The Life and Times of Lewis CassDerby & Jackson, 1856 - 781 páginas |
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... - out an effort to defend the fort , he , even at this critical moment , wavered in his operations . At first , his troops were drawn up in order of battle without the fort , his artillery advantageously OF LEWIS CASS . 45.
... - out an effort to defend the fort , he , even at this critical moment , wavered in his operations . At first , his troops were drawn up in order of battle without the fort , his artillery advantageously OF LEWIS CASS . 45.
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... operation much value was placed , would abandon the British standard , and return to their own country . That they were already discouraged by the progress of General Hull's army , and the disaffection was fast spreading among them . He ...
... operation much value was placed , would abandon the British standard , and return to their own country . That they were already discouraged by the progress of General Hull's army , and the disaffection was fast spreading among them . He ...
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... operation was , to mount our heavy cannon , and to afford to the Canadian militia time and opportunity to quit an obnoxious service . In the course of two weeks , the number of their militia , who were embodied , had decreased , by ...
... operation was , to mount our heavy cannon , and to afford to the Canadian militia time and opportunity to quit an obnoxious service . In the course of two weeks , the number of their militia , who were embodied , had decreased , by ...
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... operation was in progress , Major Wood , an officer of the greatest merit and promise , too early lost to his country , had advanced near the enemy's lines , and ascertained their exact position . He came up to me and told me what he ...
... operation was in progress , Major Wood , an officer of the greatest merit and promise , too early lost to his country , had advanced near the enemy's lines , and ascertained their exact position . He came up to me and told me what he ...
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... operations passed directly before and around me , for I accompa- nied , as a spectator , his command in their charge . " Such was the relative position of the hostile forces when the signal for attack was given . The mounted regiment ...
... operations passed directly before and around me , for I accompa- nied , as a spectator , his command in their charge . " Such was the relative position of the hostile forces when the signal for attack was given . The mounted regiment ...
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Términos y frases comunes
African slave trade American army authority believe bill British government called character circumstances citizens claim Colonel Cass command commenced communication Congress considered Constitution convention course declaration Democratic Detroit doubt duty enemy England established execution fact favor feelings flag force French frontier Governor honorable senator hostilities Hull human important Indians interest Lake Lake Superior land legislation legislature letter LEWIS CASS Lord Lord Aberdeen Lord Palmerston Louis Phillippe measures ment Michigan military Mississippi nations necessary negotiation never object occasion officer Ohio opinion parallel of 49 party passed patriotism peace political position possession Prairie du Chien present President pretension principles proper proposition provisions question remarks respecting right of search river Secretary sentiments session slave trade slavery South Carolina spirit surrender territory tion treaty treaty of Utrecht tribes troops Union United vessels views vote Whig whole Wilmot proviso
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Página 291 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 607 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Página 366 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Página 671 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Página 285 - Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours it is proportionably essential. To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways — by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration that every valuable end of government is best answered, by the enlightened confidence of the people, and by teaching the people themselves...
Página 159 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Página 582 - Pennsylvania moved as an amendment the proviso "that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Página 365 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Página 164 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 285 - Nor am I less persuaded, that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.