The Nation and the Constitution: An Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities and Citizens of Providence, July 4, 1866Providence Press Company, 1866 - 23 pages |
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... tion if we do not observe the letter . But in politics , as in religion , the letter often killeth . To the legal train- ing of George Grenville , Burke attributed , in great part , that blindness as a statesman , which did so much to ...
... tion if we do not observe the letter . But in politics , as in religion , the letter often killeth . To the legal train- ing of George Grenville , Burke attributed , in great part , that blindness as a statesman , which did so much to ...
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... tion was a joint act , the assertion of a collective sov- ereignty . Not as separate States , but as an organized political unity , they proceeded to raise armies , to carry on war , to conclude treaties . Never were they recog- nized ...
... tion was a joint act , the assertion of a collective sov- ereignty . Not as separate States , but as an organized political unity , they proceeded to raise armies , to carry on war , to conclude treaties . Never were they recog- nized ...
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... tion of original State sovereignty has been exploded . No military triumphs can accomplish this . To be con- quered is not to be convinced . But a few days ago , in a New York paper , the defiant declaration was put forth : " The South ...
... tion of original State sovereignty has been exploded . No military triumphs can accomplish this . To be con- quered is not to be convinced . But a few days ago , in a New York paper , the defiant declaration was put forth : " The South ...
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... tion has any force , it applies to every form of govern- ment that has ever existed since the legislation of Solon , or the Laws of the Ten Tables . Sir James Mackintosh gained great reputation once for saying that " Constitutions are ...
... tion has any force , it applies to every form of govern- ment that has ever existed since the legislation of Solon , or the Laws of the Ten Tables . Sir James Mackintosh gained great reputation once for saying that " Constitutions are ...
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... tion of fireworks was made in several parts of the city . « » Invitations to attend the dinner were issued to the Pre- sident , and Vice - President of the Grand Council of Geneva , to Messrs . Chenevière , Turrettini and Richard ...
... tion of fireworks was made in several parts of the city . « » Invitations to attend the dinner were issued to the Pre- sident , and Vice - President of the Grand Council of Geneva , to Messrs . Chenevière , Turrettini and Richard ...
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Page 11 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 19 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 28 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 22 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 12 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 14 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 28 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 11 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...