American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... miles between the two points , Año Nuevo at the north , and Pinos at the south , but narrows gradually as you approach the town . . . . We came to anchor within two cable lengths of the shore , and the town lay directly before us ...
... miles between the two points , Año Nuevo at the north , and Pinos at the south , but narrows gradually as you approach the town . . . . We came to anchor within two cable lengths of the shore , and the town lay directly before us ...
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... miles of the city , will gladly take refuge under our more stable institutions from the constant succession of civil wars to which that country seems to be destined . The feeling is becoming a pretty general one amongst the enlightened ...
... miles of the city , will gladly take refuge under our more stable institutions from the constant succession of civil wars to which that country seems to be destined . The feeling is becoming a pretty general one amongst the enlightened ...
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... miles in rear of the encampment . The selection of his position was necessarily confided to the judgment of the general in command . The Mexican forces at Matamoras assumed a belligerent attitude , and on the 12th of April General ...
... miles in rear of the encampment . The selection of his position was necessarily confided to the judgment of the general in command . The Mexican forces at Matamoras assumed a belligerent attitude , and on the 12th of April General ...
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... mile placed us upon the great thoroughfare of the gold seekers . For miles , to the extent of vision , an animated mass of beings broke upon our view . Long trains of wagons with their white covers were moving slowly along , a multitude ...
... mile placed us upon the great thoroughfare of the gold seekers . For miles , to the extent of vision , an animated mass of beings broke upon our view . Long trains of wagons with their white covers were moving slowly along , a multitude ...
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... miles , had to be crossed . In our worn - out condi- tion this looked discouraging , and it was with a kind of dread that we looked to the passage of that sandy plain . At the same time an indefi- nite tale was circulated among the ...
... miles , had to be crossed . In our worn - out condi- tion this looked discouraging , and it was with a kind of dread that we looked to the passage of that sandy plain . At the same time an indefi- nite tale was circulated among the ...
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Page 295 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 426 - UP from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 19 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 136 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. 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 the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 460 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court...
Page 123 - an act to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Page 399 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Page 55 - Revile him not, — the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark...
Page 542 - States fishermen by the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts, of the British North American Colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty...
Page 330 - As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag !" the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. "Never !" our gallant Morris replies ; "It is better to sink than to yield !" And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men.