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... voting for what was called the Compensation bill . The pay of members of Congress had been six dollars per diem . A bill was introduced to substitute a salary of fifteen hundred dollars for the session , in place of the per diem ...
... voting for what was called the Compensation bill . The pay of members of Congress had been six dollars per diem . A bill was introduced to substitute a salary of fifteen hundred dollars for the session , in place of the per diem ...
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... voted him thanks , and cor- responded with him through their generals . Yet the object at which he aimed was not immediately attained . Two or three years still elapsed , before the independence of the South Ameri- can republics was ...
... voted him thanks , and cor- responded with him through their generals . Yet the object at which he aimed was not immediately attained . Two or three years still elapsed , before the independence of the South Ameri- can republics was ...
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... vote of ninety to seventy - five . His labors , at different periods , for kindred objects , rendered him , in many sections of the coun- try , the most popular man of the nation . At a prominent point upon the Cumberland road , which ...
... vote of ninety to seventy - five . His labors , at different periods , for kindred objects , rendered him , in many sections of the coun- try , the most popular man of the nation . At a prominent point upon the Cumberland road , which ...
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... votes for Presi- dent . The interest turned upon the decision of the question , whether the votes from Missouri should be received . The Senate , which had assembled in joint - meeting with the House , withdrew . Great confusion and ...
... votes for Presi- dent . The interest turned upon the decision of the question , whether the votes from Missouri should be received . The Senate , which had assembled in joint - meeting with the House , withdrew . Great confusion and ...
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... vote of eighty - seven to eighty - one . Missouri acquiesced in it , and thus , at last , was settled the question , which threatened , at one time , to rend asunder the Union , and kindle the flames of civil war . The nation has always ...
... vote of eighty - seven to eighty - one . Missouri acquiesced in it , and thus , at last , was settled the question , which threatened , at one time , to rend asunder the Union , and kindle the flames of civil war . The nation has always ...
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Page 372 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 405 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 511 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 61 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 430 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Page 470 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 219 - ... that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 458 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept, and honoured by the Muse he loved.
Page 453 - Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page 57 - Chairman, belongs the high privilege of transmitting, unimpaired, to posterity, the fair character and liberty of our country. Do you expect to execute this high trust, by trampling or suffering to be trampled down, law, justice, the Constitution, and the rights of the people? by exhibiting examples of inhumanity, and cruelty, and ambition?