Stryker's American Register and Magazine, Volume 6W.M. Morrison, 1853 - History, Modern |
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... hands . In either event , I would earnestly recommend that a Convention of the people be called at once to take into consideration the mode and measure of redress , as well as the means of providing for our future security and peace ...
... hands . In either event , I would earnestly recommend that a Convention of the people be called at once to take into consideration the mode and measure of redress , as well as the means of providing for our future security and peace ...
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... hands , and manage it in their way , regardless of the States . What was left to the State , then , but to repeal her laws ? They were a dead letter on the statute - book , because they had been declared so to be . There might have been ...
... hands , and manage it in their way , regardless of the States . What was left to the State , then , but to repeal her laws ? They were a dead letter on the statute - book , because they had been declared so to be . There might have been ...
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... hands , and the whites predominate , their name and their place known no more . The Winnebagoes were removed by the government to lands set apart for them on the west side of the Mississippi , but the official report states that " as ...
... hands , and the whites predominate , their name and their place known no more . The Winnebagoes were removed by the government to lands set apart for them on the west side of the Mississippi , but the official report states that " as ...
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... hands ap- peared to act from a conviction of duty , and conducted their pro- ceedings coolly and deliberately , examining witnesses , admitting counsel , and giving to the trial the semblance of an impartial hearing . Still , however ...
... hands ap- peared to act from a conviction of duty , and conducted their pro- ceedings coolly and deliberately , examining witnesses , admitting counsel , and giving to the trial the semblance of an impartial hearing . Still , however ...
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... hands . Long habits of management and economy gave them a great aptitude for business of all kinds , and each succeeding year witnessed an increase of their wealth and authority . " * The following is an extract from the instructions ...
... hands . Long habits of management and economy gave them a great aptitude for business of all kinds , and each succeeding year witnessed an increase of their wealth and authority . " * The following is an extract from the instructions ...
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Page 489 - Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.
Page 502 - Richard, I do not give, but lend you my horse; be sure you be honest, and bring my horse back to me at your return this way to Oxford. And I do now give you ten groats to bear your charges to Exeter; and here is ten groats more, which I charge you to deliver to your mother, and tell her, I send her a Bishop's benediction with it, and beg the continuance of her prayers for me.
Page 77 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 489 - With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead ; with them I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind. My hopes are with the Dead ; anon My place with them will be, And I with them shall travel on Through all Futurity ; Yet leaving here a name, I trust, That will not perish in the dust.
Page 503 - To whom the good man replied, ' My dear George, if saints have usually a double share in the miseries of this life, I that am none, ought not to repine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me, but labour, (as indeed I do daily) to submit mine to His will, and possess my soul in patience, and peace.
Page 585 - ... The charterer of any vessel, in case he shall man, victual and navigate such vessel at his own expense or by his own procurement, shall be deemed the owner of such vessel within the meaning of the provisions of this...
Page 95 - Congress and will forfeit their claim to the protection of their country. No such persons must expect the interference of this Government in any form on their behalf, no matter to what extremities they may be reduced in consequence of their conduct.
Page 485 - Now, if you are in the mood for a reverie, only fancy me in America ; imagine my ground uncultivated since the creation, and see me wielding the axe, now to cut down the tree, and now the snakes that nestled in it. Then see me grubbing up the roots, and building a nice snug little dairy with them : three rooms in my cottage, and my only companion some poor negro whom I had bought on purpose to emancipate.
Page 488 - I should have a deadly deal of law to forget whenever I had done with it, but my brains, God bless them ! never received any, and I am as ignorant as heart could wish. The tares would not grow.
Page 88 - August, 1789, in the necessary support and maintenance and repairs of all light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers erected, placed, or sunk before the passage of the act within any bay, inlet, harbor, or port of the United States...