Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Volume 2Lea and Blanchard, 1849 |
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... Correspondence with Mr. Adams . - An Amended Edition of The Sketches Contemplated . - Letters to Carr . - The Attorney General Admitted to the Bar of Baltimore . - The Rule of Court . - Meets Pinkney.- Rivalry between them . - Advice to ...
... Correspondence with Mr. Adams . - An Amended Edition of The Sketches Contemplated . - Letters to Carr . - The Attorney General Admitted to the Bar of Baltimore . - The Rule of Court . - Meets Pinkney.- Rivalry between them . - Advice to ...
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... Correspondence . - Bedford Springs . - Occupations in Baltimore . - Moderation of Political Opinions . - Letter to the President , Recommending the Appointment of Chancellor Kent to the Supreme Court . 134 • CHAPTER IX . The Supreme ...
... Correspondence . - Bedford Springs . - Occupations in Baltimore . - Moderation of Political Opinions . - Letter to the President , Recommending the Appointment of Chancellor Kent to the Supreme Court . 134 • CHAPTER IX . The Supreme ...
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... Correspondence . - Is Appointed Professor of Law , and President of the University of Virginia . - Declines . - Letter to his Daughter.— Common Sense and Genius . - Death of Adams and Jefferson . - Wirt Ap- pointed to Deliver the Eulogy ...
... Correspondence . - Is Appointed Professor of Law , and President of the University of Virginia . - Declines . - Letter to his Daughter.— Common Sense and Genius . - Death of Adams and Jefferson . - Wirt Ap- pointed to Deliver the Eulogy ...
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... Correspondence in regard to it with Mr. Madison and Judge Carr . - Is Assailed in the Papers for taking a part in this Case . - His Views of his Duty in reference to it.— Presented as a Candidate for the House of Representatives ...
... Correspondence in regard to it with Mr. Madison and Judge Carr . - Is Assailed in the Papers for taking a part in this Case . - His Views of his Duty in reference to it.— Presented as a Candidate for the House of Representatives ...
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... correspondence seldom exbibits the exact portraiture and image of the heart . In the letters between Wirt and his friend Carr , we may find an exception to this remark , and we shall read in them the unguarded utterances of a generous ...
... correspondence seldom exbibits the exact portraiture and image of the heart . In the letters between Wirt and his friend Carr , we may find an exception to this remark , and we shall read in them the unguarded utterances of a generous ...
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Adams affectionate amongst amusing Anti-Masonic party Anti-Masons appointment argument Attorney Baltimore beautiful believe bless Cabell cause character Cherokee Nation Cherokees Cicero Clay Congress considered Constitution course Dabney Carr dear friend duty election eloquence fame favor feel FRANCIS W genius gentleman Georgia GILMER give glory Government hand happy hear heard heart Heaven Henry hope Indians interest Jackson James Otis JOHN ADAMS JUDGE CARR Judge Peck justice labor letter look Maryland ment mind nation never nomination occasion opinion party Patrick Henry Pinkney pleasure political Pope present President question reader regard Richmond seems seen South Carolina speak speech spirit steamboat suppose Supreme Court tell thing thought tion treaties trial tribe truth United Virginia Washington whole William Wirt Wirt's wish write
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Halaman 316 - Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty According to my bond; nor more nor less.
Halaman 52 - Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent. For the preservation of property being the end of government, and that for which men enter into society, it necessarily supposes and...
Halaman 216 - For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to Love, And when we meet a mutual heart Come in between, and bid us part ? Bid us sigh on from day to day, And wish and wish the soul away; Till youth and genial years are flown, And all the life of life is gone...
Halaman 53 - If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves...
Halaman 108 - who cared for nobody — no, not lie — because nobody cared for him ;" and the whole world will serve you so if you give them the same cause. Let every one, therefore, see that you do care for them, by showing them what Sterne so happily calls " the small, sweet courtesies of life...
Halaman 342 - If courts were permitted to indulge their sympathies, a case better calculated to excite them can scarcely be imagined. A people, once numerous, powerful, and truly independent, found by our ancestors in the quiet and uncontrolled possession of an ample domain, gradually sinking beneath our superior policy, our arts and our arms, have yielded their lands, by successive treaties, each of which contains a solemn guarantee of the residue, until 10 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. they retain no more of their...
Halaman 333 - Oh, dear, sweet, and desirable child, how shall I part with all this goodness and virtue without the bitterness of sorrow and reluctancy of a tender parent! Thy affection, duty and love to me was that of a friend as well as a child.
Halaman 53 - ... if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of ? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as we have never forfeited them, we hold in common with our fellow subjects who are natives of Britain.
Halaman 61 - States, who shall be sworn or affirmed to a faithful execution of his office ; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States shaU be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments...
Halaman 279 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their properly, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.