Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States, Band 2Lea and Blanchard, 1850 |
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... Trials at Bel Air . - Encounters Pinkney.- Rivalry . Letter to Carr . - Severe Labours . - Sickness . - Remembrances of the French Revo- lution . Summer Excursion to Saratoga , Lake George , etc. — Charles Colley . - A Story of Mr ...
... Trials at Bel Air . - Encounters Pinkney.- Rivalry . Letter to Carr . - Severe Labours . - Sickness . - Remembrances of the French Revo- lution . Summer Excursion to Saratoga , Lake George , etc. — Charles Colley . - A Story of Mr ...
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... .. .... 179 CHAPTER XII . Trial of a Mandamus Case in Baltimore . - Speech greatly Admired .—- Rev. Mr. Duncan .-- Wirt Objects to a Report of his Speech.Letter to Judge Cabell . - Marriage of his Eldest Daughter . CONTENTS . ix.
... .. .... 179 CHAPTER XII . Trial of a Mandamus Case in Baltimore . - Speech greatly Admired .—- Rev. Mr. Duncan .-- Wirt Objects to a Report of his Speech.Letter to Judge Cabell . - Marriage of his Eldest Daughter . CONTENTS . ix.
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... Trials of Causes before this in Philadelphia . - Particulars of his Boston Visit in Letters to his Family . His Reception in Boston . - Hospitality . — The Interest taken in the Trial . - Letters to Carr and Pope on the Subject of this ...
... Trials of Causes before this in Philadelphia . - Particulars of his Boston Visit in Letters to his Family . His Reception in Boston . - Hospitality . — The Interest taken in the Trial . - Letters to Carr and Pope on the Subject of this ...
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... Trial of the Cherokee Missionaries , Worcester and Butler . - Their Appeal to the Supreme Court . - Decision in their Favour . — Course of Georgia on the Subject . - Familiar Letters.— The Cholera . - Letters to Judge Carr . - Letter to ...
... Trial of the Cherokee Missionaries , Worcester and Butler . - Their Appeal to the Supreme Court . - Decision in their Favour . — Course of Georgia on the Subject . - Familiar Letters.— The Cholera . - Letters to Judge Carr . - Letter to ...
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... trial in that forum . We shall see in the following letters , upon what occasion and how this effort succeeded . The first of these was written at intervals , before and after his visit to Washington . It is addressed to his young ...
... trial in that forum . We shall see in the following letters , upon what occasion and how this effort succeeded . The first of these was written at intervals , before and after his visit to Washington . It is addressed to his young ...
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Seite 242 - 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.
Seite 26 - Awake, /Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres...
Seite 229 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Seite 275 - Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty According to my bond; nor more nor less.
Seite 199 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Seite 137 - The music was like the memory of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul.
Seite 56 - ... to prosecute and conduct all suits in the supreme court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the president of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall by law be provided.
Seite 50 - ... if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of ? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as we have never forfeited them, we hold in common with our fellow subjects who are natives of Britain.
Seite 252 - This bill is brought by the Cherokee nation, praying an injunction to restrain the state of Georgia from the execution of certain laws of that state, which, as is alleged, go directly to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society, and to seize, for the use of Georgia, the lands of the nation which have been assured to them by the United States in solemn treaties repeatedly made and still in force.
Seite 40 - Committee, whose business it shall be to obtain the most early and Authentic intelligence of all such Acts and Resolutions of the British Parliament, or proceedings of Administration, as may relate to or affect the British Colonies in America, and to keep up and maintain a Correspondence and Communication with our Sister Colonies, respecting these important Considerations ; and the result of such their proceedings, from Time to Time, to lay before this House.