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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... without regard to slight variations ; which may be left for settlement by “
equivalents . " I do not measure my own other people's patriotism by the “ inch . ” I
shall or H not recognise that measurement in deciding upon the merits of THE
HON .
... without regard to slight variations ; which may be left for settlement by “
equivalents . " I do not measure my own other people's patriotism by the “ inch . ” I
shall or H not recognise that measurement in deciding upon the merits of THE
HON .
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great measure carried out , by his predecessor . He was the declared enemy of a
National Bank and of paper money . Mr. Van Buren introduced the celebrated
measure for the establishment of an Independent Treasury , more generally
known ...
great measure carried out , by his predecessor . He was the declared enemy of a
National Bank and of paper money . Mr. Van Buren introduced the celebrated
measure for the establishment of an Independent Treasury , more generally
known ...
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No longer do the nations of the earth measure their relative consequence by the
number and discipline of their armies upon the land , or their armadas upon the
The tables of their imports and exports , the tonnage of their commercial marines
...
No longer do the nations of the earth measure their relative consequence by the
number and discipline of their armies upon the land , or their armadas upon the
The tables of their imports and exports , the tonnage of their commercial marines
...
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... not the Constitution , the measure of its powers ; ' and that , ' in all cases of
compact between parties having no common judge , each party has an equal
right to judge for itself , as well of the infraction as of the mode and measure of
redress .
... not the Constitution , the measure of its powers ; ' and that , ' in all cases of
compact between parties having no common judge , each party has an equal
right to judge for itself , as well of the infraction as of the mode and measure of
redress .
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On the morning after the Free Trade measures were carried in the House , I saw
Mr. Calhoun for the last time . After a struggle of two and ... The measure and its
great consequences alone occupied his thoughts . “ And “ there will be no re ...
On the morning after the Free Trade measures were carried in the House , I saw
Mr. Calhoun for the last time . After a struggle of two and ... The measure and its
great consequences alone occupied his thoughts . “ And “ there will be no re ...
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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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