The History of Nations, Volume 24Henry Cabot Lodge P.F.Collier, 1906 - World history |
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... Virginia in 1773 , and was the son of Benjamin Harrison , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence . Educated at Hampden - Sydney College , he joined the army in 1791 and served Schurz , " Life of Clay , " vol . ii . p ...
... Virginia in 1773 , and was the son of Benjamin Harrison , one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence . Educated at Hampden - Sydney College , he joined the army in 1791 and served Schurz , " Life of Clay , " vol . ii . p ...
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... Virginia family , and had been long in public life . He was edu- cated at William and Mary College , had served as Governor of Virginia and in both houses of Congress . In politics he had been an extreme States rights Democrat , but had ...
... Virginia family , and had been long in public life . He was edu- cated at William and Mary College , had served as Governor of Virginia and in both houses of Congress . In politics he had been an extreme States rights Democrat , but had ...
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... Virginia family , and had cated at William and M Virginia and in both ho an extreme States right of Jackson's measures , and the removal of the resigned his seat in t of the Virginia legis from the journals th he himself had been son ...
... Virginia family , and had cated at William and M Virginia and in both ho an extreme States right of Jackson's measures , and the removal of the resigned his seat in t of the Virginia legis from the journals th he himself had been son ...
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... Virginia , Jefferson saying in 1774 that the “ abolition of slavery is the great object of desire in the colonies , " and again in 1787 that " I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just and that His justice can not sleep ...
... Virginia , Jefferson saying in 1774 that the “ abolition of slavery is the great object of desire in the colonies , " and again in 1787 that " I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just and that His justice can not sleep ...
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... Virginia slaveholder that a tax of ten dollars per head should be levied on every slave imported into the country , as a means of discouraging an " infamous traffic . " The members from the far South opposed the motion , on the ground ...
... Virginia slaveholder that a tax of ten dollars per head should be levied on every slave imported into the country , as a means of discouraging an " infamous traffic . " The members from the far South opposed the motion , on the ground ...
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Page 663 - 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 777 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting.place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground.
Page 665 - I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 666 - That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings.
Page 824 - ... the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Page 761 - 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 880 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the base of naval operations against the other or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 665 - I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. There is a physical difference between the two, which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality; and, inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.
Page 624 - After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union...
Page 881 - Government, in order to evince its desire of strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries and of making satisfactory provision for the future...