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Page 385 - 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 quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 378 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the . great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of American Independence, that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, is sound • and just ; and that if the slave States, the cotton States, or the gulf States only, choose to form an independent nation, THEY • HAVE A CLEAR MORAL RIGHT TO DO so.
Page 410 - How fond are men of rule and place, Who court it from the mean and base ! These cannot bear an equal nigh, But from superior merit fly. They love the cellar's vulgar joke, And lose their hours in ale and smoke.
Page 10 - Shed not for her the bitter tear, Nor give the heart .to vain regret; Tis but the casket that lies here : The gem that filled it sparkles yet.
Page 365 - He was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Ohio, where he remained until 1855.
Page 78 - TO THE WEST! TO THE WEST! TO the West ! to the West ! to the land of the free, Where mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea, Where a man is a man, if he's willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil.
Page 378 - If it [the Declaration of Independence] justifies the secession from the British Empire of three millions of colonists in 1776, WE DO NOT SEE WHY IT WOULD NOT JUSTIFY THE SECESSION OF FIVE MILLIONS OF SOUTHERNERS FROM THE FEDERAL UNION IN 1861.
Page 418 - Delegate in Congress. Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska, That the foregoing Constitution be submitted to the qualified electors of the Territory, for their adoption or rejection, a<t an election, hereby authorized to be held at the time and in the manner specified in the seventh...
Page 108 - Paul, that when he was a child, he spake as a child, he understood as a child, he thought as a child ; but when he became a man, he put away childish things.
Page 387 - The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be and are hereby tendered to the retiring officers, for their faithful performance of their respective duties.