The Death and Funeral Ceremonies of John Caldwell Calhoun: Containing the Speeches, Reports, and Other Documents Connected Therewith, the Oration of the Hon. R.B. Rhett, Before the Legislature, &c., &cA. S. Johnston, 1850 - 168 Seiten |
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DEATH & FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF Robert Barnwell 1800-1876 Rhett,South Carolina General Assembly Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Seite 5 - ... that in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.
Seite 29 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high.
Seite 47 - Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the Hon. JOHN C. CALHOUN, be communicated to the family of the deceased, by the Clerk.
Seite 134 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Seite 32 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Seite 154 - The relation which now exists between the two races in the slave-holding States has existed for two centuries. It has grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength. It has entered into and modified all our institutions, civil and political. None other can be substituted.
Seite 72 - There are reasons enough in the fourth chapter of the same book, to make any young man contented with the prospect of death : ' For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Seite 114 - Resolved, That the Governor of this State be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing report and resolutions to the President of the United States, to the Executives of the several States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
Seite 133 - The great and leading principle is, that the General Government emanated from the people of the several States, forming distinct political communities, and acting in their separate and sovereign capacity, and not from all of the people forming one aggregate political community ; that the Constitution of the United States is, in fact, a compact, to which each State is a party, in the character already described ; and that the several States, or parties, have a right to judge of its infractions...
Seite 153 - However sound the great body of the non-slave-holding States are at present, in the course of a few years they will be succeeded by those who will have been taught to hate the people and institutions of nearly one-half of this Union with a hatred more deadly than one hostile nation ever entertained towards another.