The United States of America: A HistoryT. Nelson and Sons, 1870 - 278 pagini |
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Pagina 60
... Congress might suppress the slave - trade after the lapse of twenty years . But for the resistance of South Carolina and Georgia the prohibition would have been immediate . And at length , at the earliest moment when it was possible ...
... Congress might suppress the slave - trade after the lapse of twenty years . But for the resistance of South Carolina and Georgia the prohibition would have been immediate . And at length , at the earliest moment when it was possible ...
Pagina 86
... walk warily . It was during the agitation arising out of the Stamp Act that the idea of a General Congress of the States was suggested . A loud cry for union had arisen . " Join or 86 AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION .
... walk warily . It was during the agitation arising out of the Stamp Act that the idea of a General Congress of the States was suggested . A loud cry for union had arisen . " Join or 86 AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION .
Pagina 87
... Congress met in New York . It did little more than discuss and petition . It is interesting merely as one of the first exhibitions of a tendency towards federal union in a country whose destiny , in all coming time , this tendency was ...
... Congress met in New York . It did little more than discuss and petition . It is interesting merely as one of the first exhibitions of a tendency towards federal union in a country whose destiny , in all coming time , this tendency was ...
Pagina 91
... Congress of dele- gates , sent by the States , to confer in regard to the troubles which were thickening round them . Twelve States were represented . Georgia as yet paused timidly on the brink of the perilous enterprise . They were not ...
... Congress of dele- gates , sent by the States , to confer in regard to the troubles which were thickening round them . Twelve States were represented . Georgia as yet paused timidly on the brink of the perilous enterprise . They were not ...
Pagina 92
... Congress did not aim at independence . As yet it was their wish to have wrongs redressed and to continue British subjects . Their proceedings give ample evidence of this desire . They drew up a narrative of their wrongs . As a means of ...
... Congress did not aim at independence . As yet it was their wish to have wrongs redressed and to continue British subjects . Their proceedings give ample evidence of this desire . They drew up a narrative of their wrongs . As a means of ...
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Pagina 204 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Pagina 240 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Pagina 213 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Pagina 226 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Pagina 201 - 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. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington.
Pagina 239 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fatal lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Pagina 103 - Howe gazed at the mushroom fortress with astonishment, as it loomed indistinctly, but grandly, through a morning fog. " The rebels," exclaimed he, " have done more work in one night, than my whole army would have done in one month.
Pagina 258 - 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...
Pagina 78 - Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Pagina 249 - And then there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and wellpoised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation, while I fear there will be some white ones unable to forget that with malignant heart and deceitful speech they strove to hinder it.