The Life and Times of Lewis CassDerby & Jackson, 1856 - 781 էջ |
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... known as Braddock's , to Cumberland , and thence across the mountains to Pittsburgh . Here Lewis first saw General Harrison , who was then on his way to Indiana , of which he had just been appointed governor by Mr. John Adams . General ...
... known as Braddock's , to Cumberland , and thence across the mountains to Pittsburgh . Here Lewis first saw General Harrison , who was then on his way to Indiana , of which he had just been appointed governor by Mr. John Adams . General ...
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... known that the army entrusted to his command consisted mostly of volun- teers from Ohio , and to this circumstance , more than any other , did the public mind , in the first utterance of its uncontrollable indignation , attribute the ...
... known that the army entrusted to his command consisted mostly of volun- teers from Ohio , and to this circumstance , more than any other , did the public mind , in the first utterance of its uncontrollable indignation , attribute the ...
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... known as the Federal party , was violently opposed to the war , and the surrender of Detroit , while carrying dismay among the friends of the national administration , appeared to madden its enemies with a species of joy , bordering ...
... known as the Federal party , was violently opposed to the war , and the surrender of Detroit , while carrying dismay among the friends of the national administration , appeared to madden its enemies with a species of joy , bordering ...
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... known to each other , by reputation , as leading members of the same political party , in their respective States ; both were ardent advocates of the necessity of the war , and unwavering supporters of all the measures brought forward 1 ...
... known to each other , by reputation , as leading members of the same political party , in their respective States ; both were ardent advocates of the necessity of the war , and unwavering supporters of all the measures brought forward 1 ...
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... known to all . But , as if to com- promise the candor of General Cass , two letters , written by him on the subject of supplies , are canvassed ; one to Governor Meigs , under date of August twelfth , four days before the surrender , in ...
... known to all . But , as if to com- promise the candor of General Cass , two letters , written by him on the subject of supplies , are canvassed ; one to Governor Meigs , under date of August twelfth , four days before the surrender , in ...
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Էջ 291 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Էջ 607 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Էջ 366 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Էջ 671 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Էջ 285 - Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impressions so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours it is proportionably essential. To the security of a free constitution it contributes in various ways — by convincing those who are intrusted with the public administration that every valuable end of government is best answered, by the enlightened confidence of the people, and by teaching the people themselves...
Էջ 159 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Էջ 582 - Pennsylvania moved as an amendment the proviso "that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Էջ 365 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Էջ 164 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Էջ 285 - Nor am I less persuaded, that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.