Vídeos
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Thanksgiving Proclamation
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en DiscursosWhereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee 78 requested me «to recommend to the People of the United…
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Contre le veto royal, soit absolu, soit suspensif
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en DiscursosMessieurs, Tout homme a part sa nature, la faculté de se gouverner par sa volonté ; les hommes réunis en Corps politique, c’est-à-dire, une Nation, a par conséquent le même droit. Cette faculté de vouloir commune, composée des facultés de vouloir particulières, ou la Puissance législative, est inaliénable, souverine & indépendante, dans la société entière,…
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1789 Address to the Public
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en DiscursosFrom the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage. It is with peculiar satisfaction we assure the friends of humanity, that, in prosecuting the design of our association, our endeavors have proved successful, far beyond our most sanguine expectations. Encouraged by this success, and…
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Discours sur la responsabilité ministérielle
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en DiscursosDans une circonstance aussi urgente, je pourrais éviter toute controverse, puisque le préopinant (Barnave), obligé de convenir avec nous que le roi, nous ayant consulté, nous avons le droit et le devoir de lui proposer ce que nous croirons opportun, ne s’oppose point à l’adresse pour le renvoi des ministres. Mais je ne crois pas…
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Le tiers état se constitue en Assemblée nationale
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en DiscursosChacun de vous sent, Messieurs, combien il serait facile aujourd’hui d’essayer, par un discours véhément, de nous porter à des résolutions extrêmes ; vos droits sont si évidents, vos réclamations si simples, et les procédés des deux ordres si manifestement irréguliers, leurs principes tellement insoutenables, que le parallèle en serait au-dessous de l’attente publique. Que…
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Amendments to the United States Constitution
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en DiscursosI am sorry to be accessary to the loss of a single moment of time by the house. If I had been indulged in my motion, and we had gone into a committee of the whole, I think we might have rose, and resumed the consideration of other business before this time; that is, so…
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Tha Abolition speech
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en DiscursosWhen I consider the magnitude of the subject which I am to bring before the House-a subject, in which the interests, not of this country, nor of Europe alone, but of the whole world, and of posterity, are involved: and when I think, at the same time, on the weakness of the advocate who has…
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First Inaugural Address in the City of New York
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en DiscursosFellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: AMONG the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my…
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New states from territories
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en DiscursosMr. Chairman: I hope, sir, as the honorable gentleman on my left set the example of debating the merits, that whatever may result as consequences of that example, it may not be attributed to me. I hope that I shall be indulged in offering a few words in addition to what has been said. Gentlemen…
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At the Virginia Convention debate of the ratification of the Constitution
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en DiscursosMr. HENRY. I have thought, and still think, that a full investigation of the actual situation of America ought to precede any decision of this great and important question. That government is no more than a choice among evils, is acknowledged by the most intelligent among mankind, and has been a standing maxim for ages.…