The Century of Independence: Embracing a Collection, from Official Sources, of the Most Important Documents and Statistics Connected with the Political History of America; Also, a Chronological Record of the Principal Events ... with Biographical and Historical SketchesJ. R. Hussey & Company, 1876 - 545 páginas |
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... . experience may not be equal to the extensive and impor- tant trust : However , as the Congress desire it , I will enter upon the momentous duty , and exert every power I ( 9 ) Washington's Acceptance of the Command of the Army.
... . experience may not be equal to the extensive and impor- tant trust : However , as the Congress desire it , I will enter upon the momentous duty , and exert every power I ( 9 ) Washington's Acceptance of the Command of the Army.
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... equal to the com- mand I am honored with . " 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 ...
... equal to the com- mand I am honored with . " 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 ...
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... equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them , a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation . We hold these truths to be self ...
... equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them , a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation . We hold these truths to be self ...
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... equal parts ; the descendants of a de- ceased child or grand - child , to take the share of their deceased parent , in equal parts , among them , and where there shall be no children or descendants , then in equal parts to the next of ...
... equal parts ; the descendants of a de- ceased child or grand - child , to take the share of their deceased parent , in equal parts , among them , and where there shall be no children or descendants , then in equal parts to the next of ...
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... equal footing with the orig- inal States , at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared , by the authority afore- said , that the following articles shall be considered as arti ...
... equal footing with the orig- inal States , at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest : It is hereby ordained and declared , by the authority afore- said , that the following articles shall be considered as arti ...
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Página 153 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Página 21 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Página 21 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Página 72 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 24 - And the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 25 - ... or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each State, on any question, shall be entered on the journal when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a State, or any of them...
Página 78 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Página 31 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 153 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Página 526 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...