The Political Writings of Rufus ChoateAn orator of great renown, a congressman, senator, and colleague of Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate was a strong proponent of protective tariffs to assist domestic industry. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 6
... living , Choate called on Americans to " withstand the pernicious sophism that the successive generations , as they come to life , are but as so many successive flights of summer flies , without relations to the past or duties to the ...
... living , Choate called on Americans to " withstand the pernicious sophism that the successive generations , as they come to life , are but as so many successive flights of summer flies , without relations to the past or duties to the ...
Page 7
... living in a later age , belonging to the modern mind and genius , though the former had more power over an audience , both knew everything . " 15 On another occasion he remarked that out of Burke " might be cut 50 Mackintoshes , 175 ...
... living in a later age , belonging to the modern mind and genius , though the former had more power over an audience , both knew everything . " 15 On another occasion he remarked that out of Burke " might be cut 50 Mackintoshes , 175 ...
Page 35
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 38
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 47
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Common terms and phrases
ad valorem agriculture American argument arts beautiful character Choate's Cicero civil colonies commerce congress conservatism Conservative Leadership Series Constitution cotton culture Daniel Webster Dartmouth College debate Demosthenes duties eloquence encouragement England evil Faneuil Hall fathers fear feel foreign genius give glory grand Greece heart honor hope ical important independence industry influence interests Ipswich Julius Cæsar justice labor Leadership Series Conservative legislation less liberty Macedon Massachusetts means ment mind moral nature Nehemiah Adams object opinion orator party passions patriotism peace political principles protection question reason revenue revolution Rufus Choate Samuel Gilman Brown Senator sense sentiment Series Conservative Leadership slave slavery South Carolina speech spirit statesman tariff things thought tion to-day trade true truth Union United vast virtue Webster Whigs whole wisdom wise