 ... indebted for this admirable government ? I will name them; their names ought to be engraven on brass and live forever. They were Chief Justice Ellsworth and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Judge Patterson of New Jersey. The other states, further...  The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Side 533redigert av - 1899Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1865 - 836 sider
...The other States farther south were blind — they did not see the future. But to the coolness nnd sagacity of these three men, aided by a few others...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution." 1865.] Old Connecticut vs. the Atlantis Monthly. 359 Mr. 'Webster, in his great argument entitled "... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1865 - 836 sider
...Patterson, of New Jersey. The other States farther south were blind—they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided by a few others nut so prominent, we owe the present Constitution." Mr. Webster, in his great argument entitled " The... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - 1851 - 64 sider
...other states farther South j ' were blind — they did not see the future. But to the coolness (*- f* and sagacity of these three men, aided by a few others,...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution." Such is the tribute paid to Connecticut by one of the greatest of American statesmen. To have claimed... | |
 | Gideon Hiram Hollister - 1855 - 774 sider
...Patterson, of New Jersey. The other states farther south were 'blind ; they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution."* However we are to decide the question of state sovereignty growing out of the construction of the Constitution,... | |
 | Gideon Hiram Hollister - 1857 - 788 sider
...Patterson, of New Jersey. The other states farther south were blind ; they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution."* However we are io decide the question of state sovereignty growing out of the .construction of the... | |
 | Gideon Hiram Hollister - 1858 - 808 sider
...Patterson, of New Jersey. The other states farther south were blind ; they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution."* However we are to decide the question of state sovereignty growing out of the construction of the Constitution,... | |
 | 1864 - 588 sider
...PATTRRSON, of New-Jersey. The other States further south were blind ; they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution.' Moreover, the State of Connecticut understood the nature of the Constitution, and who were the contracting... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - 1864 - 472 sider
...Patterson of New Jersey. The other states farther South were blind—they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided...not so prominent, we owe the present Constitution." Such is the tribute paid to Connecticut by this very distinguished statesman of South Carolina. To... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - 1864 - 476 sider
...Patterson of New Jersey. The other states farther South were blind—they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided by a few others, Hot so prominent, we owe the present Constitution." Such is the tribute paid to Connecticut by this... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - 1870 - 484 sider
...Patterson of New Jersey. The other states, further south, were blind; they did not see the future. But to the coolness and sagacity of these three men, aided...not so prominent, we owe the present constitution." There had been in Connecticut a strong opposition to the formation and adoption of the proposed constitution,... | |
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