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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... issued in 1606 by King James I. , authorizing them to " possess and colonize that portion of North America lying between the thirty- fourth and forty - fifth parallels of north latitude . " What legal rights or privileges James had in ...
... issued in 1606 by King James I. , authorizing them to " possess and colonize that portion of North America lying between the thirty- fourth and forty - fifth parallels of north latitude . " What legal rights or privileges James had in ...
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... issued by Connecticut , relinquishing all claim to jurisdiction . So the " Reserve " was annexed to the Northwest Territory , which was presently divided , by act of Congress ( May 7 ) , into two separate jurisdictions , the western ...
... issued by Connecticut , relinquishing all claim to jurisdiction . So the " Reserve " was annexed to the Northwest Territory , which was presently divided , by act of Congress ( May 7 ) , into two separate jurisdictions , the western ...
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... issued in denominations of not less than piest results . There were 17,926 pupils ten dollars , which should be legal tender enrolled in the schools conducted for the for their face value , the same as the education and training of ...
... issued in denominations of not less than piest results . There were 17,926 pupils ten dollars , which should be legal tender enrolled in the schools conducted for the for their face value , the same as the education and training of ...
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... issued $ 1 , - 500,000 of this to relieve a stringency on Wall Street . By the following year he had issued $ 4,637,256 of this reserve , but the outcry against his policy was SO strong that he retired nearly all of it , and early in ...
... issued $ 1 , - 500,000 of this to relieve a stringency on Wall Street . By the following year he had issued $ 4,637,256 of this reserve , but the outcry against his policy was SO strong that he retired nearly all of it , and early in ...
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... issued , Paine had writ- ten of and about the Free and Independent States of America . He had also spoken of the United States colonies as the " Glo- rious Union , " and he was the first to write these words : " The United States of Let ...
... issued , Paine had writ- ten of and about the Free and Independent States of America . He had also spoken of the United States colonies as the " Glo- rious Union , " and he was the first to write these words : " The United States of Let ...
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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.