Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of Their Government, Laws, Politics and Resources; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People: Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Bind 12Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 |
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... vote , change not the nature of their power , or " of the punishment they inflict . That assemblies 66 66 66 66 66 can be as foolish , as capricious , as wicked , as unjust , as cruel , and as inexorable as indivi- duals , the history ...
... vote , change not the nature of their power , or " of the punishment they inflict . That assemblies 66 66 66 66 66 can be as foolish , as capricious , as wicked , as unjust , as cruel , and as inexorable as indivi- duals , the history ...
Side 44
... voted , and partly raised , on account of the rupture with France . This measure was , at first , opposed by the federalists ; but , before the end of the session , the lower house passed a bill authorizing the President to disband the ...
... voted , and partly raised , on account of the rupture with France . This measure was , at first , opposed by the federalists ; but , before the end of the session , the lower house passed a bill authorizing the President to disband the ...
Side 46
... votes . The scenes of this sort , daily exhi- bited in the United States , clearly proved that the notions of the people , respecting the precious " elective franchise " were but very feeble and 66 This session of Congress was , upon ...
... votes . The scenes of this sort , daily exhi- bited in the United States , clearly proved that the notions of the people , respecting the precious " elective franchise " were but very feeble and 66 This session of Congress was , upon ...
Side 73
... vote , again secéded , or withdrew . " P. 24 . " We now proceed to the pretended grounds of secession . The first subterfuge of the American Commissioners was intended to procure delay ; de- lay almost everlasting . The majority of the ...
... vote , again secéded , or withdrew . " P. 24 . " We now proceed to the pretended grounds of secession . The first subterfuge of the American Commissioners was intended to procure delay ; de- lay almost everlasting . The majority of the ...
Side 84
... vote : that formality being the accus- tomed , but not the exclusive , mode of ascertaining the fact ; which , if prevented by an evasive pro- ceeding , might be supplied by the admission , or other evidence , that such had been the ...
... vote : that formality being the accus- tomed , but not the exclusive , mode of ascertaining the fact ; which , if prevented by an evasive pro- ceeding , might be supplied by the admission , or other evidence , that such had been the ...
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Side 246 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Side 245 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Side 244 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Side 246 - Without pretensions to that high confidence you reposed in our first and greatest revolutionary character, whose preeminent services had entitled him to the first place in his country's love and destined for him the fairest page in the volume of faithful history, I ask so much confidence only as may give firmness and effect to the legal administration of your affairs. I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command...
Side 245 - Still one thing more, fellow citizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which 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.
Side 201 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that 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.
Side 243 - 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...
Side 199 - The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
Side 246 - I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional ; and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.
Side 244 - 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?