Eloquent Sons of the South: A Handbook of Southern Oratory, Volume 1John Temple Graves, Clark Howell, Walter Williams Chapple Publishing Company, Limited, 1909 |
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... ment in calling us together in legislative capacity , renders it too insecure , in this time of danger and distress , to rely , that opportunity will be given of renewing them , in general assembly , or making any provision to secure ...
... ment in calling us together in legislative capacity , renders it too insecure , in this time of danger and distress , to rely , that opportunity will be given of renewing them , in general assembly , or making any provision to secure ...
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... ment to this country . For my own part , I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in this way that we can ...
... ment to this country . For my own part , I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in this way that we can ...
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... be secured ; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your govern- ment . Having premised these things , I shall , with the aid of my judgment and information , which I confess are not ex- tensive , PATRICK HENRY 13.
... be secured ; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your govern- ment . Having premised these things , I shall , with the aid of my judgment and information , which I confess are not ex- tensive , PATRICK HENRY 13.
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... ment to be one of those dangers : it has produced those horrors which distress many of our best citizens . We are come hither to preserve the poor commonwealth of Virginia , if it can be possibly done : some- thing must be done to ...
... ment to be one of those dangers : it has produced those horrors which distress many of our best citizens . We are come hither to preserve the poor commonwealth of Virginia , if it can be possibly done : some- thing must be done to ...
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... ment . What can avail your specious , imaginary balances ; your rope - dancing , chain - rattling , ridiculous , ideal checks and contrivances ? But , sir , we are not feared by foreigners : we do not make nations tremble . Would this ...
... ment . What can avail your specious , imaginary balances ; your rope - dancing , chain - rattling , ridiculous , ideal checks and contrivances ? But , sir , we are not feared by foreigners : we do not make nations tremble . Would this ...
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Halaman 10 - 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 162 - ... can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? 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. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Halaman 166 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Halaman 150 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. They must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of...
Halaman 155 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissensions, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Halaman 86 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens: a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Halaman 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Halaman 170 - In relation to the still subsisting War in Europe, my Proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. — Sanctioned by your approving voice and by that of Your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me : — uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination with the...
Halaman 85 - I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong ; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Halaman 82 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely, and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.