Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to the Present Time ...B. B. Russell, 1867 - 480 pages |
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... party so inordinately lauded , and by the other so intemperately assailed . But , as we now dispassionately review the past , most readers will probably find many old prejudices dispelled . In writing these sketches , the author has ...
... party so inordinately lauded , and by the other so intemperately assailed . But , as we now dispassionately review the past , most readers will probably find many old prejudices dispelled . In writing these sketches , the author has ...
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... party was given in his honor at Fredericksburg , Va . When the church - bell rang the hour of nine , Lady Washington rose , and said , " Come , George , it is nine o'clock : it is time for us to go home . " George , like a dutiful son ...
... party was given in his honor at Fredericksburg , Va . When the church - bell rang the hour of nine , Lady Washington rose , and said , " Come , George , it is nine o'clock : it is time for us to go home . " George , like a dutiful son ...
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... party could be plundered and massacred . No suitable person could be found to run these risks until George Washington volunteered his services . He was then but twenty years and six months of age . As Gov. Dinwiddie , a sturdy old ...
... party could be plundered and massacred . No suitable person could be found to run these risks until George Washington volunteered his services . He was then but twenty years and six months of age . As Gov. Dinwiddie , a sturdy old ...
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... party of French , from the fort , was on the march to attack him by surprise . Just then , there came a night dark and stormy , with floods of rain . Washington took forty men , leaving the rest to guard the camp , and through the ...
... party of French , from the fort , was on the march to attack him by surprise . Just then , there came a night dark and stormy , with floods of rain . Washington took forty men , leaving the rest to guard the camp , and through the ...
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... party of savages were rioting around , laden with plunder , and flourishing dripping scalps . Upon the appearance of the soldiers , the savages , with the fleetness of deer , dashed into the forest . Washington thus describes the scene ...
... party of savages were rioting around , laden with plunder , and flourishing dripping scalps . Upon the appearance of the soldiers , the savages , with the fleetness of deer , dashed into the forest . Washington thus describes the scene ...
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Page 406 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 205 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Page 416 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 408 - 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.
Page 132 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Page 416 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free...
Page 408 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Page 402 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Page 363 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 30 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.