The Wide-awake Gift: A Know-nothing Token for 1855One of 'em J. C. Derby, 1855 - 312 pages |
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... clime to Freedom dear Listen with a joyful ear . With equal skill , and godlike power , He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war ; or guides with ease , The happier times of honest peace . Firm - united , & c . Behold the Chief who ...
... clime to Freedom dear Listen with a joyful ear . With equal skill , and godlike power , He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war ; or guides with ease , The happier times of honest peace . Firm - united , & c . Behold the Chief who ...
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... clime , on every sea and shore , Such glories as the patriarch viewed , when , ' mid the darkest skies , He saw above a ruined world the Bow of Promise rise . BEST POLICY IN REGARD TO NATURALIZATION . 107 BEST POLICY 106 BUNKER HILL .
... clime , on every sea and shore , Such glories as the patriarch viewed , when , ' mid the darkest skies , He saw above a ruined world the Bow of Promise rise . BEST POLICY IN REGARD TO NATURALIZATION . 107 BEST POLICY 106 BUNKER HILL .
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... clime which gave him birth , and though it be in the icy north , or amid the sands of the tropics , he clings to it ... climes , and be merry even in the house of the stranger ; but when the novelty of change is past , and the banquet of ...
... clime which gave him birth , and though it be in the icy north , or amid the sands of the tropics , he clings to it ... climes , and be merry even in the house of the stranger ; but when the novelty of change is past , and the banquet of ...
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... clime , Where bright magnolias bloom , And the orange with the lime tree vies In shedding rich perfume , A sound was heard like the ocean's roar , As its surges break on the rocky shore . Was it the voice of the tempest loud , As ODE ...
... clime , Where bright magnolias bloom , And the orange with the lime tree vies In shedding rich perfume , A sound was heard like the ocean's roar , As its surges break on the rocky shore . Was it the voice of the tempest loud , As ODE ...
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... clime ; Let the crimes of the East ne'er encrimson thy name ; Be freedom , and science , and virtue thy fame . To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire ; Whelm nations in blood and wrap cities in fire ; Thy heroes the rights of ...
... clime ; Let the crimes of the East ne'er encrimson thy name ; Be freedom , and science , and virtue thy fame . To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire ; Whelm nations in blood and wrap cities in fire ; Thy heroes the rights of ...
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Page 25 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution, in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 95 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts, — she moves, — she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!
Page 26 - The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
Page 24 - The alternate domination of one faction over another sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Page 16 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection, of no inconsiderable observation, and which appear to me all important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Page 188 - But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 187 - Three millions of People, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 27 - As a very important source of strength and security cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 37 - When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land ! Majestic monarch of the cloud!
Page 116 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," God grant it, — God grant it!