The Presidents of the United States 1789-1894James Grant Wilson |
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... France and England was now rapidly approach- ing , involving a conflict for the possession of a large part of the American continent . French posts were already established on the banks of the Ohio , with a view of confining the English ...
... France and England was now rapidly approach- ing , involving a conflict for the possession of a large part of the American continent . French posts were already established on the banks of the Ohio , with a view of confining the English ...
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... France had declared war against England and Holland . He lost no time in announcing his purpose to maintain a strict neutrality toward the belliger- ent powers , and this policy was unanimously sustained by his cabinet . His famous ...
... France had declared war against England and Holland . He lost no time in announcing his purpose to maintain a strict neutrality toward the belliger- ent powers , and this policy was unanimously sustained by his cabinet . His famous ...
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... France were soon developed , and war became im- minent . A provisional army was au- thorized by congress to meet the exi- gency , and all eyes were again turned toward Washington as its leader . Presi- dent Adams wrote to him : " We ...
... France were soon developed , and war became im- minent . A provisional army was au- thorized by congress to meet the exi- gency , and all eyes were again turned toward Washington as its leader . Presi- dent Adams wrote to him : " We ...
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... France , and ordered all the standards and flags throughout the republic to be bound with crape for ten days , during which a funeral oration was pronounced in pres- ence of the first consul and all the civil and military authori- ties ...
... France , and ordered all the standards and flags throughout the republic to be bound with crape for ten days , during which a funeral oration was pronounced in pres- ence of the first consul and all the civil and military authori- ties ...
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... make his choice of a profession , Adams took charge of the grammar school at Worcester . It was the year of Braddock's defeat , when the smouldering fires of a century of rivalry between France and 1 In Alams い ADAY + a by narch ,
... make his choice of a profession , Adams took charge of the grammar school at Worcester . It was the year of Braddock's defeat , when the smouldering fires of a century of rivalry between France and 1 In Alams い ADAY + a by narch ,
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Page 63 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
Page 299 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 17 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 310 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 302 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 22 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 74 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 321 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword...
Page 112 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 310 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.