The Western Rural Year Book, a Cyclopedia of Reference: Historical, Statistical and Scientific Information. A Comprehensive Work Showing the Development and Progress of the United States from the Settlement of the Country. The Agricultural Advancement and Resources of America Fully Set Forth in a Condensed FormM. George, 1886 - 464 pages |
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... Presidents , Governors , Senators , Judges would be but the phantasmic emanations of their will , as powerless of self - assertion as Roman Senators during the reign of Diocletian . These allied despots would formulate a plan of ruling ...
... Presidents , Governors , Senators , Judges would be but the phantasmic emanations of their will , as powerless of self - assertion as Roman Senators during the reign of Diocletian . These allied despots would formulate a plan of ruling ...
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... President toward whom it was hostile could not be elected . Nay ! He could not even be nominated . Its devoted At- torneys , secret and known , swarm in both Houses of Congress . It selects Cabinet officers and raises judges to the ...
... President toward whom it was hostile could not be elected . Nay ! He could not even be nominated . Its devoted At- torneys , secret and known , swarm in both Houses of Congress . It selects Cabinet officers and raises judges to the ...
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... his attacks until he had crushed it out of existence . It was the beginning of its end when the President ordered the withdrawal of the Government deposits . CRISES OF 1837 AND 1857 . The great crash of 50 WESTERN RURAL YEAR BOOK .
... his attacks until he had crushed it out of existence . It was the beginning of its end when the President ordered the withdrawal of the Government deposits . CRISES OF 1837 AND 1857 . The great crash of 50 WESTERN RURAL YEAR BOOK .
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... President issued a circular directing that only specie should be received . As a result , prices fell flat and business in Western lands came to a standstill . There was a temporary resumption on the part of most of the banks in 1838 ...
... President issued a circular directing that only specie should be received . As a result , prices fell flat and business in Western lands came to a standstill . There was a temporary resumption on the part of most of the banks in 1838 ...
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... President Van Buren ordered that ten hours should constitute a day's work in all Government shops . In 1868 Congress made eight hours a legal day's work , and Presi- dent Grant , when the question of pay came up , decided that there ...
... President Van Buren ordered that ten hours should constitute a day's work in all Government shops . In 1868 Congress made eight hours a legal day's work , and Presi- dent Grant , when the question of pay came up , decided that there ...
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Page 43 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
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Page 371 - Under the new constitution of 1886, the legislative power rests with a Congress of two houses, the Senate and House of Representatives. The...
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