The National Hand-book of American Progress: A Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, Political |
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Greece had been settled by adventurers , but both Greek and Roman pioneers hastened to declare themselves masters and to reduce to slavery the large mass of the population around them . These early Americans were free simply because ...
Greece had been settled by adventurers , but both Greek and Roman pioneers hastened to declare themselves masters and to reduce to slavery the large mass of the population around them . These early Americans were free simply because ...
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Greece was an aristocracy or bundle of aristocracies , —the great mass of the people of the same color and race being slaves . Rome and the republics of mediæval times were simply free cities governed by aristocracies .
Greece was an aristocracy or bundle of aristocracies , —the great mass of the people of the same color and race being slaves . Rome and the republics of mediæval times were simply free cities governed by aristocracies .
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Agreeable to the order of the day , Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider the Declaration , President John Hancock of Mass . , in the chair . The Secretary , Benj . Harrison of Va . , reported that the ...
Agreeable to the order of the day , Congress resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider the Declaration , President John Hancock of Mass . , in the chair . The Secretary , Benj . Harrison of Va . , reported that the ...
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Turning partly into its own channels the seamen of the North , it finds its particular navigation invigorated ; and while it contributes , in different ways , to nourishi and increase the general mass of the national ...
Turning partly into its own channels the seamen of the North , it finds its particular navigation invigorated ; and while it contributes , in different ways , to nourishi and increase the general mass of the national ...
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While , then , every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union , all the par'a combined can not fail to find , in the united mass of means and efforts , greater strength , greater ...
While , then , every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union , all the par'a combined can not fail to find , in the united mass of means and efforts , greater strength , greater ...
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Page 286 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 128 - It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages, which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?
Page 84 - ... 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the...
Page 79 - They shall, in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Page 83 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 106 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 69 - State shall appoint the regimental officers, raise the men, and clothe, arm, and equip them, in a soldier-like manner, at the expense of the United States; and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States, in Congress assembled...
Page 336 - 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 66 - ... reasons which Congress shall judge sufficient, or being present, shall refuse to strike, the Congress shall proceed to nominate three persons out of each State, and the secretary of Congress shall strike in behalf of such party...
Page 342 - Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are, opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
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| Title | The National Hand-book of American Progress: A Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, Political |
| Author | Erastus Otis Haven |
| Editor | Erastus Otis Haven |
| Publisher | E.B. Treat, 1882 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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