The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Հատոր 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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... force challenged the attention and led the champions of reform throughout the nation . A state isolated from the rest of the great body of the American people by two thousand miles of mountains and arid plains that can accomplish these ...
... force challenged the attention and led the champions of reform throughout the nation . A state isolated from the rest of the great body of the American people by two thousand miles of mountains and arid plains that can accomplish these ...
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... force to withstand the attacks of the Iroquois and hold the country for France . Of all the explorers of the west , La Salle seems to have been the only man who appreciated or tried to organize and utilize the natives in reclaiming the ...
... force to withstand the attacks of the Iroquois and hold the country for France . Of all the explorers of the west , La Salle seems to have been the only man who appreciated or tried to organize and utilize the natives in reclaiming the ...
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... force if necessary . He got their reply to Dinwiddie's letter , and returned to Williamsburgh , the then capital of Virginia . Washington Irving has drawn out the story of this first expedition of George Washington in his unsurpassed ...
... force if necessary . He got their reply to Dinwiddie's letter , and returned to Williamsburgh , the then capital of Virginia . Washington Irving has drawn out the story of this first expedition of George Washington in his unsurpassed ...
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... force and ability and selected by their leaders be- cause of their inherent force of character . As the author of this history was per- sonally acquainted with one member of the party , and with the family of an- other member of the ...
... force and ability and selected by their leaders be- cause of their inherent force of character . As the author of this history was per- sonally acquainted with one member of the party , and with the family of an- other member of the ...
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... force of seventy- five men at that point in addition to the sixteen in the Henry and Stuart flotilla . The Northwest Company were then hotly and corruptly pressing their scheme of buying out for a song all the property of Astor , while ...
... force of seventy- five men at that point in addition to the sixteen in the Henry and Stuart flotilla . The Northwest Company were then hotly and corruptly pressing their scheme of buying out for a song all the property of Astor , while ...
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Էջ 640 - 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 614 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Էջ 182 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Էջ 153 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants.
Էջ 218 - ... that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other power or state to any part of the said country, the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Էջ 181 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Էջ xxvii - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! " Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson:
Էջ 265 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution.
Էջ 614 - Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in that aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned and disinherited, Cries protest to the Judges of the World, A protest that is also prophecy.
Էջ 640 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.