messrs . Clay , Giles , and Baldwin , was now appointed to consider the new resolution , and on the twenty - fourth of February ...
... opinion of Congress was expressed , so as to be a precedent for future action . A committee , consisting of Messrs . Clay , Giles , and Baldwin , was now appointed to consider the new resolution , and on the twenty - fourth of February ...
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... opinion was averse from duelling , and no man could fly in the face of that public opinion , without having his reputation sacrificed ; but there were other portions again which exacted obedience to the fatal custom . The man with a ...
... opinion was averse from duelling , and no man could fly in the face of that public opinion , without having his reputation sacrificed ; but there were other portions again which exacted obedience to the fatal custom . The man with a ...
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... opinion , as implying any personal merit , but because it is a fact . I will , however , say that I think it very perilous to the utility of any public man , to make fre- quent changes of opinion , or any change , but upon grounds so ...
... opinion , as implying any personal merit , but because it is a fact . I will , however , say that I think it very perilous to the utility of any public man , to make fre- quent changes of opinion , or any change , but upon grounds so ...
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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...