The Life of Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New-Hampshire: The Democratc Candidate for President of the United StatesDerby & Miller, 1852 - Всего страниц: 300 |
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... American Revolution . On the 19th of April , 1775 , the revo- lutionary committee sent couriers out in every direction ; one of them drove up before the farm- house of the father of Benjamin Pierce , and told his brief tale of the news ...
... American Revolution . On the 19th of April , 1775 , the revo- lutionary committee sent couriers out in every direction ; one of them drove up before the farm- house of the father of Benjamin Pierce , and told his brief tale of the news ...
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... American prose writers , Nathaniel Hawthorne . We have said that Frank Pierce was not , during his first two years , a brilliant scholar , owing to his fond- ness for society and his high spirits . While pursu- ing the study of Algebra ...
... American prose writers , Nathaniel Hawthorne . We have said that Frank Pierce was not , during his first two years , a brilliant scholar , owing to his fond- ness for society and his high spirits . While pursu- ing the study of Algebra ...
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... America . It is not speaking beyond the truth to say that it has added a steadiness and sobriety to the life of Franklin Pierce to this day , and will to the day of his death . In a recent conversation with General Pierce , he alluded ...
... America . It is not speaking beyond the truth to say that it has added a steadiness and sobriety to the life of Franklin Pierce to this day , and will to the day of his death . In a recent conversation with General Pierce , he alluded ...
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... fearful one of ' state necessity ' in this early age of the republic , upon the floor of the American Senate , in the face of a people yet free . " CHAPTER VI . His Congressional Career - Subject of Slavery 120 LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE .
... fearful one of ' state necessity ' in this early age of the republic , upon the floor of the American Senate , in the face of a people yet free . " CHAPTER VI . His Congressional Career - Subject of Slavery 120 LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE .
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... not merely the approbation of my judgment , but my grateful acknowledg- ments , as an American citizen , you will see how de- sirable , on every ground connected with your ad- ministration DECLINES A SEAT IN THE CABINET . 131.
... not merely the approbation of my judgment , but my grateful acknowledg- ments , as an American citizen , you will see how de- sirable , on every ground connected with your ad- ministration DECLINES A SEAT IN THE CABINET . 131.
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Стр. 254 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution...
Стр. 254 - That the foregoing proposition covers and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress, and therefore the Democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the Compromise measures, settled by the Congress of 1850 : " the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor...
Стр. 253 - That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of Liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith...
Стр. 252 - That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improvements.
Стр. 256 - Resolved. That we rejoice at the restoration of friendly relations with our sister Republic of Mexico, and earnestly desire for her all the blessings and prosperity which we enjoy under republican institutions, and we congratulate the American people on the results of that war which have so manifestly justified the policy and conduct of the Democratic party, and insured to the United States indemnity for the past and security for the future.
Стр. 260 - I accept the nomination upon the platform adopted by the convention, not because this is expected of me as a candidate, but because the principles it embraces command the approbation of my judgment ; and with them, I believe I can safely say, there has been no word or act of my life in conflict.
Стр. 251 - ... great moral element in a form of government springing from and upheld by the popular will ; and we contrast it with the creed and practice of Federalism, under whatever name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, and which conceives no imposture too monstrous for the popular credulity.
Стр. 253 - That it is the duty of every branch of the government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the government, and for the gradual but certain extinction of the public debt.
Стр. 255 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
Стр. 255 - ... to suspend the passage of a bill, whose merits cannot secure the approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon, and which has thrice saved the American people from the corrupt and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United States.