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Caleb Cushing

American Diplomat

Born: Jan 17, 1800

Died: Jan 2, 1879

Constitution Government Great People Rights You

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Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People. Caleb Cushing

Government Constitution Rights Acceptance People States Recommendation Some Various Proposed Coupled Accepting Essential Which Them Plan Deemed Preservation

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception, going to the unconstitutional abridgment, as I conceive, of the great right of petition inherent in the People of the United States. Caleb Cushing

Great People Responsibility Extraordinary States Unconstitutional Conceive Heads Question Going Inherent Who Novel Petition United United States Right Raise Reception

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate. Caleb Cushing

Constitution Will Shall Take Maintain Bound House Principle Method Dictate After Deciding Which Them Reason Receive

If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions. Caleb Cushing

You Doors Down Out District Investigation Put Supposing Subject Any Legislate Refusing Cannot Interests Reason Plausible Right Receive Slave

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement which once pervaded a considerable part of the country, in reference to the transportation of the mails on the Lord's day. Caleb Cushing

Day History Debate Made Country Stage Considerable Once Has-Been Part Excitement Lord Been Reference Sir The History Of Which Transportation Early

The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil. Caleb Cushing

Good Words World Evil Gone Winged Mission House Forth Uttered

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. Caleb Cushing

Great Political Doctrine Upheld Being Republic Organized

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids. Caleb Cushing

Hope Government Outlast Laying Pyramids May Which Foundations

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons. Caleb Cushing

Great Heritage Britons Our Liberties Brought Kings Laws Great Republic Part America Which Formed Republic Us Europe Found

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions. Caleb Cushing

You Constitution People Rejection State Several States Respective Adoption Know Well Debates Sir Submitted Conventions Warmest Awakened

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