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 355
... voted for every measure for its reduction , as uniformly as the gentleman himself . He seems to claim the exclusive merit of a disposition to reduce the public charge . I do not allow it to him . As a debt , I was , I am for paying it ...
... voted for every measure for its reduction , as uniformly as the gentleman himself . He seems to claim the exclusive merit of a disposition to reduce the public charge . I do not allow it to him . As a debt , I was , I am for paying it ...
Page 363
... an allowable purpose . To hold conventions to decide constitutional law ! To try the binding validity of statutes by votes in a convention ! Sir , the Hartford Convention , I presume , would not desire that SPEECH IN REPLY TO HAYNE . 363.
... an allowable purpose . To hold conventions to decide constitutional law ! To try the binding validity of statutes by votes in a convention ! Sir , the Hartford Convention , I presume , would not desire that SPEECH IN REPLY TO HAYNE . 363.
Page 370
... votes of her public men , in and out of Congress , may be explored . It will all be in vain . The Carolina doctrine can derive from her neither countenance nor support . She rejects it now ; she always did reject it ; and 370 WEBSTER .
... votes of her public men , in and out of Congress , may be explored . It will all be in vain . The Carolina doctrine can derive from her neither countenance nor support . She rejects it now ; she always did reject it ; and 370 WEBSTER .
Page 379
... voted . I decline her umpirage . I have not sworn to support the Constitution according to her construction of its ... votes , con- form to the Constitution of the country . And , Sir , if we look to the general nature of the case ...
... voted . I decline her umpirage . I have not sworn to support the Constitution according to her construction of its ... votes , con- form to the Constitution of the country . And , Sir , if we look to the general nature of the case ...
Page 393
... vote all but unanimous , on the most interesting of these occasions , in the House of Repre- sentatives . Certainly , such respect to the Union becomes New York . It is consistent with her interests and her character . That singularly ...
... vote all but unanimous , on the most interesting of these occasions , in the House of Repre- sentatives . Certainly , such respect to the Union becomes New York . It is consistent with her interests and her character . That singularly ...
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