Speeches in the Senate of the United States. Miscellaneous speeches. AppendixLittle, Brown, 1862 - Lawyers |
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... spirit elevated , national , American ; worthy of the man , the cause , and the country . The objec- tions taken to it in this debate seemed to me to be its essential 1 A brief account of this case will be found in Vol . I. p . 49 ...
... spirit elevated , national , American ; worthy of the man , the cause , and the country . The objec- tions taken to it in this debate seemed to me to be its essential 1 A brief account of this case will be found in Vol . I. p . 49 ...
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... spirit of this grand principle of individual responsibility is , that bona fide obedience to his actual and lawful government on a requisition of warlike service shall never be reckoned a crime in any man . You have before you , then ...
... spirit of this grand principle of individual responsibility is , that bona fide obedience to his actual and lawful government on a requisition of warlike service shall never be reckoned a crime in any man . You have before you , then ...
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... spirit of the great princi- ple of immunity which we all agree surrounds the soldier of a formal and public war ? What are the peculiarities that dis- tinguish this particular service from the general trade of war ? Why , Sir , they are ...
... spirit of the great princi- ple of immunity which we all agree surrounds the soldier of a formal and public war ? What are the peculiarities that dis- tinguish this particular service from the general trade of war ? Why , Sir , they are ...
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... spirit of law ? Did Den- mark claim the right to do such an atrocity - humbled and exasperated by the repeated bombardments of her capital — did that ancient and gallant race ever dream of avenging the defeats of the castle by the ...
... spirit of law ? Did Den- mark claim the right to do such an atrocity - humbled and exasperated by the repeated bombardments of her capital — did that ancient and gallant race ever dream of avenging the defeats of the castle by the ...
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... spirit of humanity ? Was it not its duty to preserve peace , if it might be had with honor , and , if war must come , to secure us one in which a Christian people might draw its sword ? Now , Sir , the difficulty was , that , on the ...
... spirit of humanity ? Was it not its duty to preserve peace , if it might be had with honor , and , if war must come , to secure us one in which a Christian people might draw its sword ? Now , Sir , the difficulty was , that , on the ...
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