 At the foundation of the constitution of these new Northwestern States lies the celebrated Ordinance of 1787. We are accustomed, Sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single...  Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly - Page 1481905Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...Northwestern States, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpt-tnate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of anyJawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting' character,... | |
 | Law - 1836 - 522 pages
...were based. ' We are accustomed,' said Mr. Webster in the debate on Mr. Pool's resolution in 1830, 'to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to...whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...sense. At the foundation of the constitution of these new north western states, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate...whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...sense. At the foundation of the constitution of these new Northwestern States, we are accustomed, sir, of men, breathing an ardent love of liberty and independence, modern, has produced effects of more d'istinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of... | |
 | Clergy - 1810 - 354 pages
...lies at the foundation of the Constitutions of these new northwestern States. We are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon 21 and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 572 pages
...constitution of these new Northwestern States lies the celebrated Ordinance of 1787. We are accustomed, Sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to...whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 574 pages
...constitution of these new Northwestern States lies the celebrated Ordinance of 1787. We are accustomed, Sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to...whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1854 - 784 pages
...of these new northwestern States, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; w* help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus...whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1854 - 762 pages
...: " At the foundation of the constitution of theso new northwestern States, we arc accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lyeurgns ; but 1 doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects... | |
 | United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...yet a wilderness, deeper than all local laws 6 local constitutions. " We are accustomed,'' gal he, "to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; bat I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more... | |
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