Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing ...Harper, 1901 - United States |
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... Union , was first explored by admitted into the Union as a State , hav . the whites of the Lewis and Clark ex- ing then a gross area of 84,800 square pedition . Within its present limit the miles . Between the dates of its creation ...
... Union , was first explored by admitted into the Union as a State , hav . the whites of the Lewis and Clark ex- ing then a gross area of 84,800 square pedition . Within its present limit the miles . Between the dates of its creation ...
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... Union as a State . The census of 1820 showed a population of more than 55,000 . THE BLACK HAWK WAR ( q . v . ) occurred in Illinois in 1832 . There the Mormons established themselves in 1840 , at Nauvoo ( see MORMONS ) ; their founder ...
... Union as a State . The census of 1820 showed a population of more than 55,000 . THE BLACK HAWK WAR ( q . v . ) occurred in Illinois in 1832 . There the Mormons established themselves in 1840 , at Nauvoo ( see MORMONS ) ; their founder ...
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... Union . So we two - thirds ( and that may have been in see that a majority of about fact less than a majority of the whole people ) assumed to speak and act for all . The people of the United States have all along acted on that plan ...
... Union . So we two - thirds ( and that may have been in see that a majority of about fact less than a majority of the whole people ) assumed to speak and act for all . The people of the United States have all along acted on that plan ...
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... Union , regions acquired after the Union was formed , and , hence , national territories under the sole juris- diction of the national government , though inhabited by Indians , whose rights to the soil had never been questioned . What ...
... Union , regions acquired after the Union was formed , and , hence , national territories under the sole juris- diction of the national government , though inhabited by Indians , whose rights to the soil had never been questioned . What ...
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... Union . The work of the com- mission was still in progress in 1901 , a principal difficulty being the taking of a census that would show the number of people in the several nations that would be entitled to consideration in the execu ...
... Union . The work of the com- mission was still in progress in 1901 , a principal difficulty being the taking of a census that would show the number of people in the several nations that would be entitled to consideration in the execu ...
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Page 431 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 431 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 431 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth...
Page 241 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself: since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 135 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Page 405 - I have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 431 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease when, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Page 453 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 427 - The course here indicated will be followed unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...
Page 425 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern states, that, by the accession of a Republican administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension.