| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 524 pages
...they be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle—one hundred and eighty men marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...that it was a federal government in its origin. I beg gentlemen to consider; lay aside your prejudices—is this a federal government ? Is it not a consolidated... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 526 pages
...be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle — one hundred and eighty men marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...that it was a federal government in its origin. I beg gentlemen to consider; lay aside your prejudices — is this a federal government ? Is it not a... | |
| William Wirt - Orators - 1832 - 490 pages
...purposes should they be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle — 180 men, marching in solemn farcical procession, exhibiting...is a mixed government ! that is, it may work sorely in your neck ; but you will have some comfort by saying, that it was a federal government in its origin... | |
| William Wirt - Statesmen - 1834 - 482 pages
...for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle- — 180 men, marching in solemn favcical procession, exhibiting a mournful proof of the lost...is a mixed government ! that is, it may work sorely in your neck ; but you will have some comfort by saying, that it was a federal government in its origin... | |
| Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 550 pages
...they be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle— one hundred and eighty men, marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...that it was a federal government in its origin. I beg gentlemen to consider ; lay aside your prejudices — is this a federal government ? Is it not... | |
| Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 552 pages
...be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle — one hundred and eighty men, marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...that it was a federal government in its origin. I beg gentlemen to consider ; lay aside your prejudices — is this a federal government ? Is it not... | |
| Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 pages
...be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle — one hundred and eighty men marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...saying, that it was a federal government in its origin. 1 beg gentlemen to consider: lay aside your prejudices. Is this a federal government ? Is it not a... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1840 - 554 pages
...be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a ludicrous spectacle — one hundred and eighty men, marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...is, it may work sorely on your neck, but you will havo some comfort by saying that it was a federal government in its origin. I beg gentlemen to consider... | |
| George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...they be continued for? Our legislature will indeed lie a curious spectacle; one hundred and eighty men marching in solemn farcical procession, exhibiting a mournful proof of the lost liberties of their country, without the power of restoring it. But, sir, we have the consolation, that... | |
| Great Britain - 1845 - 564 pages
...be continued for ? Our legislature will indeed be a "ludicrous spectacle — one hundred and eighty men, marching in solemn, farcical procession, exhibiting...sorely on your neck, but you will have some comfort by spying that it was a federal government in its origin. I beg gentlemen to consider ; lay aside your... | |
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