National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History, Volume 13Magazine of Western Publishing Company, 1891 - United States |
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... Coal : Its Antiquity , Discovery and Early Development in the Wyoming Valley , I , II , .... Campbell , Hon . Fremont . Caugran , Josephus D ... Cook , Charles W ... Couch , Ira ... Cascade Tunnel , The ... Cannon , Hon . A. M ...
... Coal : Its Antiquity , Discovery and Early Development in the Wyoming Valley , I , II , .... Campbell , Hon . Fremont . Caugran , Josephus D ... Cook , Charles W ... Couch , Ira ... Cascade Tunnel , The ... Cannon , Hon . A. M ...
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... coal and lumber mer- chant , and he was soon marked out as foremost among the business men of the young city . It was then , when success was assured , that he married the one of his choice , a lady whom he had known and loved in his ...
... coal and lumber mer- chant , and he was soon marked out as foremost among the business men of the young city . It was then , when success was assured , that he married the one of his choice , a lady whom he had known and loved in his ...
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... Coal and Iron Company , and president of the Beaver Dam Lumber Company . He was a member of the State Legis- lature for two years , and of the Sen- ate of Minnesota for seven years . In politics he was a Democrat , and was esteemed a ...
... Coal and Iron Company , and president of the Beaver Dam Lumber Company . He was a member of the State Legis- lature for two years , and of the Sen- ate of Minnesota for seven years . In politics he was a Democrat , and was esteemed a ...
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... coal mine for $ 80,000 , and the company have become the principal stock- holders in a large smelter built at Tacoma . Railroad contracts , vast real estate deals , and enterprises of every kind are engaged in by this . corporation ...
... coal mine for $ 80,000 , and the company have become the principal stock- holders in a large smelter built at Tacoma . Railroad contracts , vast real estate deals , and enterprises of every kind are engaged in by this . corporation ...
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... coal lands of Washington , and on the strength of their reports he hastened west to share in the untold wealth of that region . Coming to Tacoma in 1888 , he met Col. Griggs and Mr. C. H. Jones , of Michigan , and President Oakes , of ...
... coal lands of Washington , and on the strength of their reports he hastened west to share in the untold wealth of that region . Coming to Tacoma in 1888 , he met Col. Griggs and Mr. C. H. Jones , of Michigan , and President Oakes , of ...
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Page 599 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 602 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 601 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers...
Page 596 - ... what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Page 597 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the southern States that by the accession of a Republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Page 599 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 597 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 602 - ... if the policy of the Government upon vital questions • affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 596 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Page 602 - I will venture to add that to me the convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others, not especially chosen for the purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse.