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... command to a Spanish official . He was a man of noble impulses , had pro- tected the Indians , caused the masters to treat their slaves more kindly , and in many ways had endeared himself to the people of the province . The surrender of ...
... command to a Spanish official . He was a man of noble impulses , had pro- tected the Indians , caused the masters to treat their slaves more kindly , and in many ways had endeared himself to the people of the province . The surrender of ...
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... command until States . Such an alliance would include the arrival of Lord Loudoun . After the not only our own country and the British departure of that officer , Abercrombie re- Isles , but all the colonies and dependencies sumed the ...
... command until States . Such an alliance would include the arrival of Lord Loudoun . After the not only our own country and the British departure of that officer , Abercrombie re- Isles , but all the colonies and dependencies sumed the ...
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... command of Com- mander Edward D. Taussig , of the U. S. S. Bennington , Jan. 17 , 1899. Wake Island is said to have been by rights already American territory , since , in 1851 , Ad- miral Wilkes surveyed the place and as- serted title ...
... command of Com- mander Edward D. Taussig , of the U. S. S. Bennington , Jan. 17 , 1899. Wake Island is said to have been by rights already American territory , since , in 1851 , Ad- miral Wilkes surveyed the place and as- serted title ...
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... command- Article I. All guerilla chiefs as soon as they capture any armed American citizen , shall take him into the interior at once , and shall communicate with the chief of the near- est American detachment , urgently request- ing ...
... command- Article I. All guerilla chiefs as soon as they capture any armed American citizen , shall take him into the interior at once , and shall communicate with the chief of the near- est American detachment , urgently request- ing ...
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... command of the arsenal , and the Alabama Confederates thus obtained 15,000 stands of arms , 150 , - 000 pounds of gunpowder , some cannon , and a large quantity of munitions of war . of GOVERNORS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY . Including ...
... command of the arsenal , and the Alabama Confederates thus obtained 15,000 stands of arms , 150 , - 000 pounds of gunpowder , some cannon , and a large quantity of munitions of war . of GOVERNORS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY . Including ...
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Page 37 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 343 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 456 - England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle, rather than a formed body, and should tell him — " Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men, and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 343 - And that the oaths hereafter mentioned be taken by all persons of whom the oaths of allegiance and supremacy might be required by law instead of them ; and that the said oaths of allegiance and supremacy be abrogated. " I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary : " So help me God." " I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical that damnable doctrine and position,...
Page 343 - That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of parliament, is illegal.
Page 343 - And they do claim, demand, and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties ; and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises, ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Page 87 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 423 - I come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty — the cause of humanity.
Page 456 - And pray, sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 359 - ... hopelessness. Gently, silently, the love of a great people bore the pale sufferer to the longed-for healing of the sea, to live or to die, as God should will, within sight of its heaving billows, within sound of its manifold voices.