From Appomattox to Germany: Pictures of the Great Events in a Wonderful Half CenturyHarper & brothers, 1919 - 409 pages |
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... knew that the new President was not their friend . " He is of the poor whites , " they said , " and hates us because we were rich landowners . " The people of the South were ruined - helpless . The first question to be decided was as to ...
... knew that the new President was not their friend . " He is of the poor whites , " they said , " and hates us because we were rich landowners . " The people of the South were ruined - helpless . The first question to be decided was as to ...
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... knew that when he was grown up Mammy Hannah would be no more , but Mammy Hannah's grandchildren- the little pickaninnies who danced so hard that it shook their teeth . and disheveled their hair - these would be his . They would be able ...
... knew that when he was grown up Mammy Hannah would be no more , but Mammy Hannah's grandchildren- the little pickaninnies who danced so hard that it shook their teeth . and disheveled their hair - these would be his . They would be able ...
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... knew that the nearest plantation was eleven miles distant , but he realized that the town was in the hands of the blacks , and he knew that unless some one acted , and acted quickly , this carnival of riot and murder would end in ...
... knew that the nearest plantation was eleven miles distant , but he realized that the town was in the hands of the blacks , and he knew that unless some one acted , and acted quickly , this carnival of riot and murder would end in ...
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... knew to be in the house he sought . The " stunt " which LeRoy Canby had performed , when he stood wet and panting before the door of the planter's home that night and excitedly told his errand , would have raised him out of the tender ...
... knew to be in the house he sought . The " stunt " which LeRoy Canby had performed , when he stood wet and panting before the door of the planter's home that night and excitedly told his errand , would have raised him out of the tender ...
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... knew well enough what it all meant . It was an army of ghosts - ghosts of the planters who had been killed in the war , the spirits of those who had fallen at the hands of Grant and Sherman . That was the many fortune - tellers ' theory ...
... knew well enough what it all meant . It was an army of ghosts - ghosts of the planters who had been killed in the war , the spirits of those who had fallen at the hands of Grant and Sherman . That was the many fortune - tellers ' theory ...
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Page 181 - Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquillity and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purposes.
Page 181 - First — That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second — That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 183 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 181 - WHEREAS, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battleship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Page 177 - That the loss of the Maine was not in any respect due to fault or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of her crew; That the ship was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines; and That no evidence has been obtainable fixing the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persons.
Page 181 - Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating as they have, in the destruction of a United States...
Page 181 - In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba...
Page 181 - First. That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. Third. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and...
Page 149 - I always look back with pleasure upon those fourteen months in which I served in the ranks. They taught me a great deal. I was but a school-boy when I went into the army, and that first year was a formative period in my life, during which I learned much of men and of affairs. I have always been glad that I entered the service as a private and served those months in that capacity.
Page 406 - Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or...