Life and Public Services of General Lewis Cass: Together with the Pamphlet on the Right of SearchMarkham & Elwood, 1852 - 420 Seiten |
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... believe the place could be defended against the vigorous attack of a de- termined enemy , and the commanding officer had determined to risk the fate of a general battle , rather than the hazard of a siege . With the exception of the ...
... believe the place could be defended against the vigorous attack of a de- termined enemy , and the commanding officer had determined to risk the fate of a general battle , rather than the hazard of a siege . With the exception of the ...
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... believe it . Col. Cass , in his letter to the War Depart ment , giving a true and impartial statement of the transaction , says “ the General must have taken counsel only of his own feelings , for no one anticipated a surrender ; even ...
... believe it . Col. Cass , in his letter to the War Depart ment , giving a true and impartial statement of the transaction , says “ the General must have taken counsel only of his own feelings , for no one anticipated a surrender ; even ...
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... believe the report . It was too repugnant to their proud and patriotic spirits to admit that the star spangled banner , which but two days previous they had left gaily sporting in the free winds , on the flag post of their Fortress ...
... believe the report . It was too repugnant to their proud and patriotic spirits to admit that the star spangled banner , which but two days previous they had left gaily sporting in the free winds , on the flag post of their Fortress ...
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... believe success would have crowned his ef- forts . The reason given for delaying our operations , was to mount our ... Believe all the bearer will tell you . - Believe it , however it may as- tonish you , as much as if told you by one of ...
... believe success would have crowned his ef- forts . The reason given for delaying our operations , was to mount our ... Believe all the bearer will tell you . - Believe it , however it may as- tonish you , as much as if told you by one of ...
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... believe it would be expedient to divide the territory into districts , and assign to each the election of two members of the council . " The proceedings of this , the first Legislative Assembly , excited paramount and universal interest ...
... believe it would be expedient to divide the territory into districts , and assign to each the election of two members of the council . " The proceedings of this , the first Legislative Assembly , excited paramount and universal interest ...
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Seite 414 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Seite 414 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Seite 374 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Seite 366 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences...
Seite 279 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Seite 374 - And the Governor, legislative Council, and House of Representatives shall have authority to make laws in all Cases for the good government of the district not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared.
Seite 233 - Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Seite 374 - Be it ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the said territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Seite 108 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided, always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie...
Seite 74 - The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, were empowered to adopt such laws of the original states, civil and criminal as might be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the District.