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... person himself that is on trial . They know that good fathers have base children ; and in such cases the invocation of the worthy progenitors , by exciting compassion for them as a result of comparison , but intensifies the opinion ...
... person himself that is on trial . They know that good fathers have base children ; and in such cases the invocation of the worthy progenitors , by exciting compassion for them as a result of comparison , but intensifies the opinion ...
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... . took the field in person . Harrison On the morning of November 7 , 1811 , he fought and won the battle of Tippecanoe . The victory , as respects consequence , was W. 4. Harrison • | nullified by the war with 28 BENJAMIN HARRISON .
... . took the field in person . Harrison On the morning of November 7 , 1811 , he fought and won the battle of Tippecanoe . The victory , as respects consequence , was W. 4. Harrison • | nullified by the war with 28 BENJAMIN HARRISON .
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... person he was successful . He repulsed the British and Indians at Fort Meigs . To a demand for surrender , he replied , " Tell General Proctor that if he shall take the fort it will be under circumstances that will do him more honor ...
... person he was successful . He repulsed the British and Indians at Fort Meigs . To a demand for surrender , he replied , " Tell General Proctor that if he shall take the fort it will be under circumstances that will do him more honor ...
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... person ; and , fearful that the trial would be continued into the night , to accom- modate himself he requested his new friend to assist him . The invitation was accepted . Judge Majors was presiding . The defence was con- ducted by ...
... person ; and , fearful that the trial would be continued into the night , to accom- modate himself he requested his new friend to assist him . The invitation was accepted . Judge Majors was presiding . The defence was con- ducted by ...
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... person knows of the least pertinency to the issues . On such occasions he is scrupulously kind and courteous . The witness steps down and out and goes his way without bitterness ; if he has crossed himself , very often he is unaware of ...
... person knows of the least pertinency to the issues . On such occasions he is scrupulously kind and courteous . The witness steps down and out and goes his way without bitterness ; if he has crossed himself , very often he is unaware of ...
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Page 517 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 382 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 251 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 252 - That to the union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented increase in population, its surprising development of material resources, its rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness; at home, and its honor abroad; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may...
Page 450 - His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback.
Page 345 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently to be regarded in the courts of justice, as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 342 - That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.
Page 250 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 450 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Page 110 - peace on any terms," the South would demand the restoration of their slaves already freed. They would demand indemnity for losses sustained, and they would demand a treaty which would make the North slave-hunters for the.