Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History ...Ambrose Printing Company, 1921 - Tennessee |
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... received the utmost hospitality and politeness . " The road to Mount Vernon leads by Alexandria through which we passed incog . that we might not in so solemn a pilgrimage , be interrupted by the intrusion of impertinent curiosity ...
... received the utmost hospitality and politeness . " The road to Mount Vernon leads by Alexandria through which we passed incog . that we might not in so solemn a pilgrimage , be interrupted by the intrusion of impertinent curiosity ...
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... received intelligence of the disaster of his friends on the Enoree , he swooped like an eagle upon Clarke ( R. 220 ) , who retreated as fast as his horses could carry him away . The flight towards the mountains lasted two days and the ...
... received intelligence of the disaster of his friends on the Enoree , he swooped like an eagle upon Clarke ( R. 220 ) , who retreated as fast as his horses could carry him away . The flight towards the mountains lasted two days and the ...
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... received the letter , found on his dead body , from Cruger , dated at '96 , ' 3d October , giving him to understand that he could expect no assistance from that quarter . This communication is a curious one . It shows that Cruger at all ...
... received the letter , found on his dead body , from Cruger , dated at '96 , ' 3d October , giving him to understand that he could expect no assistance from that quarter . This communication is a curious one . It shows that Cruger at all ...
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... received an ovation in Baltimore . The procession escort- ing him through the city happened to pass our residence and my mother held me up in her arms to contemplate the hero of New Orleans , the President of the United States . " I am ...
... received an ovation in Baltimore . The procession escort- ing him through the city happened to pass our residence and my mother held me up in her arms to contemplate the hero of New Orleans , the President of the United States . " I am ...
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... received by Mr. Andrew Jackson Donelson and given the privilege of seeing the house and surroundings . In the parlor we saw his duelling pistols on the table , his sword hanging on the wall and many other relics and trophies from ...
... received by Mr. Andrew Jackson Donelson and given the privilege of seeing the house and surroundings . In the parlor we saw his duelling pistols on the table , his sword hanging on the wall and many other relics and trophies from ...
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Page 682 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Page 213 - 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 them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could...
Page 692 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who, in any quarter, may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 313 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; 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...
Page 362 - Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall ; for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
Page 302 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress, than the opinion of (Congress has over the judges; and, on that point, the President is independent of both.
Page 432 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 228 - The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 411 - ... whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 680 - Alternate triumphed in his breast ; His bliss and woe— a smile, a tear ! Oblivion hides the rest. The bounding pulse, the languid limb, The changing spirits' rise and fall; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all.