New School History of the United States of AmericaUniversity Publishing Company, 1884 - 328 páginas |
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... tion it is fourth on the roll of nations . It covers three millions and a half of square miles , and numbers over fifty millions of inhabitants . It stretches across the continent of North Amer- ica , and occupies the middle and most ...
... tion it is fourth on the roll of nations . It covers three millions and a half of square miles , and numbers over fifty millions of inhabitants . It stretches across the continent of North Amer- ica , and occupies the middle and most ...
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... tion has been referred to Egypt , to the Lost Tribes of the Jews , and to Phoenician traders . They have been supposed to be descendants of the people of Atlantis , a large island in the ocean spoken of by Plato . Strange stories have ...
... tion has been referred to Egypt , to the Lost Tribes of the Jews , and to Phoenician traders . They have been supposed to be descendants of the people of Atlantis , a large island in the ocean spoken of by Plato . Strange stories have ...
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... tion : " Not as Spaniards , but as traitors , robbers , and murder- ers . " The Civil Wars in France prevented the restoration of the French colony , and the prosecution of French adventure . 36. When the wars were over , Henry IV ...
... tion : " Not as Spaniards , but as traitors , robbers , and murder- ers . " The Civil Wars in France prevented the restoration of the French colony , and the prosecution of French adventure . 36. When the wars were over , Henry IV ...
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... tion ; how acquired ; the story . 2. The New World ; long unknown ; how long known . The Natives . 3. The Indians ; origin ; legends . 4. The social con- dition . 5. Traces of civilized races ; the Mound Builders . The North American ...
... tion ; how acquired ; the story . 2. The New World ; long unknown ; how long known . The Natives . 3. The Indians ; origin ; legends . 4. The social con- dition . 5. Traces of civilized races ; the Mound Builders . The North American ...
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... tion from contemporaneous records . His story was questioned in his own day by the quaint and inaccurate Thomas Fuller , and has been recently disputed . The sneer of Fuller in his " Worthies , " and the arguments of some recent writers ...
... tion from contemporaneous records . His story was questioned in his own day by the quaint and inaccurate Thomas Fuller , and has been recently disputed . The sneer of Fuller in his " Worthies , " and the arguments of some recent writers ...
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Página 317 - Crime. 3 [No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.]* SECTION.
Página 322 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 317 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Página 310 - ... of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him,, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
Página 310 - To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States ; 'To establish Post Offices and post Roads...
Página 316 - The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
Página 316 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 307 - Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia...
Página 322 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Página 323 - But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice-president of the United States, representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being 21 years .of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion...