Southern Quarterly Review, Volumen 27Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1855 |
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... period , in consequence of the destruction of our office by the late fire in Columbia , S. C. The Books of the concern are so much mutilated that we find it impossible to make out a full list of our subscribers , names and places of ...
... period , in consequence of the destruction of our office by the late fire in Columbia , S. C. The Books of the concern are so much mutilated that we find it impossible to make out a full list of our subscribers , names and places of ...
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... period , we had not been una- ware of the danger to which our peace would be perpetually exposed while so important a key to the commerce of the Western country remained under foreign power . Difficul ties , 14 [ January , THE NORTH AND ...
... period , we had not been una- ware of the danger to which our peace would be perpetually exposed while so important a key to the commerce of the Western country remained under foreign power . Difficul ties , 14 [ January , THE NORTH AND ...
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... period when the grass does not grow , and the fields are frozen . The cattle being consumed in the support of the industrial population , it is , of course , a part of the machinery of pro- ductions ; and it is represented accordingly ...
... period when the grass does not grow , and the fields are frozen . The cattle being consumed in the support of the industrial population , it is , of course , a part of the machinery of pro- ductions ; and it is represented accordingly ...
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... period of preparation for gradual and quiet emancipation ; whereas , were she in a Southern Union , but few would remain at the close of a single year from the date of separation from Pennsylvania . Her union with the North is one ...
... period of preparation for gradual and quiet emancipation ; whereas , were she in a Southern Union , but few would remain at the close of a single year from the date of separation from Pennsylvania . Her union with the North is one ...
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... period , gathered in the course of our reading : for though perfectly aware of the insufficiency of our knowledge for a connected delinea- tion of this important period , or even for the thorough de- tection and rectification of the ...
... period , gathered in the course of our reading : for though perfectly aware of the insufficiency of our knowledge for a connected delinea- tion of this important period , or even for the thorough de- tection and rectification of the ...
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Página 100 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Página 410 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith...
Página 411 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lowered, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Página 202 - I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to our constituents, were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby...
Página 98 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion...
Página 411 - Of human passion. Sympathies there are More tranquil, yet perhaps of kindred birth, That steal upon the meditative mind, And grow with thought. Beside yon spring I stood, And eyed its waters till we seemed to feel One sadness, they and I. For them a bond Of brotherhood is broken : time has been When, every day, the touch of human hand Dislodged the natural sleep that binds them up In mortal stillness; and they ministered To human comfort.
Página 202 - ... government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes as a part of the people, and for the sake of...
Página 411 - The Poets, in their elegies and songs Lamenting the departed, call the groves, They call upon the hills and streams to mourn, And senseless rocks ; nor idly ; for they speak, In these their invocations, with a voice Obedient to the strong creative power Of human passion.
Página 410 - Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power: And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
Página 99 - ... it may be affirmed with perfect confidence that the constitutional operation of the intended government would be precisely the same, if these clauses were entirely obliterated, as if they were repeated in every article. They are only declaratory of a truth which would have resulted by necessary and unavoidable implication from the very act of constituting a federal government, and vesting it with certain specified powers.