American History Told by Contemporaries..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart Macmillan, 1901 |
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... Battle of Bull Run , 1861 306 104. Mrs. Catharine Ann ( Ware ) Warfield : " Manassas , " 1861 105. Louis Philippe d'Orleans , Comte de Paris : Northern Preparations , 1861 106. Ex - President Jefferson Davis : 309 313 314 Supplies for ...
... Battle of Bull Run , 1861 306 104. Mrs. Catharine Ann ( Ware ) Warfield : " Manassas , " 1861 105. Louis Philippe d'Orleans , Comte de Paris : Northern Preparations , 1861 106. Ex - President Jefferson Davis : 309 313 314 Supplies for ...
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... Battle above the Clouds , " 1863 PAGE 368 · 372 376 381 386 CHAPTER XXI- EMANCIPATION 126. William Lloyd Garrison : 128. Secretary Salmon Portland Chase : 124. Major - General Benjamin Franklin Butler : " Contraband of War , " 1861 125 ...
... Battle above the Clouds , " 1863 PAGE 368 · 372 376 381 386 CHAPTER XXI- EMANCIPATION 126. William Lloyd Garrison : 128. Secretary Salmon Portland Chase : 124. Major - General Benjamin Franklin Butler : " Contraband of War , " 1861 125 ...
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... Battle of Manila Bay , 1898 . 183. Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan : The Navy in the Spanish War , 1898 573 576 579 582 Capture of Santiago , 1898 • 185. Envoy William Rufus Day : 586 Ultimatum in the Negotiation of Peace , 1898 588 CHAPTER ...
... Battle of Manila Bay , 1898 . 183. Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan : The Navy in the Spanish War , 1898 573 576 579 582 Capture of Santiago , 1898 • 185. Envoy William Rufus Day : 586 Ultimatum in the Negotiation of Peace , 1898 588 CHAPTER ...
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... battle with his old Castilian master . His Bunker Hills , and Sara- togas , and Yorktowns , are there ! The Mexican can say , " There I bled for liberty ! and shall I surrender that consecrated home of my affections to the Anglo - Saxon ...
... battle with his old Castilian master . His Bunker Hills , and Sara- togas , and Yorktowns , are there ! The Mexican can say , " There I bled for liberty ! and shall I surrender that consecrated home of my affections to the Anglo - Saxon ...
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... battle- fields of liberty should have been wrested from us ? But this same Amer- ican goes into a sister republic and says to poor , weak Mexico , " Give up your territory , you are unworthy to possess it ; I have got one - half already ...
... battle- fields of liberty should have been wrested from us ? But this same Amer- ican goes into a sister republic and says to poor , weak Mexico , " Give up your territory , you are unworthy to possess it ; I have got one - half already ...
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Page 426 - UP from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 19 - New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth...
Page 98 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 577 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 295 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 136 - 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 460 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court...
Page 534 - ... 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 399 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 576 - 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.