The Presidents of the United States 1789-1894James Grant Wilson D. Appleton, 1894 - 526 páginas |
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... Adams , Jefferson , Lincoln , and Grant - it may safely be said , " upon the adamant of their fame the stream of time beats without injury . " For those of John Adams , James Monroe , and Andrew Johnson the pub- lishers are indebted to ...
... Adams , Jefferson , Lincoln , and Grant - it may safely be said , " upon the adamant of their fame the stream of time beats without injury . " For those of John Adams , James Monroe , and Andrew Johnson the pub- lishers are indebted to ...
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... ADAMS , JOHN. CONTENTS . 1 ARTICLE . GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHN ADAMS THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES MADISON . JAMES MONROE . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ANDREW JACKSON MARTIN VAN BUREN . - > JOHN TYLER ~ . JAMES K. POLK . ZACHARY TAYLOR MILLARD FILLMORE ...
... ADAMS , JOHN. CONTENTS . 1 ARTICLE . GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHN ADAMS THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES MADISON . JAMES MONROE . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ANDREW JACKSON MARTIN VAN BUREN . - > JOHN TYLER ~ . JAMES K. POLK . ZACHARY TAYLOR MILLARD FILLMORE ...
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... Adams to Judge William Cranch . ' Thomas Jefferson to Mrs. Margaret Harrison Smith ' James Madison to Mrs. Margaret Harrison Smith • James Monroe to the General Assembly of Virginia ' John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams v Andrew ...
... Adams to Judge William Cranch . ' Thomas Jefferson to Mrs. Margaret Harrison Smith ' James Madison to Mrs. Margaret Harrison Smith • James Monroe to the General Assembly of Virginia ' John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams v Andrew ...
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James Grant Wilson. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . WASHINGTON , George ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , JOHN QUINCY ARTHUR , CHESTER A. BUCHANAN , JAMES CLEVELAND , GROVER ' FILLMORE , MILLARD GARFIELD , JAMES A. GRANT , ULYSSES S. HARRISON , BENJAMIN ...
James Grant Wilson. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . WASHINGTON , George ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , JOHN QUINCY ARTHUR , CHESTER A. BUCHANAN , JAMES CLEVELAND , GROVER ' FILLMORE , MILLARD GARFIELD , JAMES A. GRANT , ULYSSES S. HARRISON , BENJAMIN ...
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... Adams to Charles Francis Adams Andrew Jackson to James K. Polk Martin Van Buren to Fitz - Greene Halleck J William Henry Harrison to David K. Este ง John Tyler to David S. Gardiner ( last page ) . James Knox Polk to Mrs. Sarah C. Polk ...
... Adams to Charles Francis Adams Andrew Jackson to James K. Polk Martin Van Buren to Fitz - Greene Halleck J William Henry Harrison to David K. Este ง John Tyler to David S. Gardiner ( last page ) . James Knox Polk to Mrs. Sarah C. Polk ...
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Página 63 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
Página 299 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, 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...
Página 17 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 310 - 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 ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Página 302 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Página 22 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Página 74 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 321 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword...
Página 112 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Página 310 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.