 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
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 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...to the post assigned me by the call of my country, significd through her constitutional organs ; oppressed with the magnitude of the task before me, but... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 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. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1858 - 776 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...magnitude of the task before me, but cheered with the liope of that generous support from my fellow-citizens, which, in the vicissitudes of a life devoted... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1858 - 792 sider
...determination. But the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in event of my refusal. I shall therefore repair to the post assigned me," &c. ЛУЬо, after this, among the President's friends, can oppose the resolutions? They, in fact,... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 666 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... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1887 - 704 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...event of my refusal. I shall, therefore, repair to the poet assigned me by the call of my country, signified through her constitutional organs ; oppressed... | |
 | Charles A. O'Neil - 1887 - 316 sider
...office and submit the question again to the people. But as he said : " The Constitution itself had not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal." John C Calhoun had been elected Vice-Prcsident by an overwhelming electoral vote. CHAPTER XIII. RISE... | |
 | Charles A. O'Neil - 1887 - 308 sider
...office and submit the question again to the people. But as he said : " The Constitution itself had not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal." John C. Calhoun had been elected Vice-President by an overwhelming electoral vote. CHAPTER XIII. RISE... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1887 - 728 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. i It argued a noble consciousness of virtue to express on such an occasion, so ingenuously, the emotions... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1897 - 690 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...constitutional organs, oppressed with the magnitude of the task liefore me, but cheered with the hope of that generous support from my fellow-citizens which, in the... | |
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