Politics and Pen Pictures at Home and AbroadG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892 - 445 páginas |
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... stood in the midst of men . He was a man of heroic mould , grand in every way , of vast energy , bold plans , comprehensive views , full of decision , and swaying men by the qualities of a great , generous , fearless nature . He was ...
... stood in the midst of men . He was a man of heroic mould , grand in every way , of vast energy , bold plans , comprehensive views , full of decision , and swaying men by the qualities of a great , generous , fearless nature . He was ...
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... stood and saw the flag floating in the evening breeze , I caught the inspiration of coming victory ; I recognized in the heroic face of General Harrison a leader who would be followed by a great and generous people , who would bear his ...
... stood and saw the flag floating in the evening breeze , I caught the inspiration of coming victory ; I recognized in the heroic face of General Harrison a leader who would be followed by a great and generous people , who would bear his ...
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... stood to address the people . I remember on one occasion , at a Whig meeting in Montgomery , Alabama , a most felicitous ap- peal was made by a gentleman addressing a listening crowd , when a large raccoon was thrown on the table in ...
... stood to address the people . I remember on one occasion , at a Whig meeting in Montgomery , Alabama , a most felicitous ap- peal was made by a gentleman addressing a listening crowd , when a large raccoon was thrown on the table in ...
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... stood that he had broken the friendly relations , previously existing , between General Jackson and Mr. Calhoun . Mr. Van Buren was a friend of Mr. William Henry Crawford , of Georgia , who had been a member of Mr. Monroe's Cabinet ...
... stood that he had broken the friendly relations , previously existing , between General Jackson and Mr. Calhoun . Mr. Van Buren was a friend of Mr. William Henry Crawford , of Georgia , who had been a member of Mr. Monroe's Cabinet ...
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... stood in the presence of General Jackson . Advancing , I made myself known to him ; he received me with a frank cordiality that charmed . me ; I had expected to meet a blunt soldier , but I found in General Jackson a gentleman of ...
... stood in the presence of General Jackson . Advancing , I made myself known to him ; he received me with a frank cordiality that charmed . me ; I had expected to meet a blunt soldier , but I found in General Jackson a gentleman of ...
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Página 291 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend...
Página 344 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Página 337 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save 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 337 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 31 - Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 55 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Página 291 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Página 288 - That the government of a Territory organized by an act of Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
Página 317 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Página 337 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; 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.