The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volume 4Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1886 |
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... question , in a letter dated Jan- uary 5 , 1828 : " " You wish me to say whether I believe , that at the begin- ning of the Revolution , or at the assembling of the first Congress , the leaders of that day were resolved on independence ...
... question , in a letter dated Jan- uary 5 , 1828 : " " You wish me to say whether I believe , that at the begin- ning of the Revolution , or at the assembling of the first Congress , the leaders of that day were resolved on independence ...
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... questions then before the States , and his experience was not inconsiderable . His scholarly attainments , fine judgment , and other qualities also designated him for this advancement , while , as will be seen , in one important ...
... questions then before the States , and his experience was not inconsiderable . His scholarly attainments , fine judgment , and other qualities also designated him for this advancement , while , as will be seen , in one important ...
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... question as to the navigation of the Mississippi , especially at its outlet . France had ceded all her Mississippi River claims with Louisiana to Spain , and thus the case was so complicated as to produce some very unstatesmanlike ...
... question as to the navigation of the Mississippi , especially at its outlet . France had ceded all her Mississippi River claims with Louisiana to Spain , and thus the case was so complicated as to produce some very unstatesmanlike ...
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... question , and , at all events , so able did the Congress consider his arguments as to adopt the whole form of instructions . The main points of his argument were that the right of passing in and out at the mouth of that river had ...
... question , and , at all events , so able did the Congress consider his arguments as to adopt the whole form of instructions . The main points of his argument were that the right of passing in and out at the mouth of that river had ...
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... sailing for the Chesapeake . The British gen- eral was caught , and the question of British authority over these colonies was about to be settled forever . Mr. Madison had taken a lively interest in all these 44 LIFE AND TIMES OF.
... sailing for the Chesapeake . The British gen- eral was caught , and the question of British authority over these colonies was about to be settled forever . Mr. Madison had taken a lively interest in all these 44 LIFE AND TIMES OF.
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Page 399 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 399 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 267 - That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories...
Page 21 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 90 - Resd. therefore that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases.
Page 399 - Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 30 - General Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body, TO DECLARE THE UNITED COLONIES FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES, absolved from all allegiance to or dependence upon the crown or Parliament of Great Britain...
Page 254 - Instead of this reasonable step towards satisfaction and friendship between the two nations, the orders were, at a moment when least to have been expected, put into more rigorous execution; and it was communicated through the British envoy just arrived, that whilst the revocation of the edicts of France, as officially made known to the British government, was denied to have taken place, it was an indispensable condition of the repeal of the British Orders, that commerce should be restored to a footing...
Page 91 - Magistracy, existing at the time of increase or diminution, and to be ineligible a second time; and that besides a general authority to execute the National Laws, it ought to enjoy the Executive rights vested in Congress by the Confederation.
Page 239 - An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...