The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3John N. McClintock and Company, 1885 - New England |
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... appeared , causing a great sensation . Thus read the opening sentence : " Off Charleston , February 18 , 2 P. M. The old flag waves over Sumter and Moultrie , and the city of Charleston . I can see its crimson stripes and fadeless stars ...
... appeared , causing a great sensation . Thus read the opening sentence : " Off Charleston , February 18 , 2 P. M. The old flag waves over Sumter and Moultrie , and the city of Charleston . I can see its crimson stripes and fadeless stars ...
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... appeared before the Committee of Congress and presented an address so convincing , the Committee ordered its that publication . It has been , frequently quoted upon the floor of Congress and highly commended by the present Secretary of ...
... appeared before the Committee of Congress and presented an address so convincing , the Committee ordered its that publication . It has been , frequently quoted upon the floor of Congress and highly commended by the present Secretary of ...
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... appeared in the columns of the MIRROR into the smallest possi- ble space , to make what he printed read- able as well as reliable , to make the paper better every year than it was the preceding year , and to furnish the weekly edition ...
... appeared in the columns of the MIRROR into the smallest possi- ble space , to make what he printed read- able as well as reliable , to make the paper better every year than it was the preceding year , and to furnish the weekly edition ...
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... appeared that the honorable Senate was sadly deficient in knowledge of geography , and national boundaries ; for it is mat- ter of record , that many Senators voted for the ratification under the impression that British Honduras was ...
... appeared that the honorable Senate was sadly deficient in knowledge of geography , and national boundaries ; for it is mat- ter of record , that many Senators voted for the ratification under the impression that British Honduras was ...
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... appeared with a petition asking for a divorce , and complaining of her husband because of his great abuse of , and " unaturall carry- ages towards her , in that by word and deed he had defamed her character and had refused to perform ...
... appeared with a petition asking for a divorce , and complaining of her husband because of his great abuse of , and " unaturall carry- ages towards her , in that by word and deed he had defamed her character and had refused to perform ...
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Page 17 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 172 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 172 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am Loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 20 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the/ Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 175 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 170 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 243 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the state authorities through the war department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and existence of our national Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 174 - DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country.
Page 242 - Carolina that he might expect an attempt would be made to provision the fort ; and that, if the attempt should not be resisted, there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort.
Page 15 - If losses have at any time been sustained by any such association, equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividend shall be made; and no dividend shall ever be made by any association, while it continues its banking operations, to an amount greater than its net profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts.