The Presidents and Their Administrations: A Handbook of Political Parties, for Every VoterJ.W. Robinson, 1873 - 320 pages |
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... England Colonies took the lead in making liberal provision for the establishment of schools . Free schools were opened in Boston as early as 1635 , and this example was extensively followed . A fund of one thousand dollars was set apart ...
... England Colonies took the lead in making liberal provision for the establishment of schools . Free schools were opened in Boston as early as 1635 , and this example was extensively followed . A fund of one thousand dollars was set apart ...
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... England as the law of the land . They laid claim to the land by right of discovery , and either took forcible possession of such localities as pleased them , or when this was not expedient , secured them by purchase and treaty . There ...
... England as the law of the land . They laid claim to the land by right of discovery , and either took forcible possession of such localities as pleased them , or when this was not expedient , secured them by purchase and treaty . There ...
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... England ministers met in Boston to consider what should be done under these circumstances , and it was at once agreed to defend their liberties by re- course to force if that should be rendered necessary . These measures led to the ...
... England ministers met in Boston to consider what should be done under these circumstances , and it was at once agreed to defend their liberties by re- course to force if that should be rendered necessary . These measures led to the ...
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... England , " lasted over forty years and was of great service , not only in showing the benefits of union , but also in protecting them from the hostile Indian tribes at home . A similar union was entered into in 1757 , when a French and ...
... England , " lasted over forty years and was of great service , not only in showing the benefits of union , but also in protecting them from the hostile Indian tribes at home . A similar union was entered into in 1757 , when a French and ...
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... England withdrew from her position , or the colonies retreated from their demands . Mr. Pitt , the British Minister , who had read the declara- tion , petition , and address , prepared by the members of this " First Continental Congress ...
... England withdrew from her position , or the colonies retreated from their demands . Mr. Pitt , the British Minister , who had read the declara- tion , petition , and address , prepared by the members of this " First Continental Congress ...
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Page 263 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Page 247 - ... it becomes our duty by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 233 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 285 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...
Page 115 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the Allied Powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 265 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 265 - These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.
Page 223 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 266 - Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Page 260 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then...