Epochs of nationality, war and greatnessOfficial Company, 1901 |
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... close of Buchanan's administration - Lincoln's character and his fitness to meet the crisis - First gun of the great rebellion - Capture of Fort Sumter - Tremendous excitement follows - Lincoln's call for 75,000 men - First bloodshed in ...
... close of Buchanan's administration - Lincoln's character and his fitness to meet the crisis - First gun of the great rebellion - Capture of Fort Sumter - Tremendous excitement follows - Lincoln's call for 75,000 men - First bloodshed in ...
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... close of the century , fail to discern in this old question of annexation the profound problem of slavery . Freedom in the free States had found a vent in the north- west , looking even beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific ; but ...
... close of the century , fail to discern in this old question of annexation the profound problem of slavery . Freedom in the free States had found a vent in the north- west , looking even beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific ; but ...
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... close of summer , 1846 , California had been revolutionized and placed under the American flag . General Kearney with his hundred dragoons reached the Pacific coast in November , and joined his forces with those of Fremont and Stockton ...
... close of summer , 1846 , California had been revolutionized and placed under the American flag . General Kearney with his hundred dragoons reached the Pacific coast in November , and joined his forces with those of Fremont and Stockton ...
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... close of 1852 California had a population of more than a quarter of a million . The importance of the gold mines of California to the industries of the country and of the world has never been over - estimated , nor is their richness yet ...
... close of 1852 California had a population of more than a quarter of a million . The importance of the gold mines of California to the industries of the country and of the world has never been over - estimated , nor is their richness yet ...
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... close three parties and three candidates appeared in the field of political conflict . General Lewis Cass , of Michigan , was nominated by the Democrats and General Zachary Taylor by the Whigs . The accession of vast and unoccupied ...
... close three parties and three candidates appeared in the field of political conflict . General Lewis Cass , of Michigan , was nominated by the Democrats and General Zachary Taylor by the Whigs . The accession of vast and unoccupied ...
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Page 139 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 398 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 387 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 139 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 398 - Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents. 4. No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war, or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch. 5. The provisions of this Article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within 3 marine miles of either end.
Page 164 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 342 - ... 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 337 - It is evident that if the opportunity for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 had still existed, there would have been another sudden change in the actual monetary standard.
Page 398 - ... regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necessities of the service. Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents.
Page 398 - Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable. 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.