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... says that " the business of our merchants was confined mainly to the retail trade . The produce that was shipped from this port was all brought to the city by teams . Some of them would come one hundred and fifty miles . Farmers would ...
... says that " the business of our merchants was confined mainly to the retail trade . The produce that was shipped from this port was all brought to the city by teams . Some of them would come one hundred and fifty miles . Farmers would ...
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... says that he thinks this " will do very well for a city which only four years ago had only forty miles of railroad completed and in operation . " It is added that there are ninety - six trains arriving and departing daily , but " when ...
... says that he thinks this " will do very well for a city which only four years ago had only forty miles of railroad completed and in operation . " It is added that there are ninety - six trains arriving and departing daily , but " when ...
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... says the review writer . " The change will , in almost every instance , secure for the people who emigrate a great increase of property , and thereby afford them the means of greater physical comfort and a more generous expenditure for ...
... says the review writer . " The change will , in almost every instance , secure for the people who emigrate a great increase of property , and thereby afford them the means of greater physical comfort and a more generous expenditure for ...
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... says that the panic was both a financial and a commercial disturbance . " It was world - wide in extent , but its effects were more severely felt in the United States than elsewhere . It was due to speculation ex- cesses , and , in ...
... says that the panic was both a financial and a commercial disturbance . " It was world - wide in extent , but its effects were more severely felt in the United States than elsewhere . It was due to speculation ex- cesses , and , in ...
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... says the Journal . It was while in attendance upon this convention that he caught the observing eye of Horace Greeley , who was report- ing the proceedings for the New York Tribune . David Dudley Field of New York . had addressed the ...
... says the Journal . It was while in attendance upon this convention that he caught the observing eye of Horace Greeley , who was report- ing the proceedings for the New York Tribune . David Dudley Field of New York . had addressed the ...
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Chicago, Its History and Its Builders: A Century of Marvelous Growth, Volumen2 Josiah Seymour Currey Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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Página 150 - If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Página 150 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
Página 71 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation ; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the National Territories, and to overrun us here in these Free States? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly and effectively.
Página 161 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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 52 - There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.
Página 65 - There are only two sides to the question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war ; only patriots — or traitors.
Página 101 - Imploring the assistance of Divine Providence, and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the convention, to the rights of all the states and territories and people of the nation, to the inviolability of the Constitution and the perpetual union, harmony and prosperity of all, I am most happy to co-operate for the practical success of the principles declared by the convention.
Página 143 - No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red; They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the graves of our dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Love and tears for the Blue; Tears and love for the Gray.
Página 363 - Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!
Página 52 - From 1849 to 1854, both inclusive, practiced law more assiduously than ever before. Always a Whig in politics; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets, making active canvasses. I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again.