America and the American PeopleJ. & H.G. Langley, 1846 - 512 páginas |
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Friedrich von Raumer. University of Califoquia . No. 538 Division Range Shelf Received Oct 280 1870 . ALBANCROFT Booksellers nd Stat 721 MARKE SAN FRA GCT AND THE Aly AMERICA AMERICAN PEOPLE . BY FREDERICK. Politics american LIBRARY OF THE.
Friedrich von Raumer. University of Califoquia . No. 538 Division Range Shelf Received Oct 280 1870 . ALBANCROFT Booksellers nd Stat 721 MARKE SAN FRA GCT AND THE Aly AMERICA AMERICAN PEOPLE . BY FREDERICK. Politics american LIBRARY OF THE.
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... received from King Henry VII . , on the 5th of March , 1495 , a patent to discover and take possession of countries . On the 24th of June , 1497 , he reached the continent ( Columbus reached it in 1498 , and Amerigo in 1599 ) in the ...
... received from King Henry VII . , on the 5th of March , 1495 , a patent to discover and take possession of countries . On the 24th of June , 1497 , he reached the continent ( Columbus reached it in 1498 , and Amerigo in 1599 ) in the ...
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... received from the crown , in the year 1632 , almost unlim- ited powers ; though to these a representative constitution was annexed . These immigrant Catholics likewise gave the first praiseworthy example of general religious toleration ...
... received from the crown , in the year 1632 , almost unlim- ited powers ; though to these a representative constitution was annexed . These immigrant Catholics likewise gave the first praiseworthy example of general religious toleration ...
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... received certain elective rights ; while no real control whatever was granted to the people over legislation , government , and judicature . On the contrary , the Church of England was made the religion of the state , to the exclusion ...
... received certain elective rights ; while no real control whatever was granted to the people over legislation , government , and judicature . On the contrary , the Church of England was made the religion of the state , to the exclusion ...
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... received back again what she had lost in America , viz . Cape Breton . On both sides the ensuing years of peace , from 1748 to 1756 , were actively employed . While the Americans penetrated step by step into the interior , the French ...
... received back again what she had lost in America , viz . Cape Breton . On both sides the ensuing years of peace , from 1748 to 1756 , were actively employed . While the Americans penetrated step by step into the interior , the French ...
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Página 84 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Página 99 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Página 92 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Página 83 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Página 83 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 70 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states...
Página 99 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?
Página 84 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Página 83 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 275 - 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.