Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volume 9The Society, 1906 - Washington (D.C.) |
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... March 11 , 1874 , Sumner died at his home in Washington . On the fourth of April E. J. L. wrote to the Chronicle suggest- ing that a memorial to Sumner should properly be erected by the colored race , and that it might well take the ...
... March 11 , 1874 , Sumner died at his home in Washington . On the fourth of April E. J. L. wrote to the Chronicle suggest- ing that a memorial to Sumner should properly be erected by the colored race , and that it might well take the ...
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... ( March 14 , 1800 ) directing that William Duane be ordered to attend at the bar on the day of March when he would have opportunity to make a proper defence and then the Senate would pro- ceed to take further order . Mr. Duane ( March 24 ...
... ( March 14 , 1800 ) directing that William Duane be ordered to attend at the bar on the day of March when he would have opportunity to make a proper defence and then the Senate would pro- ceed to take further order . Mr. Duane ( March 24 ...
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... March 24 , 1804 : " Another cause is the jealousy of contending interests- the city has resembled a man who was claimed by three or four wives , who each in the effort to secure him to herself had worried him to death in her embraces ...
... March 24 , 1804 : " Another cause is the jealousy of contending interests- the city has resembled a man who was claimed by three or four wives , who each in the effort to secure him to herself had worried him to death in her embraces ...
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... March , 1813 . " The ' Hand Book for Infantry , ' compiled and published by William Duane , of Philadelphia will be received and ob- served as the system of Infantry Discipline for the Army of the United States . " By order of the ...
... March , 1813 . " The ' Hand Book for Infantry , ' compiled and published by William Duane , of Philadelphia will be received and ob- served as the system of Infantry Discipline for the Army of the United States . " By order of the ...
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... March 16 , 1819 " This has rekindled the malice of D. and he is spitting out his venom by the wholesale . But that fellow is already so famous for falsehood and malice that his invectives are totally disregarded . His pen is too ...
... March 16 , 1819 " This has rekindled the malice of D. and he is spitting out his venom by the wholesale . But that fellow is already so famous for falsehood and malice that his invectives are totally disregarded . His pen is too ...
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Page 16 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Page 92 - But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest ; here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole.
Page 57 - Born in America, in Europe bred, In Afric traveled, and in Asia wed ; Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead. Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to Heaven.
Page 67 - I, AB, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 44 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Page 184 - Pyrenees ; so shall it be with yours. You may carry them to the loftiest peaks of the Cordilleras, they may wave with insolent triumph in the Halls of the Montezumas, the armed men of Mexico may quail before them, but the weakest hand in Mexico^ uplifted in prayer to the God of Justice, may call down against you a Power, in the presence of which, the iron hearts of your warriors shall be turned into ashes. Mr. President, if the history of our race has established any truth, it is but a confirmation...
Page 51 - When a retrospect is taken of the Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a JUBILEE in the United States.
Page 117 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Page 89 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Page 220 - That on the first Monday in December, in the year 1800, the seat of the Government of the United States shall, by virtue of this act, be transferred to the district and place aforesaid. And all offices attached to the said seat of government shall accordingly be removed thereto by their respective holders and shall, after the said day, cease to be exercised elsewhere...