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... claim of Spain to the leadership of the world , contented herself for a long time with a lion's share in the harvests which hardy fishermen were gathering on the banks of Newfoundland , and with voyages of ad- venture and exploration ...
... claim of Spain to the leadership of the world , contented herself for a long time with a lion's share in the harvests which hardy fishermen were gathering on the banks of Newfoundland , and with voyages of ad- venture and exploration ...
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... claims on both sides , so far as can now be ascertained , had little founda- tion in fact . A sharp correspondence had taken place on the subject between Governor Dongan on the one side and De la Barre on the other , and this was ...
... claims on both sides , so far as can now be ascertained , had little founda- tion in fact . A sharp correspondence had taken place on the subject between Governor Dongan on the one side and De la Barre on the other , and this was ...
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... claim upon the regard of posterity rests upon his having had the sagacity to perceive that the site of Detroit com- manded a great highway of nations , and the courage and persistence essential to the planting , under many difficulties ...
... claim upon the regard of posterity rests upon his having had the sagacity to perceive that the site of Detroit com- manded a great highway of nations , and the courage and persistence essential to the planting , under many difficulties ...
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... claims to it which , according to the ideas then prevalent , had plausibility : the French by right of discovery and actual occupation ; the Eng- lish by the occupation and settlement of the sea- board in the same latitude , but ...
... claims to it which , according to the ideas then prevalent , had plausibility : the French by right of discovery and actual occupation ; the Eng- lish by the occupation and settlement of the sea- board in the same latitude , but ...
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... claims of Massachusetts , Virginia , New York , and Connecticut , under their charters , were ignored , and ground for controversy and con- tention was thus laid which might have become serious had not the course of military events soon ...
... claims of Massachusetts , Virginia , New York , and Connecticut , under their charters , were ignored , and ground for controversy and con- tention was thus laid which might have become serious had not the course of military events soon ...
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Page 357 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 291 - The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property...
Page 129 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her...
Page 356 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 128 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 128 - ... be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made...
Page 216 - ... if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect...
Page 211 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Page 356 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be, the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Page 333 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.