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... given him this note , as they hope by means of it that his access to the disaffected region may be in a degree facilitated . " I am very truly yours , ( Signed ) " C. F. ADAMS . " To the Hon . W. H. Seward , Washington . " Earl Russell ...
... given him this note , as they hope by means of it that his access to the disaffected region may be in a degree facilitated . " I am very truly yours , ( Signed ) " C. F. ADAMS . " To the Hon . W. H. Seward , Washington . " Earl Russell ...
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... given him this note , as they hope by means of it that his access to the disaffected region may be in a degree facilitated . " I am very truly yours , ( Signed ) " C. F. ADAMS . " To the Hon . W. H. Seward , Washington . " Earl Russell ...
... given him this note , as they hope by means of it that his access to the disaffected region may be in a degree facilitated . " I am very truly yours , ( Signed ) " C. F. ADAMS . " To the Hon . W. H. Seward , Washington . " Earl Russell ...
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... given me for my diary : - 6 " The following poem is so beautiful , and from all we hear has proved so acceptable to the readers of the Church Intelligencer ' generally , that , at the request of some , we have consented to reproduce it ...
... given me for my diary : - 6 " The following poem is so beautiful , and from all we hear has proved so acceptable to the readers of the Church Intelligencer ' generally , that , at the request of some , we have consented to reproduce it ...
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... given it a more leisurely review.- ED . " “ ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTŪMAC TO - NIGHT . ” I " All quiet along the Potomac , " they say , 66 Except now and then a stray picket Is shot , as he walks on his beat to and fro , By a rifleman hid ...
... given it a more leisurely review.- ED . " “ ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTŪMAC TO - NIGHT . ” I " All quiet along the Potomac , " they say , 66 Except now and then a stray picket Is shot , as he walks on his beat to and fro , By a rifleman hid ...
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... given him some years ago in the Capitol by Mr. Brook . Mr. Sumner seemed to feel much vexed at the reverse of the Northern army ; but he declared they had had their revenge by driving the Southerners back to their lines by a bayonet ...
... given him some years ago in the Capitol by Mr. Brook . Mr. Sumner seemed to feel much vexed at the reverse of the Northern army ; but he declared they had had their revenge by driving the Southerners back to their lines by a bayonet ...
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Page 20 - We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 81 - Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
Page 196 - When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion : we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen : the Lord hath done great things for them.
Page 40 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Page 218 - Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland ! My Mother State, to thee I kneel, Maryland ! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland, my Maryland! Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland ! Thy beaming sword shall never rust, Maryland ! Remember Carroll's sacred trust, Remember Howard's warlike thrust, And all thy slumberers with the just, Maryland, my Maryland!
Page 161 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 43 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 219 - Maryland ! But lo! there surges forth a shriek, From hill to hill, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland, my Maryland! . Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, Maryland!