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... command , it appears that he was of Welsh descent on his father's side ; though his ancestors resided for some time in England before they crossed the sea . Both physically and intellectually , GENERAL THOMAS bore unmistakable marks of ...
... command , it appears that he was of Welsh descent on his father's side ; though his ancestors resided for some time in England before they crossed the sea . Both physically and intellectually , GENERAL THOMAS bore unmistakable marks of ...
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... command of various forts and barracks from 1842 to 1845 ; in the military occupation of Texas in 1845-46 ; in the Mexican war from 1846 to 1848 , participating in the battle of Buena Vista and in nearly all the operations of GENERAL ...
... command of various forts and barracks from 1842 to 1845 ; in the military occupation of Texas in 1845-46 ; in the Mexican war from 1846 to 1848 , participating in the battle of Buena Vista and in nearly all the operations of GENERAL ...
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... Command- er - in - Chief amounted to a decree that should their States secede , neither he nor they could do any lawful military act to prevent it . They had a right to regard this decree , while it remained unrevoked , as an order for ...
... Command- er - in - Chief amounted to a decree that should their States secede , neither he nor they could do any lawful military act to prevent it . They had a right to regard this decree , while it remained unrevoked , as an order for ...
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... command in the rebel army , a com- rade asked THOMAS what he would do if Virginia should vote to secede . " I will help to whip her back again , " was his answer . On the 23d of May , the people of Virginia enacted the mockery of an ...
... command in the rebel army , a com- rade asked THOMAS what he would do if Virginia should vote to secede . " I will help to whip her back again , " was his answer . On the 23d of May , the people of Virginia enacted the mockery of an ...
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... command THOMAS per- formed his first duty in the field , in May and June , 1861 , says of him : " GENERAL THOMAS contemplated with horror the prospect of a war between the people of his own State and the Union ; but he never for a ...
... command THOMAS per- formed his first duty in the field , in May and June , 1861 , says of him : " GENERAL THOMAS contemplated with horror the prospect of a war between the people of his own State and the Union ; but he never for a ...
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Página 6 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Página 16 - Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Página 6 - Declaration, and so they are. That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world. Now, sirs, for the purpose of squaring things with this idea of " don't care if slavery is voted up or voted down...
Página 19 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Página 12 - The day will come when in the State of New York a multitude of people, none of whom has had more than half a breakfast, or expects to have more than half a dinner, will choose a legislature. Is it possible to doubt what sort of a legislature will be chosen? On one side is a statesman preaching patience, respect for vested rights, strict observance of public faith.
Página 38 - Such was he: his work is done. But while the races of mankind endure Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure; Till in all lands and thro' all human story The path of duty be the way to glory.
Página 7 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 9 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 46 - Major, February 23, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico...
Página 8 - I believe that I have not so much of the confidence of the people as I had some time since, I do not know that, all things considered, any other person has more; and, however this may be, there is no way in which I can have any other man put where I am. I am here. I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.