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.

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We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after...

I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after...

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will...

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will...

Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting...

Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting...

Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look...

Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look...

It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition,...

It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition,...

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the...

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the...

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this...

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this...

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them,...

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them,...

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to...

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to...

The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the...

The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the...

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this...

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this...

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception,...

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception,...

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a...

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a...

The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of...

The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of...

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history...

Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history...

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England,...

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England,...

Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit...

Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit...

These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered...

These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered...