The Life of John J. Crittenden: With Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Bind 2Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman ("Mrs. Chapman Coleman, ") J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 |
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... favor to ask of you for one of my friends . Don't knit your brows , nor utter one of those significant snorts which you are accus- tomed to give when reading anything unpleasant , especially an application for an office . I must have ...
... favor to ask of you for one of my friends . Don't knit your brows , nor utter one of those significant snorts which you are accus- tomed to give when reading anything unpleasant , especially an application for an office . I must have ...
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... favor from it , for they never desired any , —they have been the chief prop and support of our party ever since its origin ; they did more to build it up , originally , than any other family in the State , and but for their powerful ...
... favor from it , for they never desired any , —they have been the chief prop and support of our party ever since its origin ; they did more to build it up , originally , than any other family in the State , and but for their powerful ...
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... favors and honors re- ceived in times past to be willing now to be an obstacle in their way or to be a cause of dissension among them . If it will restore harmony and give them satisfaction , I hope that those of them who have desired ...
... favors and honors re- ceived in times past to be willing now to be an obstacle in their way or to be a cause of dissension among them . If it will restore harmony and give them satisfaction , I hope that those of them who have desired ...
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... favors . When my services cease to be acceptable to her , to hold office under her would no longer be an object of ambition for me . Yours , J. J. CRITTENDEN . ( J. J. Crittenden to Orlando Brown . ) WASHINGTON , December 8 , 1851 . MY ...
... favors . When my services cease to be acceptable to her , to hold office under her would no longer be an object of ambition for me . Yours , J. J. CRITTENDEN . ( J. J. Crittenden to Orlando Brown . ) WASHINGTON , December 8 , 1851 . MY ...
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... favor and confidence of the Whigs , and that he is in mere justice entitled to the nomination . I do not know that he will be a candidate ; I am sure he will not seek such a position . But neither you nor I will think that he therefore ...
... favor and confidence of the Whigs , and that he is in mere justice entitled to the nomination . I do not know that he will be a candidate ; I am sure he will not seek such a position . But neither you nor I will think that he therefore ...
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Side 267 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Side 327 - Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion and resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged, upon our part, in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired;...
Side 235 - The third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States...
Side 327 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired ;...
Side 43 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Side 235 - SEC. 6. The first, third and fifth sections, together with this section of these amendments, and the third paragraph of the second section of the first article of the constitution, and the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended or abolished without the consent of all the states.
Side 234 - That the following articles be and are hereby proposed and submitted as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of said Constitution, when ratified by conventions of three-fourths of the several States: ARTICLE i. In all the territory of the United States now held, or hereafter acquired, situate north of latitude 36° 30...
Side 234 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, twothirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the United States...
Side 314 - They have kindled the fire that is raging now from the north to the south, and from the south to the north. I...
Side 54 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...