Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period to 1876: Containing Brief Sketches of Important Events and Conspicuous Actors, Band 2Harper, 1881 - 1605 Seiten |
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Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal ... Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 841 - Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great; and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable....
Seite 874 - 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...
Seite 784 - Waltham, Mass., with one half the income of this Legacy. Such descendants failing, other persons are eligible to the scholarships. The will requires that this announcement shall be made in every book added to the Library under its provisions.
Seite 804 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 1145 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Seite 1097 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Seite 1136 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Seite 1201 - ... each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Seite 797 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Seite 797 - 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.