Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkDerby, Miller, 1849 - 404 pagini This book is a biography of John Quincy Adams, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. |
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... Slavery —Opposition of Southern Members - Exciting Scenes in the House of Representatives - Marks of confidence in Mr. Adams . . 280 CHAPTER XIV . Mr. Adams ' firmness in discharge of duty - His exertions in behalf of the Amistad Slaves ...
... Slavery —Opposition of Southern Members - Exciting Scenes in the House of Representatives - Marks of confidence in Mr. Adams . . 280 CHAPTER XIV . Mr. Adams ' firmness in discharge of duty - His exertions in behalf of the Amistad Slaves ...
Pagina 38
... slaves are alarmed on the other , lest he should expose their servility . The cry from all quarters is , ' He is the proudest man in the world : he cannot bear to be under obligation . ' " I never in my life observed any one endeavoring ...
... slaves are alarmed on the other , lest he should expose their servility . The cry from all quarters is , ' He is the proudest man in the world : he cannot bear to be under obligation . ' " I never in my life observed any one endeavoring ...
Pagina 56
... slavery of plodding over the rubbish of antiquity ( a cant so common among the heedless votaries of indolence ) , dulls the edge of all industry , and is one of the most powerful ingredients in the Circean potion which transforms many ...
... slavery of plodding over the rubbish of antiquity ( a cant so common among the heedless votaries of indolence ) , dulls the edge of all industry , and is one of the most powerful ingredients in the Circean potion which transforms many ...
Pagina 87
... slaves . This was the first public indication of his views on the subject of slavery . It was a premonition of the bold , unflinch- ing , noble warfare against that institution , and of the advocacy of human freedom and human rights in ...
... slaves . This was the first public indication of his views on the subject of slavery . It was a premonition of the bold , unflinch- ing , noble warfare against that institution , and of the advocacy of human freedom and human rights in ...
Pagina 159
... slaves — in alluring the aboriginal hunters of our land to the culti- vation of the soil and of the mind - in exploring the interior regions of the Union , and in preparing , by scientific researches and surveys , for the further ...
... slaves — in alluring the aboriginal hunters of our land to the culti- vation of the soil and of the mind - in exploring the interior regions of the Union , and in preparing , by scientific researches and surveys , for the further ...
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