Democracy in America, Volumen1J. & H. G. Langley, 1843 |
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... Races which Inhabit the Territory of the United States 353 · 356 361 The present and probable future Condition of the Indian Tribes which In- habit the Territory possessed by the Union Situation of the black Population in the United ...
... Races which Inhabit the Territory of the United States 353 · 356 361 The present and probable future Condition of the Indian Tribes which In- habit the Territory possessed by the Union Situation of the black Population in the United ...
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... races of men : * they were neither white like the Europeans , nor yellow like most of the Asiatics , nor black like the negroes . Their skin was reddish brown , their hair long and shining , their lips thin , and their cheek - bones ...
... races of men : * they were neither white like the Europeans , nor yellow like most of the Asiatics , nor black like the negroes . Their skin was reddish brown , their hair long and shining , their lips thin , and their cheek - bones ...
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... race . The Indians of our time are unable to give any information rela- tive to the history of this unknown people . Neither did those who lived three hundred years ago , when America was first discovered , leave any accounts from which ...
... race . The Indians of our time are unable to give any information rela- tive to the history of this unknown people . Neither did those who lived three hundred years ago , when America was first discovered , leave any accounts from which ...
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... race of men , they were in nowise above the level of the inferior classes in England . No lofty conceptions , no intellectual system directed the foundation of these new settle- ments . The colony was scarcely established when slavery ...
... race of men , they were in nowise above the level of the inferior classes in England . No lofty conceptions , no intellectual system directed the foundation of these new settle- ments . The colony was scarcely established when slavery ...
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... race of heretics called quakers has sprung up , " & c . The clauses of the statute inflict a heavy fine on all captains of ships who should import quakers into the country . The quakers who may be found there shall be whipped and ...
... race of heretics called quakers has sprung up , " & c . The clauses of the statute inflict a heavy fine on all captains of ships who should import quakers into the country . The quakers who may be found there shall be whipped and ...
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Página 238 - If we remain one people, under an efficient ' government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of ^making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Página 238 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it, for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Página 21 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página 238 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 21 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 41 - America, then, exhibits in her social state a most extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or, in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance.
Página 20 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 149 - When occasions present themselves in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests to withstand the temporary delusion in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Página 238 - 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...
Página 457 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms.