Lives of Robert Young Hayne and Hugh Swinton LegaréWalker, Evans & Cogswell, 1878 - 158 pages |
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Page 57 - ... short of despotism— since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers...
Page 154 - His understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it ; and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it ; and the armies of powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade.
Page 88 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 111 - Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Page 31 - States, the duties shall be ultimately equalized, so that the duty on no article shall, as compared with the value of that article, vary materially from the general average.
Page 109 - tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed.
Page 68 - I will recognize no allegiance as paramount to that which the citizens of South Carolina owe to the State of their birth or their adoption. I here publicly declare, and wish it to be distinctly understood, that I shall hold myself bound, by the highest of all obligations, to carry into full effect, not only the ordinance of the Convention, but every act of the legislature, and every judgment of our own courts, the enforcement of which may devolve on the executive.
Page 51 - No, sir, the accusation comes from that party whose acts, during the most trying and eventful period of our national history, were of such a character, that their own legislature, but a few years ago, actually blotted them out from their records, as a stain upon the honor of the country.
Page 42 - Bill, that passed both Houses of Congress, and received the sanction of the President. It was declared thenceforth, by both political wings of the Tariff' Party, to be "the settled policy of the Country.
Page 69 - I here publicly declare, and wish it to be distinctly understood, that I shall hold myself bound, by the highest of all obligations, to carry into full effect, not only the ordinance of the convention, but every act of the legislature, and every judgment of our own courts, the enforcement of which may devolve on the executive. I claim no right to revise their acts. It will be my duty to execute them ; and that duty I mean, to the utmost of my power, faithfully to perform.