A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1873: Embracing the Physical Features of the Country; Its Early Explorations; Aboriginal Inhabitants; French and British Occupation; Conquest by Virginia; Territorial Condition, and the Subsequent Civil, Military and Political Events of the StateIllinois journal Company, 1874 - 944 էջ |
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... are the former creations of plants and animals , which lived and died during the slow , dragging centuries of their formation . These fossil remains are fragments of history , which enable the geologist to extend 2 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS .
... are the former creations of plants and animals , which lived and died during the slow , dragging centuries of their formation . These fossil remains are fragments of history , which enable the geologist to extend 2 HISTORY OF ILLINOIS .
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... lived in the sea , and if any fresh water animals existed their remains have either perished or not been found . So numerous were the inhabitants of the ocean , that the Devonian has been styled the age of fishes . In their anatomical ...
... lived in the sea , and if any fresh water animals existed their remains have either perished or not been found . So numerous were the inhabitants of the ocean , that the Devonian has been styled the age of fishes . In their anatomical ...
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... lived in the water , and was well adapted to the lacus- trine condition of the earth common at the time it flourished . The Megatherium , belonging to the sloth family , was also of colossal dimensions . Its body , in some instances 18 ...
... lived in the water , and was well adapted to the lacus- trine condition of the earth common at the time it flourished . The Megatherium , belonging to the sloth family , was also of colossal dimensions . Its body , in some instances 18 ...
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... lived in North America prior to its occupation by the present population . Of these the builders of the magnificent cities whose remains are found in a number of localities of Central America were the most civilized . Judging from the ...
... lived in North America prior to its occupation by the present population . Of these the builders of the magnificent cities whose remains are found in a number of localities of Central America were the most civilized . Judging from the ...
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... lived and roamed over the prairies of Illinois when the mound builders first made their appear- ance in the upper part of the Mississippi Valley , and that their wonder and admiration , excited by the colossal dimensions of these huge ...
... lived and roamed over the prairies of Illinois when the mound builders first made their appear- ance in the upper part of the Mississippi Valley , and that their wonder and admiration , excited by the colossal dimensions of these huge ...
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Էջ 523 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Էջ 729 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Էջ 729 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Էջ 241 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Էջ 211 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land; and, should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Էջ 166 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Էջ 647 - Constitution ; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United States.
Էջ 692 - This legislation is founded upon principles as ancient as free government itself, and, in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits.
Էջ 729 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Էջ 344 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.