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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But , on the contrary , the very circumstances of their condition produce these
virtues . Show me a gentler , more affectionate nature than Edward Hannegan
you cannot ; and , believe me , the Western men in general resemble him . Shall I
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But , on the contrary , the very circumstances of their condition produce these
virtues . Show me a gentler , more affectionate nature than Edward Hannegan
you cannot ; and , believe me , the Western men in general resemble him . Shall I
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The French Government did , in virtue of that second discovery , claim the country
, subsequently founded New Orleans , and formed several other settlements in
the interior , on the Mississippi or its waters . Spain almost immediately occupied
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The French Government did , in virtue of that second discovery , claim the country
, subsequently founded New Orleans , and formed several other settlements in
the interior , on the Mississippi or its waters . Spain almost immediately occupied
...
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Buchanan pronounces you pre - eminent “ in talent and in virtue . Mr. Crittenden ,
Mr. “ Winthrop , Mr. Benton , Mr. Hannegan , have all expressed for themselves
and their respective “ parties , the highest encomiums that men can “ utter of each
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Buchanan pronounces you pre - eminent “ in talent and in virtue . Mr. Crittenden ,
Mr. “ Winthrop , Mr. Benton , Mr. Hannegan , have all expressed for themselves
and their respective “ parties , the highest encomiums that men can “ utter of each
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... distance below all lesser , grovelling , personal interests and feelings ,
animates and prompts to deeds of self - sacrifice , of valour , of devotion , and of
death itself — that is public virtue ; that is the noblest , the sublimest of all public
virtues !
... distance below all lesser , grovelling , personal interests and feelings ,
animates and prompts to deeds of self - sacrifice , of valour , of devotion , and of
death itself — that is public virtue ; that is the noblest , the sublimest of all public
virtues !
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His power over his people is without limit ; and they revere alike his person and
his office ; they behold him Supreme in wisdom and in virtue ; his wisdom
devoted incessantly to their earthly and their heavenly weal ; while in the
exercises of his ...
His power over his people is without limit ; and they revere alike his person and
his office ; they behold him Supreme in wisdom and in virtue ; his wisdom
devoted incessantly to their earthly and their heavenly weal ; while in the
exercises of his ...
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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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