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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... direct taxation , by internal duties . This produced great dissatisfaction throughout the Union . An " alien law " was passed , which empowered the President to banish from the United States , any foreigner whom he should consider ...
... direct taxation , by internal duties . This produced great dissatisfaction throughout the Union . An " alien law " was passed , which empowered the President to banish from the United States , any foreigner whom he should consider ...
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... direct taxa- tion ; the alien and sedition laws - all tended to injure his popularity with the mass of the people , and to de- stroy his prospects of a re - election to the presidency . The perplexities he was compelled to encounter ...
... direct taxa- tion ; the alien and sedition laws - all tended to injure his popularity with the mass of the people , and to de- stroy his prospects of a re - election to the presidency . The perplexities he was compelled to encounter ...
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... perfectly unshackled , and ready to act as duty and conscience should direct . Arriving in the United States with distinguished honors gained by successful foreign diplomacy , Mr. Adams was not allowed to remain long in inactivity .
... perfectly unshackled , and ready to act as duty and conscience should direct . Arriving in the United States with distinguished honors gained by successful foreign diplomacy , Mr. Adams was not allowed to remain long in inactivity .
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... direct route of communication between Halifax and Quebec - that the right of search should be granted to British ships - of - war - together with many other terms equally unacceptable . The letters of the American Commissioners to the ...
... direct route of communication between Halifax and Quebec - that the right of search should be granted to British ships - of - war - together with many other terms equally unacceptable . The letters of the American Commissioners to the ...
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... direct in- terference on the part of the Government of the United States . It would have been a departure from that neutral policy , in regard to European conflicts , on which the country had acted from the commencement of our national ...
... direct in- terference on the part of the Government of the United States . It would have been a departure from that neutral policy , in regard to European conflicts , on which the country had acted from the commencement of our national ...
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Página 28 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 378 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Página 27 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 293 - Joint Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Página 250 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Página 124 - Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an Agent or Commissioner to Greece, whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment.
Página 338 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 29 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not, I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Página 281 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Página 282 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.