A History of the United States: For Families and LibrariesMason brothers, 1857 - 672 sider |
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... formation to the present time . The Supplement is com- posed of the most important State Papers connected with that formation , such as the Stamp Act , and papers put forth by the Stamp Act Congress ; the papers presented to the ...
... formation to the present time . The Supplement is com- posed of the most important State Papers connected with that formation , such as the Stamp Act , and papers put forth by the Stamp Act Congress ; the papers presented to the ...
Side 5
... formed . The fourth tells the story of these Colonies from their infancy to maturity , and illustrates the continual development of Dem- ocratic ideas and Republican tendencies which finally resulted in a political confederation . The ...
... formed . The fourth tells the story of these Colonies from their infancy to maturity , and illustrates the continual development of Dem- ocratic ideas and Republican tendencies which finally resulted in a political confederation . The ...
Side 6
... formation to the present time . The Supplement is com- posed of the most important State Papers connected with that formation , such as the Stamp Act , and papers put forth by the Stamp Act Congress ; the papers presented to the ...
... formation to the present time . The Supplement is com- posed of the most important State Papers connected with that formation , such as the Stamp Act , and papers put forth by the Stamp Act Congress ; the papers presented to the ...
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... formed all menial services . In hunting and fishing the men were assiduous and very skillful . They carried the knowledge of woodcraft to the highest degree of perfection ; and the slightest indication , such as the breaking of a twig ...
... formed all menial services . In hunting and fishing the men were assiduous and very skillful . They carried the knowledge of woodcraft to the highest degree of perfection ; and the slightest indication , such as the breaking of a twig ...
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... formed the chief amusement of the courts of Europe . It is curious to trace the connection of the spirit of knighthood , as exhibited by the one hundred and thirty - five orders that have existed , at various times , in the Old World ...
... formed the chief amusement of the courts of Europe . It is curious to trace the connection of the spirit of knighthood , as exhibited by the one hundred and thirty - five orders that have existed , at various times , in the Old World ...
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Side 594 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Side 596 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Side 618 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; 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...
Side 627 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Side 621 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Side 620 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence ; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual ; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained ; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue...
Side 607 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Side 627 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican Government.
Side 594 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated...
Side 627 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...