The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896W.B. Conkey Company, 1896 - 629 páginas |
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... principles which are to be the measure of our actions , the criteria of our deeds . This we are doing each day , either consciously or unconsciously . There is character formed by our associ- ation with each friend , by every aspiration ...
... principles which are to be the measure of our actions , the criteria of our deeds . This we are doing each day , either consciously or unconsciously . There is character formed by our associ- ation with each friend , by every aspiration ...
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... principles ennoble and its practice elevates . If you point to the pettifogger , I will answer that he is as much out of place in the temple of justice as is the hypocrite in the house of God . You will find the " book on tricks ” in ...
... principles ennoble and its practice elevates . If you point to the pettifogger , I will answer that he is as much out of place in the temple of justice as is the hypocrite in the house of God . You will find the " book on tricks ” in ...
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... principles endure . The jury has protected us from the abuse of power . While human government exists the tendency to abuse power will remain . This system , coming down from former generations crowned with the honors of age , is today ...
... principles endure . The jury has protected us from the abuse of power . While human government exists the tendency to abuse power will remain . This system , coming down from former generations crowned with the honors of age , is today ...
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... principles of his patron saint . His admiration for the Sage of Monticello is so well known that I quote a tribute which he once paid him : Let us then , with the courage of Andrew Jackson , apply to present condi- tions the principles ...
... principles of his patron saint . His admiration for the Sage of Monticello is so well known that I quote a tribute which he once paid him : Let us then , with the courage of Andrew Jackson , apply to present condi- tions the principles ...
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... principles of free representative govern- ment . Let his own language rebuke those who would disregard their pledges to their own people in order to display a false fealty . In the message which he sent to Congress in December , 1885 ...
... principles of free representative govern- ment . Let his own language rebuke those who would disregard their pledges to their own people in order to display a false fealty . In the message which he sent to Congress in December , 1885 ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adopted advocates American Arthur Sewall ballot bank believe bill bimetal bimetallism Bryan bullion campaign candidate cent Chairman circulation citizens coin coinage of silver Committee Congress contract creditor currency debts declared delegates demand Democratic party demonetization desire election farmers favor financial policy foreign free and unlimited free coinage friends give gold and silver gold bonds gold dollar gold standard Government honest honor Illinois increase interest issue labor legal tender legislation meeting metals money question monometallism National Convention Nebraska nomination North Carolina opponents patriotism plank political Populist present President principles prosperity ratio of 16 Republican party secure Senator Sewall Sherman law silver bullion Silver Convention silver dollar Silver party sound money South Dakota speech stand standard money tell ticket tion Treasury notes unconditional repeal United unlimited coinage vote wealth William York
Pasajes populares
Página 285 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation.
Página 356 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican Government.
Página 300 - No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty — none less inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which, if surrendered, will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they, and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them, till all of liberty shall be lost.
Página 444 - There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Página 360 - It is not needed nor fitting here, that a general argument should be made in favor of popular institutions ; but there is one point, with its connections, not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above labor, in the structure of government.
Página 116 - And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Página 421 - Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Página 566 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Página 463 - At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made...
Página 390 - We declare that the act of 1873 demonetizing silver without the knowledge or approval of the American people has resulted in the appreciation of gold, and a corresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people...