Morristown, New Jersey, in the Spanish-American WarJerseyman Office, 1900 - 183 pages |
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... held to his determination to deliver the island from Spanish oppression , and the splendid hope of American intervention which sustained and cheered him amid the discouragements of his perplexing campaigns , should not pass unnoticed ...
... held to his determination to deliver the island from Spanish oppression , and the splendid hope of American intervention which sustained and cheered him amid the discouragements of his perplexing campaigns , should not pass unnoticed ...
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... peace with honor , but we lay a solemn emphasis upon the word honor . Honor comes first . It is most important ; it is the end to be held in view . ( Applause . ) " 66 CHAPTER IV . EXCUSE ME , SIR ; I. 24 MORRISTOWN IN THE.
... peace with honor , but we lay a solemn emphasis upon the word honor . Honor comes first . It is most important ; it is the end to be held in view . ( Applause . ) " 66 CHAPTER IV . EXCUSE ME , SIR ; I. 24 MORRISTOWN IN THE.
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... Held in A. T. A. Torbert Post Rooms , Washington Street , Morristown , N. J. , on April 23 , and April 25 , 1898.— Speech of Rev. J. M. Buckley , D. D .. at the Convention of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution ...
... Held in A. T. A. Torbert Post Rooms , Washington Street , Morristown , N. J. , on April 23 , and April 25 , 1898.— Speech of Rev. J. M. Buckley , D. D .. at the Convention of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution ...
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... held in the G. A. R. Hall Saturday evening , April 23 . The meeting was called to order by Isaac R. Pierson , who stated that as there had been an earnest desire on the part of many to have a mili- tary organization in this city the ...
... held in the G. A. R. Hall Saturday evening , April 23 . The meeting was called to order by Isaac R. Pierson , who stated that as there had been an earnest desire on the part of many to have a mili- tary organization in this city the ...
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... held on Monday evening following the second public meeting . This committee also met with the Advisory Committee on Monday evening before the open- ing of the public meeting . III . " Don't Swear , Boys , Shoot ! " - Colonel Wood to ...
... held on Monday evening following the second public meeting . This committee also met with the Advisory Committee on Monday evening before the open- ing of the public meeting . III . " Don't Swear , Boys , Shoot ! " - Colonel Wood to ...
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Page 48 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair ; the event is in the hand of God.
Page 19 - Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 20 - ... For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 46 - O Englishmen ! — in hope and creed, In blood and tongue our brothers ! We too are heirs of Runnymede ; And Shakespeare's fame and Cromwell's deed Are not alone our mother's. ' Thicker than water," in one rill Through centuries of story , I92 ASTR&A AT THE CAPITOL.
Page 32 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the Island to its people.
Page 40 - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame Through its ocean-sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
Page 32 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Page 4 - In the opinion of the Court the Maine was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines. (8) The Court has been unable to obtain evidence fixing the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persons.
Page 37 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 19 - ... be, extinguished by present methods. The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can no longer be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba.