Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America: From April, 1833, to October, 1834, Volume 2 |
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... poor creatures had no means of support , but what they obtained from casual charity or by waiting upon the other prisoners . Whatever any of them got to eat , by their own industry or the bounty of others , was shared equally between ...
... poor creatures had no means of support , but what they obtained from casual charity or by waiting upon the other prisoners . Whatever any of them got to eat , by their own industry or the bounty of others , was shared equally between ...
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... poor fellow himself the price of a contract which he well knew was neither legal nor binding . The letter alluded to is one from Dr. Caldwell to Mr. Parkins . Dr. Caldwell is President of the College of Chapel Hill , in Orange County ...
... poor fellow himself the price of a contract which he well knew was neither legal nor binding . The letter alluded to is one from Dr. Caldwell to Mr. Parkins . Dr. Caldwell is President of the College of Chapel Hill , in Orange County ...
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... poor mother , who was employed to wash for him . I im- mediately proceeded to her house , and found that she had three children left ; -the eldest about ten years of age , and the youngest an infant at the breast . In addition to these ...
... poor mother , who was employed to wash for him . I im- mediately proceeded to her house , and found that she had three children left ; -the eldest about ten years of age , and the youngest an infant at the breast . In addition to these ...
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... poor persons who do not belong to it , as well as its own members , when in distress . Mrs. Peterson's brother , who is known in England as the African Roscius , had occasionally sent her remittances of money , and had expressed , in ...
... poor persons who do not belong to it , as well as its own members , when in distress . Mrs. Peterson's brother , who is known in England as the African Roscius , had occasionally sent her remittances of money , and had expressed , in ...
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... slave market at New Orleans . On the very day that this generous act was per- formed by a poor lad of color , another example of humanity was given by a man belonging to the same CHAP . XIV . ] 47 AMERICAN GRATITUDE .
... slave market at New Orleans . On the very day that this generous act was per- formed by a poor lad of color , another example of humanity was given by a man belonging to the same CHAP . XIV . ] 47 AMERICAN GRATITUDE .
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Page 185 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Page 126 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 186 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them : thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another...
Page 235 - I give them their freedom; and I humbly and earnestly request of the legislature of Virginia a confirmation of the bequest of freedom to these servants, with permission to remain in this State, where their families and connections are, as an additional instance of the favor, of which I have received so many other manifestations in the course of my life, and for which I now give them my last, solemn, and dutiful...
Page 137 - Their views upon that point have been submitted to the people of the United States ; and the counsels by which your conduct is now directed are the result of the judgment expressed by the only earthly tribunal to which the late administration was amenable for its acts.
Page 280 - EXTREMUM hunc, Arethusa, mihi concede laborem. pauca meo Gallo, sed quae legat ipsa Lycoris, carmina sunt dicenda : neget quis carmina Gallo ? sic tibi, cum fluctus subterlabere Sicanos, Doris amara suam non intermisceat undam, incipe ; sollicitos Galli dicamus amores, dum tenera attondent simae virgulta capellae.
Page 80 - Whereas the enemies of the United States have endeavored, by every artifice in their power, to possess the Indians in general with an opinion, that it is the design of the States aforesaid, to extirpate the Indians and take possession of their country: to obviate such false...
Page 185 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Page 76 - Many of the tribes have already made great progress in the arts of civilized life. This desirable result has been brought about by the humane and persevering policy of the Government, and particularly by means of the appropriation for the civilization of the Indians. There have been established under the provisions of this act...
Page iii - ... government entirely and purely elective. If we fail in this, our disaster will be signal, and will furnish an argument, stronger than has yet been found, in support of those opinions which maintain that government can rest safely on nothing but power and coercion. As far as experience may show errors in our establishments, we are bound to correct them; and if any practices exist...