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 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - History - 1815 - 514 pages
...followed every such mad attempt. Should your American chief be a man of ambition and great talents, how easy will it be for him to render himself absolute! The army will be in his hands; — if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him; and it will be the... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...ground which we bave stated. His entire argument seems summed up in the following abstract. If, said he, your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy ig it for him to render himself absolute ! ïhe purse is in hie hands — the army is in his hands,... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 738 pages
...executive power, says: " If your American chief he a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute! The army is in...be attached to him; and it will be the subject of ong meditation with him to seize the first auspicious moment to accomplish his design." We are warned... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1834 - 800 pages
...in the Virginia convenion, in his celebrated speech against the extent of the executive power, says: "If your American chief be a man of ambition and Abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute! The army is in his hands, and, if he be a man of address,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1836 - 686 pages
...liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty ! I say that the loss of that dearest...chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute ! The army is in his hands, and if he be a man of address,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 pages
...ruleFs~being good men, without a consequent Toss of liberty 1 I say that the loss of that dearesT pri vi lege- -has ever followed, with absolute certainty, every...chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute ! The army is in his hands, and if he be a man of address,... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1837 - 396 pages
...liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty. I say that the loss of that dearest...himself absolute ! The army is in his hands, and, if he bs a man of address, it will be attached to him ; and it will be the subject of long meditation with... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty. I say that the loss of that dearest...will it be for him to render himself absolute ! The array is in his hands, and if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him ; and it will be the... | |
 | Phrenology - 1847 - 408 pages
...distracted folly in resting our rights upon the contingency of our rulers being good or bad ? a consequent loss of liberty ? I say, that the loss of that dearest...chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy it is for him to render himself absolute ! The army is in his hands ; and if he be a man of address,... | |
 | William Wirt - Ithaca (N.Y.) - 1847 - 330 pages
...liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty? I say, that the loss of that dearest...absolute certainty, every such mad attempt. If your Americaji chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute... | |
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