Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to the Present Time ...B. B. Russell, 1867 - 480 páginas |
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... soon covered with the dead , and with the wounded struggling in dying agonies . Amazement and consternation ran through the ranks . An unseen fire was assailing them . It was supernatural ; it was ghostly . Braddock stood his ground ...
... soon covered with the dead , and with the wounded struggling in dying agonies . Amazement and consternation ran through the ranks . An unseen fire was assailing them . It was supernatural ; it was ghostly . Braddock stood his ground ...
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... soon after surrendered to Wolfe , and English supremacy was established upon this continent without a rival . Washington was now twenty - six years of age . The beautiful estate of Mount Vernon had descended to him by inheritance . On ...
... soon after surrendered to Wolfe , and English supremacy was established upon this continent without a rival . Washington was now twenty - six years of age . The beautiful estate of Mount Vernon had descended to him by inheritance . On ...
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... soon burst with fearful desolation over all the colonies . We now come down to the notable year 1775. The British ministry , denying the colonists the rights of British subjects , insisted upon exercising the despotic power of imposing ...
... soon burst with fearful desolation over all the colonies . We now come down to the notable year 1775. The British ministry , denying the colonists the rights of British subjects , insisted upon exercising the despotic power of imposing ...
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... soon be able to pass at any point without obstruction . The enemy , with apparently nothing to fear , relaxed his vigilance . The British officers , welcomed by the Tories in the large towns , were amusing themselves with feasting and ...
... soon be able to pass at any point without obstruction . The enemy , with apparently nothing to fear , relaxed his vigilance . The British officers , welcomed by the Tories in the large towns , were amusing themselves with feasting and ...
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... soon come to our aid . The British , apprehensive that a French fleet might soon appear , and thus endanger the troops in Philadelphia , evacuated the city , and sent their heavy material of war to New York by water , while 42 LIVES OF ...
... soon come to our aid . The British , apprehensive that a French fleet might soon appear , and thus endanger the troops in Philadelphia , evacuated the city , and sent their heavy material of war to New York by water , while 42 LIVES OF ...
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Página 429 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth...
Página 205 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Página 391 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Página 406 - ... 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 ; and we denounce the lawless invasion, by armed force, of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Página 408 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 132 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Página 416 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free...
Página 407 - It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence, in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, 'to form a more perfect Union.
Página 30 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Página 408 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.