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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Oh ! I wish it were so that he could speak out . But I must be allowed to speak for
myself since the Administration has been so perseveringly put where I ought not
to stand by it ; and I will dare to speak to the President , and of the President and
...
Oh ! I wish it were so that he could speak out . But I must be allowed to speak for
myself since the Administration has been so perseveringly put where I ought not
to stand by it ; and I will dare to speak to the President , and of the President and
...
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Sarah Mytton Maury. exclusive legislation . If Pennsylvania , New York and Ohio ,
the three great States , with Kentucky , Georgia , Missouri , Alabama and
Louisiana , wish to try an experiment on iron , coal , hemp , cotton bagging ,
sugar , & c .
Sarah Mytton Maury. exclusive legislation . If Pennsylvania , New York and Ohio ,
the three great States , with Kentucky , Georgia , Missouri , Alabama and
Louisiana , wish to try an experiment on iron , coal , hemp , cotton bagging ,
sugar , & c .
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Do not wish that , Mrs. Maury , " was the reply , “ Judge M'Lean is canonized ; if
he were taken away from the Supreme Court , where is the Guardian of the
Constitution ? ” Such was the compliment paid to the virtue and talents of this
good and ...
Do not wish that , Mrs. Maury , " was the reply , “ Judge M'Lean is canonized ; if
he were taken away from the Supreme Court , where is the Guardian of the
Constitution ? ” Such was the compliment paid to the virtue and talents of this
good and ...
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And I sat , and talked , and listened , between Mr. and Mrs. Clay ; and when many
were present , " Take him , " said she , “ into the garden , and talk with him there ,
for I know you “ wish it , and I will trust him with you . ” And into the garden we ...
And I sat , and talked , and listened , between Mr. and Mrs. Clay ; and when many
were present , " Take him , " said she , “ into the garden , and talk with him there ,
for I know you “ wish it , and I will trust him with you . ” And into the garden we ...
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I thought it impossible , that the wants and wishes of a great people , who had
bestowed such unbounded and generous confidence , and conferred on him
such exalted honours , should be disregarded and disappointed . It did not enter
into ...
I thought it impossible , that the wants and wishes of a great people , who had
bestowed such unbounded and generous confidence , and conferred on him
such exalted honours , should be disregarded and disappointed . It did not enter
into ...
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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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