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... President of the New York State Normal School . 1 vol . , 12mo . - Elements of Intellectual Philosophy . Arnold's History of Rome . 1 vol . , 8vo . 670 pages . Lectures on Modern History . Large 12mo . 428 pages . Bain's English ...
... President of the New York State Normal School . 1 vol . , 12mo . - Elements of Intellectual Philosophy . Arnold's History of Rome . 1 vol . , 8vo . 670 pages . Lectures on Modern History . Large 12mo . 428 pages . Bain's English ...
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... Presidents , XXVI . War with Great Britain , 1812-1815 , XXVII . After the War of 1812 , XXVIII . The Mexican War , XXIX . Taylor , Fillmore , Pierce , Buchanan , XXX . The Civil War , 1861-1865 , XXXI . Events since the Civil War ...
... Presidents , XXVI . War with Great Britain , 1812-1815 , XXVII . After the War of 1812 , XXVIII . The Mexican War , XXIX . Taylor , Fillmore , Pierce , Buchanan , XXX . The Civil War , 1861-1865 , XXXI . Events since the Civil War ...
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... president of the United States and one of Otis's auditors on this occasion , was then and there born . " 66 Samuel Adams , also , an inflexible patriot of Boston , whose every dip of the pen the wincing governor declared stung " like a ...
... president of the United States and one of Otis's auditors on this occasion , was then and there born . " 66 Samuel Adams , also , an inflexible patriot of Boston , whose every dip of the pen the wincing governor declared stung " like a ...
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... president , an interested listener in the lobby , never forgot . eye " Cæsar had his Brutus , " thundered the orator , " Charles I. had his Cromwell , and George III.- " " Treason ! trea- son ! " interrupted angry loyalists in different ...
... president , an interested listener in the lobby , never forgot . eye " Cæsar had his Brutus , " thundered the orator , " Charles I. had his Cromwell , and George III.- " " Treason ! trea- son ! " interrupted angry loyalists in different ...
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... president . Some hope of reconciliation with the mother - country was still entertained , and a final petition to the crown was drawn up ; at the same time vigorous preparations were made for war . Three mill- ions of dollars were ...
... president . Some hope of reconciliation with the mother - country was still entertained , and a final petition to the crown was drawn up ; at the same time vigorous preparations were made for war . Three mill- ions of dollars were ...
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Página 310 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 319 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Página 315 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Página 312 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Página 313 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 320 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Página 318 - No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Página 312 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Página 317 - ... and in case of disagreement between them with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.
Página 311 - RODNEY, GEORGE READ, THOMAS M'KEAN. MARYLAND. SAMUEL CHASE, WILLIAM PACA, THOMAS STONE, CHARLES CARROLL, of Carrollton. VIRGINIA. GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, THOMAS JEFFERSON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, THOMAS NELSON, JUN., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON. NORTH CAROLINA. WILLIAM HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, JOHN PENN. SOUTH CAROLINA. EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOMAS HEYWARD, JUN., THOMAS LYNCH, JUN., ARTHUR MIDDLETON. GEORGIA. BUTTON GWINNETT, LYMAN HALL, GEORGE WALTON.