Library of World History: Containing a Record of the Human Race from the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art, Volume 10Western Press Assoc., 1914 - World history |
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Page 4436
... tion to pire at once proceeded to put the abolition act in force . The English Abolition . in Cape Colony said it was their duty as Christians to free every slave they had . The Cape Colony Dutch protested , and sullenly acquiesced ...
... tion to pire at once proceeded to put the abolition act in force . The English Abolition . in Cape Colony said it was their duty as Christians to free every slave they had . The Cape Colony Dutch protested , and sullenly acquiesced ...
Page 4438
... tion was issued annexing to Cape Colony the region between the Orange and Vaal rivers under the name of the Orange River Sovereignty . Harri- smith and Lady- smith . Boer Revolt and Battle of Boom- platz . Boer Trek to the Trans- vaal ...
... tion was issued annexing to Cape Colony the region between the Orange and Vaal rivers under the name of the Orange River Sovereignty . Harri- smith and Lady- smith . Boer Revolt and Battle of Boom- platz . Boer Trek to the Trans- vaal ...
Page 4439
... tion and the Matabele and others , had been very expensive and had made the whole policy of enlarging the British dominion unpopular in Great Republic . Britain , where the " Little Englanders " were making their power and influence ...
... tion and the Matabele and others , had been very expensive and had made the whole policy of enlarging the British dominion unpopular in Great Republic . Britain , where the " Little Englanders " were making their power and influence ...
Page 4440
... tion and Orange Free State . Strange Spec- tacle . Condi- tions of Independ- ence . further extension of the British Empire - also led to the relinquish- ment of British sovereignty over the territory between the Vaal and Orange rivers ...
... tion and Orange Free State . Strange Spec- tacle . Condi- tions of Independ- ence . further extension of the British Empire - also led to the relinquish- ment of British sovereignty over the territory between the Vaal and Orange rivers ...
Page 4444
... tion . Enlight- ened Adminis- President In 1871 President Pretorius , unable to overcome his troubles , agreed to submit the western Transvaal frontier question to British arbitra- tion , and accepted the award made by Governor Keate ...
... tion . Enlight- ened Adminis- President In 1871 President Pretorius , unable to overcome his troubles , agreed to submit the western Transvaal frontier question to British arbitra- tion , and accepted the award made by Governor Keate ...
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Page 4799 - ... 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 4784 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 4804 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNION by which the}' were procured ? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens ? To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a Government for the whole is indispensable.
Page 4791 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-Président; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-Président of the United States.
Page 4795 - States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Page 4805 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution, in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another.
Page 4767 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Page 4799 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as 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...
Page 4800 - The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially...
Page 4765 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalised orinade a denizen, except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either House of Parliament...