A Short History of the United States, 1492-1920Macmillan, 1921 - 942 pages |
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... civil function in times of peace , being judge and administrator of the ancient customs . He was elected by consent of the clan members and might be deposed by the same authority . The office was permanent , and must be filled from the ...
... civil function in times of peace , being judge and administrator of the ancient customs . He was elected by consent of the clan members and might be deposed by the same authority . The office was permanent , and must be filled from the ...
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John Spencer Bassett. Gilbert . ing him power , civil and proprietary , over all lands which he might colonize not held by a Christian prince . He wished to discover a northwest passage to China , and believed that a colony in America ...
John Spencer Bassett. Gilbert . ing him power , civil and proprietary , over all lands which he might colonize not held by a Christian prince . He wished to discover a northwest passage to China , and believed that a colony in America ...
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John Spencer Bassett. MARYLAND CONTROVERSIES 57 Civil War in Maryland , 1644 . This discontent came to the surface in 1644 when Edward Hill , member of the popular Virginia party , appeared in Maryland to per- suade the Puritans to ...
John Spencer Bassett. MARYLAND CONTROVERSIES 57 Civil War in Maryland , 1644 . This discontent came to the surface in 1644 when Edward Hill , member of the popular Virginia party , appeared in Maryland to per- suade the Puritans to ...
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... civil body politic " on democratic lines but fully sub- servient to the royal authority . In the absence of a charter it was the basis of civil government in Plymouth until the colony was united with Massachusetts in 1691. The first ...
... civil body politic " on democratic lines but fully sub- servient to the royal authority . In the absence of a charter it was the basis of civil government in Plymouth until the colony was united with Massachusetts in 1691. The first ...
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... civil as in eccle- The New siastical affairs . Thus none but church members should ernment . vote , and a committee of seven members was provided with authority to determine who should be admitted to church member- ship and consequently ...
... civil as in eccle- The New siastical affairs . Thus none but church members should ernment . vote , and a committee of seven members was provided with authority to determine who should be admitted to church member- ship and consequently ...
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Page 320 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 295 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 372 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 496 - 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 497 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? Q.
Page 593 - Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in — as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom.
Page 895 - The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Page 575 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or 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 741 - ... the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law.
Page 854 - ... instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws.