The Statesmen of America in 1846In this book, first published in 1847, the English author Sarah Mytton Maury gives a personal and very positive account of her impressions of the United States upon arriving there in late 1845. Through marriage she gains access to many American statesmen of her day, and the book is dedicated to James Buchanan, later President of the United States. Maury portrays prominent senators, judges, officers, members of the clergy and Presidents John Adams and James K. Polk. Many of the descriptions are interspersed with extracts from speeches and letters by those portrayed. The book gives a great deal of attention to the early nineteenth-century dispute between Britain and the United States about territorial claims in the north-west, the so-called 'Oregon Question'. On this question as in other matters of contention or cultural differences between the two countries, Maury maintains a position of neutrality. |
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Before the jury retired , the Court was informed that they were ready to render the
verdict required . One juror , however , hesitated . The next day was the Sabbath .
The jury were called , and the Court remonstrated with the dissentient , and ...
Before the jury retired , the Court was informed that they were ready to render the
verdict required . One juror , however , hesitated . The next day was the Sabbath .
The jury were called , and the Court remonstrated with the dissentient , and ...
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... to that distinction ; in short , a verdict by which the jury unworthily evaded the
question submitted to them , and cast upon the court a responsibility which it had
no right to assume , but which it did nevertheless assume , in violation of the law .
... to that distinction ; in short , a verdict by which the jury unworthily evaded the
question submitted to them , and cast upon the court a responsibility which it had
no right to assume , but which it did nevertheless assume , in violation of the law .
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THE HONOURABLE JOHN MʻLEAN , Associate - JUSTICE IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . “ If you Whigs make a President , in 1848 , "
said I one day to a friend , “ let it be Judge M'Lean . ” “ Do not wish that , Mrs.
THE HONOURABLE JOHN MʻLEAN , Associate - JUSTICE IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES . “ If you Whigs make a President , in 1848 , "
said I one day to a friend , “ let it be Judge M'Lean . ” “ Do not wish that , Mrs.
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They also tell us that the Supreme Court is the appointed arbiter of all
controversies between a State and the General Government . Why , then , do they
not leave this controversy to that tribunal ? Why do they not confide to them the
abrogation ...
They also tell us that the Supreme Court is the appointed arbiter of all
controversies between a State and the General Government . Why , then , do they
not leave this controversy to that tribunal ? Why do they not confide to them the
abrogation ...
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Supreme Court of the United States , with its late Chief Justice , the illustrious
Marshall , at its head , unanimously decided that Congress possessed this Bank
power ; and this adjudication was sustained and re - affirmed whenever afterward
...
Supreme Court of the United States , with its late Chief Justice , the illustrious
Marshall , at its head , unanimously decided that Congress possessed this Bank
power ; and this adjudication was sustained and re - affirmed whenever afterward
...
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| Titel | The Statesmen of America in 1846 Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive Band 360 von Travels in the Old South Iii |
| Autor/in | Sarah Mytton Maury |
| Verlag | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Jan. 2016 |
| Länge | 548 Seiten |
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