Biography and Speeches of William B. Sterling with Memorial Addresses and ResolutionsW.B. Conkey Company, 1898 - 413 pages |
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... Democracy , by un- righteous force , from taking any part in the great political battle now being fought in the ... Democratic party , I , for one believe , that we of Dakota as Republicans , should manifest a lively interest in the ...
... Democracy , by un- righteous force , from taking any part in the great political battle now being fought in the ... Democratic party , I , for one believe , that we of Dakota as Republicans , should manifest a lively interest in the ...
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... Democratic friends the mortification of comparing the war record of these two parties , and will content myself with speaking only of their immediate past , present and future . For a quarter of a century prior to -47-
... Democratic friends the mortification of comparing the war record of these two parties , and will content myself with speaking only of their immediate past , present and future . For a quarter of a century prior to -47-
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... Democratic party , which desires to make the investigation , has not at all times been friendly to the existence of the Government itself ; it is true that this Democratic party which now seeks the ascendency and the power did a few ...
... Democratic party , which desires to make the investigation , has not at all times been friendly to the existence of the Government itself ; it is true that this Democratic party which now seeks the ascendency and the power did a few ...
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... Democratic administration shall come about ; that these Democratic leaders may make this investigation to the end that we , the people , may un- derstand whether or not Republicanism has been true to its trust : " And , fellow citizens ...
... Democratic administration shall come about ; that these Democratic leaders may make this investigation to the end that we , the people , may un- derstand whether or not Republicanism has been true to its trust : " And , fellow citizens ...
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... Democratic party was commissioned to act . Its purpose , in tak- ing the reins of the Government in hand , was entirely filled . Its prophecies of fraud and corruption had been proven untrue by the party themselves . FILLED . NOT ONLY ...
... Democratic party was commissioned to act . Its purpose , in tak- ing the reins of the Government in hand , was entirely filled . Its prophecies of fraud and corruption had been proven untrue by the party themselves . FILLED . NOT ONLY ...
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Page 99 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 99 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better...
Page 98 - Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 315 - But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Page 367 - It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge! God pity them both! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been...
Page 366 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 240 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me : but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 97 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 42 - How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage? All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee, Far less than all thou hast forborne to be!
Page 348 - AN honest man here lies at rest, As e'er God with his image blest; The friend of man, the friend of truth; The friend of age, and guide of youth : Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, Few heads with knowledge so inform'd : If there's another world, he lives in bliss; If there is none, he made the best of this.