The World's Famous Orations, Volume 8William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1906 |
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... writ of assistance is . 1 Delivered before the Superior Court in Boston in February , 1761 , and the earliest important word publicly uttered in the contro- versies which precipitated the Revolution . John Adams declared that in this ...
... writ of assistance is . 1 Delivered before the Superior Court in Boston in February , 1761 , and the earliest important word publicly uttered in the contro- versies which precipitated the Revolution . John Adams declared that in this ...
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... writ prayed for in this petition , being general , is illegal . It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer . I say I ad- mit that special writs of assistance , to search special 29 JAMES OTIS.
... writ prayed for in this petition , being general , is illegal . It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer . I say I ad- mit that special writs of assistance , to search special 29 JAMES OTIS.
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William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey. mit that special writs of assistance , to search special places , may be granted to certain per- sons on oath ; but I deny that the writ now prayed for can be granted , for I beg leave to ...
William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey. mit that special writs of assistance , to search special places , may be granted to certain per- sons on oath ; but I deny that the writ now prayed for can be granted , for I beg leave to ...
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... writ of assistance . Oth- ers will ask it from self - defense ; one arbitrary exertion will provoke another , until society be involved in tumult and in blood.1 2. " He asserted that every man , merely nat- ural , was an independent ...
... writ of assistance . Oth- ers will ask it from self - defense ; one arbitrary exertion will provoke another , until society be involved in tumult and in blood.1 2. " He asserted that every man , merely nat- ural , was an independent ...
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Halaman 64 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house?
Halaman 67 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace! But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Halaman 102 - It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Halaman 89 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Halaman 65 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Halaman 104 - ... gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity, gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Halaman 3 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Halaman 65 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them ? Shall we try argument ? • Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.
Halaman 87 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me...
Halaman 167 - All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect and to violate would be oppression.