The Life of General Frank Pierce, the Granite Statesman; with a Biographical Sketch of Hon. William Rufus King, Vice President of the United StatesCornish, Lamport, 1852 - Всего страниц: 96 |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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Стр. 47 - That we are decidedly opposed to taking from the President the qualified veto power, by which he is enabled, under restrictions and responsibilities amply sufficient to guard the public interest, 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...
Стр. 47 - 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. 49 - States; and to sustain and advance among us constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive -legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to those principles and compromises of the Constitution, which are broad enough and strong enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it was, the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall be, in the full expansion of the energies and capacity of this great and progressive...
Стр. 47 - Congress — the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor included — which act being designed to carry out an express provision of the Constitution, cannot with fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
Стр. 47 - 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 last Congress, the "act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor...
Стр. 51 - ... or, I must be directed by the powerful impulse of humanity, pay the debt myself, and bid you leave this dreary and gloomy abode. " My unfortunate fellow-citizens : My duty to myself will not suffer longer to remain here an old companion in arms, who fought for the liberty of which he is deprived, for no crime but that of being poor. My duty to my country, whose honor is deeply implicated by your sufferings — and...
Стр. 51 - ... fought for the liberty of which he is deprived, for no crime but that of being poor. My duty to my country, whose honor is deeply implicated by your sufferings — and it is one of my first wishes that it should be untarnished — and my duty to my God, who has put into my power to relieve, irresistibly urge me to the latter course. This, I am sensible, takes from me a large sum of money ; however the liberal and generous people, among whom it is my happy lot to reside, may participate ; if not,...
Стр. 50 - Convention, provide such number of seats and secure them for the delegates elect. This is the rule for the Convention which was held in Cincinnati on the first Monday of June, 1856. It may be necessary to say, that although South...
Стр. 47 - That the proceeds of the public lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the Constitution ; and that we are opposed to any law for the distribution of such proceeds among the States, as alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant to the Constitution.
Стр. 44 - Another cause of the success of our troops, new and old, was the conduct of the officers, who, from the highest to the lowest, led and cheered on their columns. Hence the disproportion in the loss of officers and men. Hence the loss of that most brave and accomplished of officers of the ten new regiments — Colonel Ransom.