Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Frémont ...This book examines the life of John Charles Frémont, American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. |
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American Angeles animals appointed army arrived authority Bent's Fort Benton California battalion camp Capt Captain Wilkes Carson charge Ciudad coast Colonel Fremont command commander-in-chief commenced Commodore Stockton directed dispatch duty encamped expedition exploration feet fire foot force Fort Vancouver give governor of California Governor Stockton grass head honor horses hundred immediately Indians instructions J. C. FREMONT January journey Kansas River Kearney Kearney's lake land leave letter Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Fremont longitude Los Angeles Mason Mazatlan ment Mexican Mexico miles military Monterey morning mules mutiny night obedient servant officer Pacific Pacific Ocean party pass peak Pico position President Preuss reached received river road rock Rocky Mountains route S. W. KEARNEY Sacramento San Diego Senate sent Shubrick Sierra Nevada snow summit Sutter's Fort territory testimony tion travelling troops United valley volunteers Washington Whiting whole
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Page 453 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 56 - River. Around us the whole scene had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length, the ridge was split into chasms and fissures, between which rose the thin, lofty walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns, which is correctly represented in the view from the camp on Island Lake.
Page 53 - I sprang upon the summit, and another step would have precipitated me into an immense snow field five hundred feet below. To the edge of this field was a sheer icy precipice ; and then, with a gradual fall, the field sloped off for about a mile, until it struck the foot of another lower ridge.
Page 453 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 54 - And hides his sweets, as in the golden age, Within the hollow oak. I listen long To his domestic hum,' and think I hear The sound of that advancing multitude Which soon shall fill these deserts. From the ground Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers.
Page 87 - ... to trust our lives to the uncertainties of the lake. I therefore unwillingly resolved to terminate our survey here, and remain satisfied for the present with what we had been able to add to the unknown geography of the region. We felt pleasure also in remembering that we were the first who, in the traditionary annals of the country, had visited the islands, and broken, with the cheerful sound of human voices, the long solitude of the place.
Page 456 - This Convention of Delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States, without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the present Administration, to the extension of Slavery into Free Territory ; in favor of admitting Kansas as a Free State, of restoring the action of the Federal Government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson...
Page 453 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, Polygamy and Slavery.
Page 455 - That appropriations by Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors of a National character, required for the accommodation and security of our existing commerce, are authorized by the Constitution and justified by the obligation of Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.
Page 86 - Carrying with us the barometer and other instruments, in the afternoon we ascended to the highest point of the island — a bare, rocky peak, eight hundred feet above the lake. Standing on the summit, we enjoyed an extended view of the lake, enclosed in a basin of rugged mountains, which sometimes left marshy flats and extensive bottoms between them and the shore, and in other places came directly down into...