The United States of America: A Pictorial History of the American Nation from the Earliest Discoveries and Settlements to the Present Time, Volume 4Imperial Publishing Company, 1906 - United States |
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ADMINISTRATION Admiral Cervera American army battle became began Bering Sea Blaine boat building camp canal Cape Sabine Captain caused cavalry celebration centennial Chagres chief Chilkoot Inlet civil Cleveland coast Colonel command Confederate Congress court Cuba death declared democratic distance elected expedition explorers feet fight fire force Fort Selkirk friends Garfield gave governor grand Grant Greely Guiteau guns harbor honor hundred Indians Island Isthmus John Johnstown July June killed Lady Franklin Bay lake Lake Nicaragua land later Lieutenant Lockwood March McClellan MCKINLEY miles months monument mountain musquitoes nation Panama party passed President Arthur raft railway reached republican river route Schwatka Secretary Senate sent Sherman ship shore shot side Sitting Bull soldiers soon South Spain streets surfmen thousand tion took tunnel Union United vessels vote Washington White House wounded wreck York Yukon
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Page 201 - BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead ; — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; — Under the one, the Blue ; Under the other, the Gray.
Page 368 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 278 - Harmony, and a liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things ; diffusing and diversifying, by gentle means, the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Page 368 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 367 - In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 202 - Under the blossoms, the Blue; Under the garlands, the Gray. No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red ; They banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead ! Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; — Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray.
Page 368 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Page 340 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 201 - Broidered with gold, the Blue ; Mellowed with gold, the Gray. So when the summer calleth, On forest and field of grain, With an equal murmur falleth The cooling drip of the rain.
Page 201 - From the silence of sorrowful hours The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers Alike for the friend and the foe; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the roses, the Blue; Under the lilies, the Gray.