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... Company . The price at which different members were alleged to have bartered away their personal honor and their ... Company and of the Pacific Railroad Company were produced ; and the results of the investigation were reported to the ...
... Company . The price at which different members were alleged to have bartered away their personal honor and their ... Company and of the Pacific Railroad Company were produced ; and the results of the investigation were reported to the ...
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... Company and the Union Pacific Company , or gave them any specific information as to the amount of dividends they would be likely to receive further than has been already stated , [ viz , that in some cases he had guaranteed a profit of ...
... Company and the Union Pacific Company , or gave them any specific information as to the amount of dividends they would be likely to receive further than has been already stated , [ viz , that in some cases he had guaranteed a profit of ...
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... Company as has any relation to myself . To ren- der the discussion intelligible , I will first state briefly the offenses which that corporation committed , as found by the committees of the House . HISTORY OF THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY ...
... Company as has any relation to myself . To ren- der the discussion intelligible , I will first state briefly the offenses which that corporation committed , as found by the committees of the House . HISTORY OF THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY ...
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... company , its managers swore that the company had never declared dividends to an aggregate of more than twelve present . The company proper did not receive the profits of the Oakes Ames contract . The profits were paid only to the seven ...
... company , its managers swore that the company had never declared dividends to an aggregate of more than twelve present . The company proper did not receive the profits of the Oakes Ames contract . The profits were paid only to the seven ...
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... Company , he could not with any propriety hold such stock , or agree to hold it , or any of its proceeds . And for a ... company to be known as the Credit Mobilier of America , to be formed on the model of the Credit Mobilier of France ...
... Company , he could not with any propriety hold such stock , or agree to hold it , or any of its proceeds . And for a ... company to be known as the Credit Mobilier of America , to be formed on the model of the Credit Mobilier of France ...
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Página 6 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Página 16 - Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Página 6 - Declaration, and so they are. That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world. Now, sirs, for the purpose of squaring things with this idea of " don't care if slavery is voted up or voted down...
Página 19 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Página 12 - The day will come when in the State of New York a multitude of people, none of whom has had more than half a breakfast, or expects to have more than half a dinner, will choose a legislature. Is it possible to doubt what sort of a legislature will be chosen? On one side is a statesman preaching patience, respect for vested rights, strict observance of public faith.
Página 38 - Such was he: his work is done. But while the races of mankind endure Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure; Till in all lands and thro' all human story The path of duty be the way to glory.
Página 7 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 9 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 46 - Major, February 23, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico...
Página 8 - I believe that I have not so much of the confidence of the people as I had some time since, I do not know that, all things considered, any other person has more; and, however this may be, there is no way in which I can have any other man put where I am. I am here. I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.