The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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... passed when it could compose and modify the political elements around it . Shall we go to the senate ? Conspiracies , se ditions , and corruptions , in all free countries , have begun there . Where , then , shall we go , to find an ...
... passed when it could compose and modify the political elements around it . Shall we go to the senate ? Conspiracies , se ditions , and corruptions , in all free countries , have begun there . Where , then , shall we go , to find an ...
Page 73
... passed ? Shall there never be an end to de- vastation and carnage ? Is every step of human progress in the future , as in the past , to be marked by blood ? Must the nations of the earth , after groaning for ages under vicious ...
... passed ? Shall there never be an end to de- vastation and carnage ? Is every step of human progress in the future , as in the past , to be marked by blood ? Must the nations of the earth , after groaning for ages under vicious ...
Page 75
... passed the fortresses of Monterey , and rolled back upon the heart of Mexico the unavailing tide of strong resistance from the mountain - side of Buena Vista . Martial colonists are encamped on the coasts of California , while San Juan ...
... passed the fortresses of Monterey , and rolled back upon the heart of Mexico the unavailing tide of strong resistance from the mountain - side of Buena Vista . Martial colonists are encamped on the coasts of California , while San Juan ...
Page 76
... passed the Rubicon , seized the purple , and fallen in the senate beneath the swords of self - appointed executioners of his country's vengeance ? No ! Nothing of all this . What means , then , this abrupt and fearful silence ? What ...
... passed the Rubicon , seized the purple , and fallen in the senate beneath the swords of self - appointed executioners of his country's vengeance ? No ! Nothing of all this . What means , then , this abrupt and fearful silence ? What ...
Page 81
... passed , in fifteen years , from absolute despotism under Louis XVI . through all the phases of democracy to a military despotism under Napoleon Bonaparte ; and retained through all these changes , only two characteristics --unceasing ...
... passed , in fifteen years , from absolute despotism under Louis XVI . through all the phases of democracy to a military despotism under Napoleon Bonaparte ; and retained through all these changes , only two characteristics --unceasing ...
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