Eloquence of the United States volume 5
Eloquence of the United States volume 5
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This marks the fall of nations. It is not the way in which national misfortunes and an untoward national fate begin to operate. We protest against the principle which inculcates constant submission to wrongs. To ourselves, to our posterity, this is alike due. With what palliation would it be replied to the plunder of a rich man, that enough was left for his comfortable sub sistence ? If our ships are taken, is it sufficient that our houses are left ; if our mariners are seized, is it a boon tha...t our farmers, our mechanics, our laborers are spared ; that those who sit behind the barriers of afflu ence are safe? To what ultimate dangers would not so partial an estimate of the protecting duty open the way ? Happily, we trust, the nation, on a scale of more enlarged equity and wiser forecast, has judged and has willed differently. Having essayed its utmost to avert its wrongs by peaceful means, it has de termined on appealing to the sword, not on the ground of immediate pressure alone, but on the still higher one that longer submission to them holds out a pros- WASHINGTON, JULY 4, 1812.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This marks the fall of nations. It is not the way in which national misfortunes and an untoward national fate begin to operate. We protest against the principle which inculcates constant submission to wrongs. To ourselves, to our posterity, this is alike due. With what palliation would it be replied to the plunder of a rich man, that enough was left for his comfortable sub sistence ? If our ships are taken, is it sufficient that our houses are left ; if our mariners are seized, is it a boon tha...t our farmers, our mechanics, our laborers are spared ; that those who sit behind the barriers of afflu ence are safe? To what ultimate dangers would not so partial an estimate of the protecting duty open the way ? Happily, we trust, the nation, on a scale of more enlarged equity and wiser forecast, has judged and has willed differently. Having essayed its utmost to avert its wrongs by peaceful means, it has de termined on appealing to the sword, not on the ground of immediate pressure alone, but on the still higher one that longer submission to them holds out a pros- WASHINGTON, JULY 4, 1812.
What to read after Eloquence of the United States volume 5?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by E B Ebenezer Bancroft Williston to read onlineMoreLess
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