A Sketch of Chili: Expressly Prepared for the Use of Emigrants, from the United States and Europe to that Country, with a Map, and Several Papers Relating to the Present War Between that Country and Spain, and the Position Assumed by the United States ThereinS. Hallet, 1866 - 181 pages |
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... kind of bean , called by the aborigines porotos , and a great many kinds of sago roots are found wild , particu larly on the banks of the Biobio . A very sweet kind of juice called chuño is made out of this fruit . Many of the forest ...
... kind of bean , called by the aborigines porotos , and a great many kinds of sago roots are found wild , particu larly on the banks of the Biobio . A very sweet kind of juice called chuño is made out of this fruit . Many of the forest ...
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... kind of depot for merchandise which comes around the Horn for the supply of the south of Bolivia ( via Cobija ) and the north - west provinces of the Argentine Republic- through the several passes of the Andes - accounts for the ...
... kind of depot for merchandise which comes around the Horn for the supply of the south of Bolivia ( via Cobija ) and the north - west provinces of the Argentine Republic- through the several passes of the Andes - accounts for the ...
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... kind , gotten up by French and English capitalists . But the war with Spain has put a temporary check to this important enterprise which will give new life to the prosperous English ( not American ) steam naviga- tion companies in the ...
... kind , gotten up by French and English capitalists . But the war with Spain has put a temporary check to this important enterprise which will give new life to the prosperous English ( not American ) steam naviga- tion companies in the ...
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... kind invitation of the Traveler's Club , and undertaken the duty of serving my country in the best way possible for a foreigner in a hospitable land , and to that kindness and indulgence that is always the accompaniment of beauty and ...
... kind invitation of the Traveler's Club , and undertaken the duty of serving my country in the best way possible for a foreigner in a hospitable land , and to that kindness and indulgence that is always the accompaniment of beauty and ...
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... kind traveler , who wished to explain the name of our principal port , Valparaiso- " the Valley of Paradise . " At least the Chilian ladies believe , as a matter of faith , that they are living in the spot first inhabited by Eve ; and I ...
... kind traveler , who wished to explain the name of our principal port , Valparaiso- " the Valley of Paradise . " At least the Chilian ladies believe , as a matter of faith , that they are living in the spot first inhabited by Eve ; and I ...
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Abraham Lincoln Aconcagua Admiral Pareja agent agricultural Applause army Atacama Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna capital cause cent Chile Chili Chilian Chiloé Chincha citizens coal coast colony commerce Concepcion Congress continent Cooper Institute Copiapó copper Coquimbo coun declared desert of Atacama diplomatic Domingo duty E. G. Squier emigrants England English enterprise Europe European exportation feel flag foreign France gentlemen heart honor House hundred immense independence La Serena land liberal liberty Llanquihue meeting Mexico miles millions Minister monarchy Monroe Doctrine mountains nations navigation noble North Pacific Panamá patriotism peace Peru political ports present President principles provinces railways representatives Republic of Chili republican respect Santiago Secretary Señor Vicuña Mackenna single slavery South America southern Spain Spaniards Spanish Government Squier steam steamers sympathy Talcahuano Tavira tion United Valdivia valleys Valparaiso Vicuña Mackenna Washington York
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Page 102 - Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Page 101 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...
Page 102 - I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it/ "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better...
Page 101 - MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again.
Page 16 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 75 - Mexico ; and they therefore think fit to declare that it does not accord with the policy of the United States to acknowledge any monarchical government, erected on the ruins of any republican government in America, under the auspices of any European power.
Page 102 - 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 / shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 102 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject." Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time." If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied...
Page 68 - I regret that I shall not be able to be present at your meeting, but you may be assured that I am heartily in sympathy with the declared object thereof, and intend to make my sentiments known in Congress at an early period of the present session.
Page 16 - European powers to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...