Journal of the Proceedings of the National Republican Convention, Held at Worcester, October 11, 1832 ...Stimpson & Clapp, 1832 - 75 páginas |
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... Called to the Ex- ecutive trust by the earnest and repeated solicitations of his fellow - citizens , without distinction of party , he has not failed to requite their reasonable expectations . In the laborious and thorough discharge of ...
... Called to the Ex- ecutive trust by the earnest and repeated solicitations of his fellow - citizens , without distinction of party , he has not failed to requite their reasonable expectations . In the laborious and thorough discharge of ...
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... called upon to per- form . The present election is peculiarly momentous . If the ex- isting Administration is renewed , it will be considered ( though erroneously ) as a sanction , by the People , of the encroachments which it has made ...
... called upon to per- form . The present election is peculiarly momentous . If the ex- isting Administration is renewed , it will be considered ( though erroneously ) as a sanction , by the People , of the encroachments which it has made ...
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... called upon to furnish the project of such an institution . " 66 This Convention , although they propose to themselves , in this Address , to abstain from argument , and confine themselves to facts of indisputable notoriety , cannot but ...
... called upon to furnish the project of such an institution . " 66 This Convention , although they propose to themselves , in this Address , to abstain from argument , and confine themselves to facts of indisputable notoriety , cannot but ...
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... called into being by the patronage , or enjoying the countenance of the Government , have reached a point of fe- rocity and virulence before unexampled . Individual and pri- vate character is avowedly assailed as the means of political ...
... called into being by the patronage , or enjoying the countenance of the Government , have reached a point of fe- rocity and virulence before unexampled . Individual and pri- vate character is avowedly assailed as the means of political ...
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... called it into being , and of New York , whose later adhesion seemed to raise it above the fear of opposition . It has been found that the mad boast that the popularity of the President will bear any thing , has betrayed those who ...
... called it into being , and of New York , whose later adhesion seemed to raise it above the fear of opposition . It has been found that the mad boast that the popularity of the President will bear any thing , has betrayed those who ...
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Página 35 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Página 40 - If we can not at once, in justice to interests vested under improvident legislation, make our government what it ought to be, we can at least take a stand against all new grants of monopolies and exclusive privileges, against any prostitution of our government to the advancement of the few at the expense of the many, and in favor of compromise and gradual reform in our code of laws and system of political economy.
Página 24 - Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits ; but have besought us to make them richer by acts of Congress.
Página 9 - Government, without limitation or restriction, saving the very inconsiderable reservation relating to their inspection laws. This authority having thus entirely passed from the States, the right to exercise it for the purpose of protection does not exist in them ; and, consequently, if it be not possessed by the General Government, it must be extinct.
Página 39 - Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our government now encounters, and most of the dangers which impend over our Union, have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of government by our national legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are imbodied in this act.
Página 26 - President, as far as I know, there is no civilized country on earth, in which, on a change of rulers, there is such an inquisition for spoil 'as we have witnessed in this free republic.
Página 9 - ... to counteract the most selfish and destructive policy which might be adopted by foreign nations. This surely cannot be the case ; this indispensable power, thus surrendered by the States, must be within the scope of the authority on the subject expressly delegated to Congress. " In this conclusion, I am confirmed as well by the opinions of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, who have each repeatedly recommended the exercise of this right under the constitution, as by the uniform...
Página 39 - Sir, for one, I protest in advance against such remedies as I have heard hinted. The Administration itself keeps a profound silence, but its friends have spoken for it. We are told, sir, that the President will immediately employ the military force, and at once blockade Charleston ! A military remedy, a remedy by direct belligerent operation, has been thus suggested, and nothing else has been suggested, as the intended means of preserving the Union.
Página 29 - ... individuals. The public ear is always open to their addresses, the public sympathy easily made responsive to their sentiments. It is indeed, Sir, a distinction of high honor, that theirs is the only profession expressly protected and guarded by constitutional enactments. Their employment soars so high, in its general consequences it is so intimately connected with the public happiness, that its security is provided for by the fundamental law. While it acts in a manner worthy of this distinction,...
Página 26 - ... of his early manhood, he had thrust himself into the very jaws of its enemies. There was no mistake in the matter. His character, his standing, his Revolutionary services, were all well known; but they were known to no purpose; they weighed not one feather against party pretensions.