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... representatives to parliament in return for paying taxes . This wish was considered perfectly reasonable by many of the wisest Englishmen of that day ; and these statesmen would have gladly consented to either of these measures . But ...
... representatives to parliament in return for paying taxes . This wish was considered perfectly reasonable by many of the wisest Englishmen of that day ; and these statesmen would have gladly consented to either of these measures . But ...
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... Representatives , which had in such cases the right of deciding , chose Mr. Jefferson as president , in Mr. Adams's place . Washing It was during the administration of President Death of Adams , that General Washington died , Dec. 14 ...
... Representatives , which had in such cases the right of deciding , chose Mr. Jefferson as president , in Mr. Adams's place . Washing It was during the administration of President Death of Adams , that General Washington died , Dec. 14 ...
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... Representatives declared that he was " first in war , first in peace , and first in the hearts of his countrymen . " This was very true ; and the phrase has become almost a proverb in speaking of Washington . No new States were admitted ...
... Representatives declared that he was " first in war , first in peace , and first in the hearts of his countrymen . " This was very true ; and the phrase has become almost a proverb in speaking of Washington . No new States were admitted ...
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... Representatives had to decide between them , as was the rule ; and , after a great many ballotings , Jefferson was chosen president , and Burr vice - president . Burr had distinguished himself as a soldier and as a statesman ; but he ...
... Representatives had to decide between them , as was the rule ; and , after a great many ballotings , Jefferson was chosen president , and Burr vice - president . Burr had distinguished himself as a soldier and as a statesman ; but he ...
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... Representatives Feb. 25 , 1845 , and the United States Senate March 1 ; and it was approved by the president on the very day it passed the Senate , The annex- ation . three days before he went out of office . A great territory was thus ...
... Representatives Feb. 25 , 1845 , and the United States Senate March 1 ; and it was approved by the president on the very day it passed the Senate , The annex- ation . three days before he went out of office . A great territory was thus ...
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Page 360 - States may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Page 305 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 357 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasions from without, and convulsions within.
Page 315 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 363 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Page 358 - He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 320 - The Almighty has His own purposes. ' Woe unto the World because of offences ! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh.
Page 103 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person.
Page 140 - I will not compare to a chain ; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts : we are all one flesh and blood.
Page 218 - Welcome, mighty chief, once more, Welcome to this grateful shore: Now no mercenary foe Aims again the fatal blow, Aims at thee the fatal blow. Virgins fair, and matrons grave, These thy conquering arm did save, Build for thee triumphal bowers; Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers, Strew your Hero's way with flowers.