Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volumen10Illinois State Historical Society., 1918 |
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... Judge Thornton , in 1896 , prepared a short autobiography ( 5 ) and his whole mention of the debate is as follows : ANTHONY THORNTON ' S VERSION “ In June , 1856 , I made an appointment to pronounce my first Democratic speech in the old ...
... Judge Thornton , in 1896 , prepared a short autobiography ( 5 ) and his whole mention of the debate is as follows : ANTHONY THORNTON ' S VERSION “ In June , 1856 , I made an appointment to pronounce my first Democratic speech in the old ...
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... Judge's desk , with his heels resting on the lower rung and his thumbs thrust under his suspenders . At the appointed hour he opened the debate substantially in the following words : " Fellow - citizens : I rarely arise to address my ...
... Judge's desk , with his heels resting on the lower rung and his thumbs thrust under his suspenders . At the appointed hour he opened the debate substantially in the following words : " Fellow - citizens : I rarely arise to address my ...
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... judge of probate . He was the town's first postmaster and he taught its first school in a log cabin . He opened the first trading post for Indians . Mary Jane , his daughter , was the first white child born in the settlement , her ...
... judge of probate . He was the town's first postmaster and he taught its first school in a log cabin . He opened the first trading post for Indians . Mary Jane , his daughter , was the first white child born in the settlement , her ...
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... Judge Samuel W. Moulton . Samuel French was born in Tennessee on December 10 , 1829 , and came to Illinois in 1842 , first residing in Clinton County . He removed to Shelbyville about 1856 and became one of the county's farmers . He was ...
... Judge Samuel W. Moulton . Samuel French was born in Tennessee on December 10 , 1829 , and came to Illinois in 1842 , first residing in Clinton County . He removed to Shelbyville about 1856 and became one of the county's farmers . He was ...
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... Judge Anthony Thornton of Shelbyville in 1856 , which incident is referred to in your letter . In June , 1895 , I visited Judge Thornton at his home in Shelby- ville and have preserved the notes of my interview with him , from which I ...
... Judge Anthony Thornton of Shelbyville in 1856 , which incident is referred to in your letter . In June , 1895 , I visited Judge Thornton at his home in Shelby- ville and have preserved the notes of my interview with him , from which I ...
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Página 168 - FEAR death? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go...
Página 168 - And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers, The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave. The black minute's at end, And the elements...
Página 373 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.
Página 135 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Página 185 - ... courts for any proper assistance in the exercise of the one and the discharge of the other, and it is no sufficient answer to its appeal to one of those courts that it has no pecuniary interest in the matter. The...
Página 181 - I recognize however the right of labor to organize. Each man in America is a freeman, and so long as he does not interfere with the rights of others he has the right to do with that which is his what he pleases.
Página 529 - States will deliver at some convenient place northward of the river Ohio, like useful goods, suited to the circumstances of the Indians, of the value of nine thousand five hundred dollars reckoning that value at the first cost of the goods in the city or place in the United States, where they shall be procured.
Página 114 - We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 525 - Greenville, the head quarters of the said army, have agreed on the following articles, which, when ratified by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, shall be binding on them and the said Indian tribes. ARTICLE i. Henceforth all hostilities shall cease; peace is hereby established, and shall be perpetual; and a friendly intercourse shall take place, between the said United States and Indian tribes.
Página 229 - As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth a man the countenance of his friend.