 In this state of things, could my refusal to accept the trust thus delegated to me, give an immediate opportunity to the people to form and to express with a nearer approach to unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline...  The Congressional Globe - Side 545av United States. Congress - 1825Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1825 - 482 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should 'not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous...of my country, signified through her constitutional organs—oppressed with the magnitude of the task before me, but cheered with the hope of that generous... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1825 - 518 sider
...to express with a nearer .pproach to unanimity, the object of their preference, should not henitate to decline the acceptance of this ¡minent charge,...Constitution itself, has not so disposed of the contingency •hich would arise in the event of my refusal ; I shall, !)erefore, repair to the post assigned me... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1825 - 742 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous...so disposed of the contingency which would arise in event of my refusal. I shall therefore repair to the post assigned me," &c. Who, after this, among... | |
 | 1825 - 444 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous...determination. But the constitution itself has not disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal." And surely no one acquainted... | |
 | 1848 - 780 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge and to submit the decision of this momentous...contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal," &c. Elected without the direct suffrages of the people, it is also to be inferred that his administration... | |
 | 1845 - 688 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, 1 should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination. l!ut the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event... | |
 | 1848 - 832 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination. Bur the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 430 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination. It argued a noble consciousness of virtue to express, on such an occasion, so ingenuously, the emotions... | |
 | United States. President - 1853 - 544 sider
...unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous...of the task before me, but cheered with the hope of tha" generous support from my fellow-citizens which, in the vicissitudes of a life devoted to their... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 706 sider
...object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent char^o, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination." It argued a noble consciousness of virtue to express on such an occasion, so ingenuously, the emotions... | |
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