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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 declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms.
Caleb Cushing
Time
Drawn
Driven
Advance
Protest
Least
Question
Intend
Either
Forms
Declare
Slavery
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
Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
Caleb Cushing
You
Liberty
Men
Puritan
New
Doctrines
New England
Forefathers
Hold
Which
Your
Inherit
England
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
Caleb Cushing
Faith
Will
Men
Be True
Virginia
Madison
Constitutional
True
Countrymen
Your
Jefferson
Washington
Henry
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
These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever.
Caleb Cushing
Great
You
Rights
Natural
Will
Our
Respecting
Ourselves
Give
Tampered
Commission
Whatsoever
Them
Natural Rights
Keep
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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