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... course of the val- leys , but the Columbia , Colorado , and branches of the Columbia break through the mountains in several places , and thus form high waterfalls and series of cascades . The Columbia has several large tributaries ...
... course of the val- leys , but the Columbia , Colorado , and branches of the Columbia break through the mountains in several places , and thus form high waterfalls and series of cascades . The Columbia has several large tributaries ...
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... course the fact was not known on this side of the water . On the seas the American men - of - war brought credit and recognition to the nation , and doubtless the prowess shown by American captains and sea- men did much to establish the ...
... course the fact was not known on this side of the water . On the seas the American men - of - war brought credit and recognition to the nation , and doubtless the prowess shown by American captains and sea- men did much to establish the ...
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... course of the succeeding 10 years . South Caro- lina withdrew her nullification ordinance ; if she had not won all , she had given an example of what bold assertion might accomplish . Before speaking further of the events of Jackson's ...
... course of the succeeding 10 years . South Caro- lina withdrew her nullification ordinance ; if she had not won all , she had given an example of what bold assertion might accomplish . Before speaking further of the events of Jackson's ...
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... course of the administration a new tariff law was passed , and also an important act for the establishment of the monetary system . But , of course , most important of all was the war with Spain , which ended in the independence of Cuba ...
... course of the administration a new tariff law was passed , and also an important act for the establishment of the monetary system . But , of course , most important of all was the war with Spain , which ended in the independence of Cuba ...
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... course . with England would have destroyed our com- Maritime war sion . merce and thrown our affairs into fatal confu- Angered by this , Genet tried to compromise Neutrality meant a breathing spell . until withdrawn at the close of 1793 ...
... course . with England would have destroyed our com- Maritime war sion . merce and thrown our affairs into fatal confu- Angered by this , Genet tried to compromise Neutrality meant a breathing spell . until withdrawn at the close of 1793 ...
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Page 106 - 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 do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 9 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St.
Page 300 - The creed which accepts as the foundation ! of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
Page 106 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 106 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 143 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing Government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Page 101 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity; or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Page 123 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.