A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With a History of the Political Campaign in Virginia in 1855: to which is Added a Review of the Position of Parties in the Union, and a Statement of the Political Issues: Distinguishing Them on the Eve of the Presidential Campaign of 1856 |
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... true conservatives of all sections looked , and that not in vain , we are proud to say , to the " Mother of States and Statesmen , " to bear aloft , untarnished and untainted , that flag of principles , the strict adherence and ...
... true conservatives of all sections looked , and that not in vain , we are proud to say , to the " Mother of States and Statesmen , " to bear aloft , untarnished and untainted , that flag of principles , the strict adherence and ...
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... true , like a majo- rity of our early distinguished men , of Federal parents , yet he , as early as 1824 , when only eighteen years old , declared himself in favor of Wm . H. Crawford of Georgia , the States Right candidate for Presi ...
... true , like a majo- rity of our early distinguished men , of Federal parents , yet he , as early as 1824 , when only eighteen years old , declared himself in favor of Wm . H. Crawford of Georgia , the States Right candidate for Presi ...
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... true , was elected to Congress in 1833 , but died in the City of Philadelphia be- fore the session opened . Mr. Wise never , in all his life , saw Virginia's distinguished orator and biting satirist . We hazard the assertion that an ...
... true , was elected to Congress in 1833 , but died in the City of Philadelphia be- fore the session opened . Mr. Wise never , in all his life , saw Virginia's distinguished orator and biting satirist . We hazard the assertion that an ...
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... true natives . One thing we have , and that more distinctly than any other nation : we have our " epony- mas . " We can name the very hour of our birth as a people . We need re- cur to no fable of a wolf to whelp us into existence . It ...
... true natives . One thing we have , and that more distinctly than any other nation : we have our " epony- mas . " We can name the very hour of our birth as a people . We need re- cur to no fable of a wolf to whelp us into existence . It ...
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... true and infallible ; " it makes our civil rights to have a dependence on our religious opinions ; " it " de- prives citizens of their natural rights , by proscribing them as unworthy the public confidence , by laying upon them an ...
... true and infallible ; " it makes our civil rights to have a dependence on our religious opinions ; " it " de- prives citizens of their natural rights , by proscribing them as unworthy the public confidence , by laying upon them an ...
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Page 473 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 177 - Mexican republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 14 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Page 131 - For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly.
Page 15 - ... all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 330 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 383 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the...
Page 17 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doJh- absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 176 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 69 - And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.