Text-book of Prose, from Burke, Webster, and Bacon, with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives, for Use in Schools and ClassesGinn, Heath, & Company, 1881 |
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Page 366
... liberty to say that South Carolina , as a State , has ever advanced these sentiments . I hope she has not , and never may . That a great majority of her people are opposed to the tariff laws , is doubtless true . That a majority ...
... liberty to say that South Carolina , as a State , has ever advanced these sentiments . I hope she has not , and never may . That a great majority of her people are opposed to the tariff laws , is doubtless true . That a majority ...
Page 370
... liberty . But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in defiance of the opinions of all others ; the liberty of judging and of deciding exclusively themselves , in a matter in which others have as much ...
... liberty . But what sort of liberty ? The liberty of establishing their own opinions , in defiance of the opinions of all others ; the liberty of judging and of deciding exclusively themselves , in a matter in which others have as much ...
Page 379
... liberty to decide for itself , and none bound to respect the decisions of others ; and each at liberty , too , to give a new construction on every new election of its own members ? Would any thing with such a principle in it , or rather ...
... liberty to decide for itself , and none bound to respect the decisions of others ; and each at liberty , too , to give a new construction on every new election of its own members ? Would any thing with such a principle in it , or rather ...
Page 384
... liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder . I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion , to see whether , with my short sight , I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I ...
... liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder . I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion , to see whether , with my short sight , I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I ...
Page 394
... liberty and knowledge , our own American systems rest . Thus far we have not been disap- pointed in their results . Our existing institutions , raised on these foundations , have conferred on us almost unmixed hap- piness . Do we hope ...
... liberty and knowledge , our own American systems rest . Thus far we have not been disap- pointed in their results . Our existing institutions , raised on these foundations , have conferred on us almost unmixed hap- piness . Do we hope ...
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