Discursos

Slavery: a positive good

I do not belong, said Mr. C., to the school which holds that aggression is to be met by…

«On the Expunging Resolutions

Mr. President: WHAT patriotic purpose is to be accomplished by this Expunging resolution? What new honor or fresh laurels will…

La desamortización

A su Majestad la Reina Gobernadora: «Señora, vender la masa de bienes que han venido a ser propiedad de la…

Justice for Ireland

It appears to me impossible to suppose that the House will consider me presumptuous in wishing to be heard…

Defence of his acceptance of office

I shall in the first place, refer to the circumstances under which the present Government was constituted. I shall…

Manifiesto de Abrantes

No ambiciono el trono; estoy lejos de codiciar bienes caducos; pero la religión, la observancia y cumplimiento de la…

Muerte de Fernando VII

Sumergida en el más profundo dolor por las súbita pérdida de mi augusto esposo y soberano, sólo una obligación…

Second Inaugural Address

Fellow-Citizens: THE will of the American people, expressed through their unsolicited suffrages, calls me before you to…

Message to the Senate and House Regarding South Carolina’s Nullification Ordinance

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: In my annual message at the commencement of your present session I…

The Russian loan and Holland

The right hon. gentleman stated that the present Government had found themselves bound hand and foot by the engagements…