Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exist in efficiency only by the consent of the States. (Att'y-Gen, Harman to Chairman Bynum, Aug. 1896.) (2) It takes from the Federal Gov't. the essential qualities of a government. (a) It declares that the U. S. shall not protect its property nor uphold its laws within a state without the consent of the governor of the state. (3) It undoes the work of the Civil War. (a) It would mean, if carried out, that a state can withdraw from the Union, (4) The plank is not a theoretical idea, but part of a practical programme...
...discussing the specific proposition, the affirmative of which Harvard is here to uphold, we wish it understood at the outset that we do not share in the extravagant pretensions popularly set up for arbitration. We do not contend that a permanent court will extinguish the war power. We recognize that international arbitration is suited to a limited class of cases. No nation should or can bind itself to submit to arbitration its own existence or territorial integrity or questions of internal policy involved in insurrection or civil...
...undertake it. Even if men do not fully appreciate the personal advantage and honor that is to be gained in taking part in the Commencement exercises of the University, they must certainly feel that they are under a strong obligation to their fellows, who are looking to them to uphold the honor of their class in the eyes of the outside world. Others have struggled for and achieved victory in different fields. Ninety-six will leave the College with a good record in athletic sports. Its crew has won the championship; its baseball and football teams have been very successful...
...wrong. If this is done it will surely invite a repetition of the wrong; and in the end the American people are certain to rent this. Make no mistake. When our people as a whole finally understand the question they will insist on a course of conduct which will uphold the honor of the American flag; and we can in no way more effectively invite ultimate war than by deceiving foreign powers into taking a position which will make us certain to clash with them once our people have been fully aroused...
...college expect a good baseball team; and the first step in this direction is to give the coach plenty of material to pick from. Every man who tries for the team should do so with the fixed determination that nothing shall prevent him from doing his best to uphold the good reputation in athletics which the class of ninety-eight has thus far sustained...