Memoirs of General Andrew Jackson ... to which is Added the Eulogy of Hon. Geo. BancroftJ. C. Derby, 1845 - 270 pages |
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... abandon them in so great an extremity , reminding him at the same time of his assurances , that he would be to them as a father , and of the implicit confidence they had placed in his word . This was an appeal which it would have been ...
... abandon them in so great an extremity , reminding him at the same time of his assurances , that he would be to them as a father , and of the implicit confidence they had placed in his word . This was an appeal which it would have been ...
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... abandon the course he had adopted , and in this way draw to the regular army many of the soldiers , who , from necessity , would be driven to enlist . In this attempt they were fortunately disap- pointed . Adhering to his original ...
... abandon the course he had adopted , and in this way draw to the regular army many of the soldiers , who , from necessity , would be driven to enlist . In this attempt they were fortunately disap- pointed . Adhering to his original ...
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... abandon the camp . To this measure there were good evidences for believing that several of the officers of the old volunteer corps exerted themselves clandestinely , and with great industry , to instigate them ; looking upon themselves ...
... abandon the camp . To this measure there were good evidences for believing that several of the officers of the old volunteer corps exerted themselves clandestinely , and with great industry , to instigate them ; looking upon themselves ...
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... abandon their post without a cause . But although these motives were sufficient for the present , those who were gov- erned by them did not cease to wish that a more plausible apology might offer for dispensing with their operation ...
... abandon their post without a cause . But although these motives were sufficient for the present , those who were gov- erned by them did not cease to wish that a more plausible apology might offer for dispensing with their operation ...
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... abandon this post . " Captain Gordon , of the spies , facetiously replied , “ You have one , general , let us look if we can't find another ; " and immediately , with a zeal suited to the occasion , undertook , with some of the general ...
... abandon this post . " Captain Gordon , of the spies , facetiously replied , “ You have one , general , let us look if we can't find another ; " and immediately , with a zeal suited to the occasion , undertook , with some of the general ...
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Page 191 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects entrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
Page 209 - ... from that period possess any right to secede, because such secession does not break a league, but destroys the unity of a nation, and any injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contravention of a compact, but it is an offence against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a Nation...
Page 193 - ... make the rich richer, and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.
Page 194 - Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves...
Page 216 - America. Carolina is one of these proud States; her arms have defended, her best blood has cemented, this happy Union. And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse, This happy Union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity we will deface; this free intercourse we will interrupt; these fertile fields we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag we renounce; the very name of Americans we discard.
Page 197 - States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void, and no law," nor binding on the citizens of that State or its officers: and by the said ordinance, it is further declared to be unlawful for any of the constituted authorities of the State or of the United States, to enforce the payment of the duties imposed by the said acts...
Page 186 - States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings.
Page 199 - But reasoning on this subject is superfluous when our social compact, in express terms, declares that the laws of the United States, its Constitution, and treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land, and, for greater caution, adds "that the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 197 - State, shut up her ports, destroy or harass her commerce, or to enforce the said acts otherwise than through the civil tribunals of the country, as inconsistent with the longer continuance of...
Page 217 - The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject. My duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.