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First Inaugural Adress
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en DiscursosMy Countrymen: IT a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regret and bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself. 1 The circumstances under which I have been called for a limited period to preside over…
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Eulogy for Henry Clay
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en DiscursosOn the fourth day of July, 1776, the people of a few feeble and oppressed colonies of Great Britain, inhabiting a portion of the Atlantic coast of North America, publicly declared their national independence, and made their appeal to the justice of their cause, and to the God of battles, for the maintainance of that…
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The Hypocrisy of American Slavery
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en DiscursosMr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has crept over…
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State of the Union Address
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en DiscursosFellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Being suddenly called in the midst of the last session of Congress by a painful dispensation of Divine Providence to the responsible station which I now hold, I contented myself with such communications to the Legislature as the exigency of the moment seemed to require.…
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Contre la loi sur la déportation
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en DiscursosParmi les journées de février, journées qu’on ne peut comparer à rien dans l’histoire, il y eut un jour admirable : ce fut celui où cette voix souveraine du peuple, qui, a travers les rumeurs confuses de la place publique, dictait les décrets du gouvernement provisoire, prononça cette grande parole : La peine de mort…
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Speech against Clay’s Compromise Measures
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en DiscursosI have, senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion. Entertaining this opinion, I have, on all proper occasions, endeavored to call the attention of both the two great parties which divided the country to adopt some…
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His Own Compromise Measures
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en DiscursosWas there ever a nation upon which the sun of heaven has shone which has exhibited so much of prosperity as our own? At the commencement of this government, our population amounted to about four millions. It has now reached upwards of twenty millions. Our territory was limited chiefly and principally to that bordering upon…
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Détruire la misère
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en DiscursosJe ne suis pas, messieurs, de ceux qui croient qu’on peut supprimer la souffrance en ce monde ; la souffrance est une loi divine ; mais je suis de ceux qui pensent et qui affirment qu’on peut détruire la misère. Remarquez-le bien, messieurs, je ne dis pas diminuer, amoindrir, limiter, circonscrire, je dis détruire. Les…
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Discurso de Oaxaca
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en DiscursosSeñores diputados y senadores: La reunión del Cuerpo Legislativo ha sido siempre un acontecimiento importante que los pueblos han celebrado con entusiasmo, porque poniéndose en ejercicio la facultad de dar la ley, como está la de ejecutarla, la sociedad se resigna a sobrellevar el peso de sus males, alentada por la esperanza de que tendrán…
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First Inaugural Adress
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en DiscursosELECTED by the American people to the highest office known to our laws, I appear here to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and, in compliance with a time-honored custom, to address those who are now assembled. 1 The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate…