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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That we acquired that right upon this continent when our Independence was
established , subject only to the proviso , that we must not do it so as to deny the
like privilege to our neighbours , nor interfere with settlements permanently made
...
That we acquired that right upon this continent when our Independence was
established , subject only to the proviso , that we must not do it so as to deny the
like privilege to our neighbours , nor interfere with settlements permanently made
...
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The Church of England was the established church , but tithes and glebes were
hardly known . While nearly the whole of a vast scarcely inhabited country was
part of the See of London , Church democracy was working its independence of
all ...
The Church of England was the established church , but tithes and glebes were
hardly known . While nearly the whole of a vast scarcely inhabited country was
part of the See of London , Church democracy was working its independence of
all ...
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Mr. Calhoun has great respect for such external forms as tend to promote order
and dignity ; and I believe that it was he who established the rule , ( during his
Vice - Presidency , ) that the Members of the Senate should be addressed by
their ...
Mr. Calhoun has great respect for such external forms as tend to promote order
and dignity ; and I believe that it was he who established the rule , ( during his
Vice - Presidency , ) that the Members of the Senate should be addressed by
their ...
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Yes , sir , it is at this auspicious period of our country , when we hold a proud and
lofty station among the first nations of the world , that we are called upon to
sanction a departure from the established laws and usages which have regulated
our ...
Yes , sir , it is at this auspicious period of our country , when we hold a proud and
lofty station among the first nations of the world , that we are called upon to
sanction a departure from the established laws and usages which have regulated
our ...
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... the Congress of 1815 — '16 , the Congress of 1831 —- ' 32 , and , finally , the
present Congress , have all respectively and unequivocally , affirmed the
existence of a power in Congress to establish a National Bank to operate per se .
... the Congress of 1815 — '16 , the Congress of 1831 —- ' 32 , and , finally , the
present Congress , have all respectively and unequivocally , affirmed the
existence of a power in Congress to establish a National Bank to operate per se .
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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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