A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With a History of the Political Campaign in Virginia in 1855: to which is Added a Review of the Position of Parties in the Union, and a Statement of the Political Issues: Distinguishing Them on the Eve of the Presidential Campaign of 1856J. W. Randolph, 1856 - 509 páginas |
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... passed he thought as Mr. Calhoun did , that the bill was unconstitutional , and could be compromised before the ordinance of South Carolina was passed , as it was afterwards . In sustaining the Proclamation , therefore , he was only ...
... passed he thought as Mr. Calhoun did , that the bill was unconstitutional , and could be compromised before the ordinance of South Carolina was passed , as it was afterwards . In sustaining the Proclamation , therefore , he was only ...
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... passed ver- bally between them in their first interview . This raised a question , seemingly , of veracity . But still Mr. Wise advised Mr. Graves not to go farther than to demand whether Mr. Cilley meant to assail his state- ment as ...
... passed ver- bally between them in their first interview . This raised a question , seemingly , of veracity . But still Mr. Wise advised Mr. Graves not to go farther than to demand whether Mr. Cilley meant to assail his state- ment as ...
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... passed through the lapel of his coat . This conclusion was arrived at from the position in which Mr. G. stood and ... passing entirely through him , severing , no doubt , the aorta . " His rifle fell out of his hands , he beckoned to his ...
... passed through the lapel of his coat . This conclusion was arrived at from the position in which Mr. G. stood and ... passing entirely through him , severing , no doubt , the aorta . " His rifle fell out of his hands , he beckoned to his ...
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... passed of the highest authority , to which this secret organization is opposed . On the 12th of June , '76 , the Convention of Virginia passed a " Declara- tion of Rights . " Its 4th section declares : " that no man , or set of men ...
... passed of the highest authority , to which this secret organization is opposed . On the 12th of June , '76 , the Convention of Virginia passed a " Declara- tion of Rights . " Its 4th section declares : " that no man , or set of men ...
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... passed the 16th of December , 1785. Against this law , this Know - Nothing order attacks the freedom of the mind , by im- posing " civil incapacitations ; " it " attempts to punish one religion and to propagate another by coercion on ...
... passed the 16th of December , 1785. Against this law , this Know - Nothing order attacks the freedom of the mind , by im- posing " civil incapacitations ; " it " attempts to punish one religion and to propagate another by coercion on ...
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Página 473 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
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Página 14 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Página 131 - For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly.
Página 15 - ... all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
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Página 383 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the...
Página 17 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doJh- absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Página 176 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Página 69 - And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.