Life and Distinguished Services of Hon. William McKinley and the Great Issues of 1896: Containing Also a Sketch of the Life of Garret A. HobartEdgewood Publishing Company, 1896 - 501 pages |
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... called for volunteers . As soon as he was satisfied that lib- erty and the Republic could only be saved by fight- ing for them , his life belonged to his country . It is always difficult to rise from the ranks , and for a beardless boy ...
... called for volunteers . As soon as he was satisfied that lib- erty and the Republic could only be saved by fight- ing for them , his life belonged to his country . It is always difficult to rise from the ranks , and for a beardless boy ...
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... called for . Soldiers fight far better on full than empty stomachs , and so thought this fearless and practical Commissary Sergeant , and as evening fell two mule wagons loaded with food and hot coffee were going , under heavy fire from ...
... called for . Soldiers fight far better on full than empty stomachs , and so thought this fearless and practical Commissary Sergeant , and as evening fell two mule wagons loaded with food and hot coffee were going , under heavy fire from ...
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... called , and their loss broke the mother's health . The cares of public life , the anxieties of political fortunes , and the triumphs of a brilliant career have never for one moment distracted or disturbed the tender solicitude and ...
... called , and their loss broke the mother's health . The cares of public life , the anxieties of political fortunes , and the triumphs of a brilliant career have never for one moment distracted or disturbed the tender solicitude and ...
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... called out the troops and crushed disorder with an iron hand , but before doing so he resorted to every proper expedient to maintain order and the law . He was diplomatic , careful , per- suasive , and generally restored order and good ...
... called out the troops and crushed disorder with an iron hand , but before doing so he resorted to every proper expedient to maintain order and the law . He was diplomatic , careful , per- suasive , and generally restored order and good ...
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... called out the troops and crushed disorder with an iron hand , but before doing so he resorted to every proper expedient to maintain order and the law . He was diplomatic , careful , per- suasive , and generally restored order and good ...
... called out the troops and crushed disorder with an iron hand , but before doing so he resorted to every proper expedient to maintain order and the law . He was diplomatic , careful , per- suasive , and generally restored order and good ...
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Page 288 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them : thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another...
Page 412 - The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
Page 356 - OUR fathers' God ! from out whose hand The centuries fall like grains of sand, We meet to-day, united, free, And loyal to our land and Thee, To thank Thee for the era done, And trust Thee for the opening one.
Page 131 - Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Page 387 - Hurrah ! Hurrah ! we bring the Jubilee ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! the flag that makes you free !' So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, While we were marching through Georgia.
Page 359 - American policy of discriminating duties for the upbuilding of our merchant marine and the protection of our shipping in the foreign carrying trade, so that American ships — the product of American labor, employed in American shipyards, sailing under the stars and stripes, and manned, officered, and owned by Americans — may regain the carrying of our foreign commerce.
Page 456 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Page 293 - ... in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man, who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood.
Page 357 - ... in time of peace, forced an adverse balance of trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging over the redemption fund, pawned American credit to alien syndicates, and reversed all the measures and results of successful Republican rule. In the broad effect of its policy it has precipitated panic, blighted industry and trade with prolonged depression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise, and crippled American production while stimulating foreign production for the American market.
Page 360 - Our foreign policy should be at all times firm, vigorous, and dignified, and all our interests in the Western Hemisphere carefully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian Islands should be controlled by the United States, and no foreign power should be permitted to interfere with them...