Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkDerby, Miller, 1849 - 404 páginas This book is a biography of John Quincy Adams, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. |
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... Slavery —Opposition of Southern Members - Exciting Scenes in the House of Representatives - Marks of confidence in Mr. Adams . . 280 CHAPTER XIV . Mr. Adams ' firmness in discharge of duty - His exertions in behalf of the Amistad Slaves ...
... Slavery —Opposition of Southern Members - Exciting Scenes in the House of Representatives - Marks of confidence in Mr. Adams . . 280 CHAPTER XIV . Mr. Adams ' firmness in discharge of duty - His exertions in behalf of the Amistad Slaves ...
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... slaves are alarmed on the other , lest he should expose their servility . The cry from all quarters is , ' He is the proudest man in the world : he cannot bear to be under obligation . ' " I never in my life observed any one endeavoring ...
... slaves are alarmed on the other , lest he should expose their servility . The cry from all quarters is , ' He is the proudest man in the world : he cannot bear to be under obligation . ' " I never in my life observed any one endeavoring ...
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... slavery of plodding over the rubbish of antiquity ( a cant so common among the heedless votaries of indolence ) , dulls the edge of all industry , and is one of the most powerful ingredients in the Circean potion which transforms many ...
... slavery of plodding over the rubbish of antiquity ( a cant so common among the heedless votaries of indolence ) , dulls the edge of all industry , and is one of the most powerful ingredients in the Circean potion which transforms many ...
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... slaves . This was the first public indication of his views on the subject of slavery . It was a premonition of the ... slave power , by the only means which , probably , appeared feasible at that time . But a crisis in his senatorial ...
... slaves . This was the first public indication of his views on the subject of slavery . It was a premonition of the ... slave power , by the only means which , probably , appeared feasible at that time . But a crisis in his senatorial ...
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... slave trade , and procure its de- nunciation as piracy , by the civilized world . On the 28th of Feb. , 1823 , the following resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives , at Wash- ington , by a vote of 131 to 9 : - “ Resolved ...
... slave trade , and procure its de- nunciation as piracy , by the civilized world . On the 28th of Feb. , 1823 , the following resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives , at Wash- ington , by a vote of 131 to 9 : - “ Resolved ...
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Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United ... John Mather Austin,William Henry Seward Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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