Sketch of the Life and Public Services of General Lewis Cass: With the Pamphlet on the Right of Search, and Some of His Speeches on the Great Political Questions of the DayMarkham & Elwood, 1852 - 420 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite vii
... American States- men , has prompted the compilation of the following pages . However great may be the difference of opinion , politically regarded , between the reader and the distinguished sub- ject of the work , the former cannot but ...
... American States- men , has prompted the compilation of the following pages . However great may be the difference of opinion , politically regarded , between the reader and the distinguished sub- ject of the work , the former cannot but ...
Seite 20
... Americans by treaty , attacked the American camp on the Wabash . This aroused the patriotic inhabitants of Kentucky and Ohio , and they volunteered to march to the defence of the frontier . Mr. Cass was among the foremost who reached ...
... Americans by treaty , attacked the American camp on the Wabash . This aroused the patriotic inhabitants of Kentucky and Ohio , and they volunteered to march to the defence of the frontier . Mr. Cass was among the foremost who reached ...
Seite 32
... American army of the north- west , it was carefully kept a profound secret . The supposition as to his position was erroneous . Gen. Brock , during the existence of an armistice agreed upon , between Gen. Dearborn , the senior General ...
... American army of the north- west , it was carefully kept a profound secret . The supposition as to his position was erroneous . Gen. Brock , during the existence of an armistice agreed upon , between Gen. Dearborn , the senior General ...
Seite 37
... American force amounted to at least one thousand men fit for duty . Among the troops in garrison on the day of the surren- der , there were two troops of mounted men , a part of the fourth regiment of infantry , several detachments of ...
... American force amounted to at least one thousand men fit for duty . Among the troops in garrison on the day of the surren- der , there were two troops of mounted men , a part of the fourth regiment of infantry , several detachments of ...
Seite 39
... American soldiers marched out of the fort at 12 o'clock on the 16th of August , and the British forces took posses- sion . The regulars of the United States army were taken prison- ers to Quebec . Gen. Hull was taken to Montreal , and ...
... American soldiers marched out of the fort at 12 o'clock on the 16th of August , and the British forces took posses- sion . The regulars of the United States army were taken prison- ers to Quebec . Gen. Hull was taken to Montreal , and ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action adopted African slave trade American army ascertain assertion authority bill boundary British government character Chippewas circumstances citizens claim command commenced Congress constitution convention coun course declaration defence democratic party Detroit doctrine doubt duty effect enemy England ernment established excited Executive exercise existence express fact favor feeling flag force Governor Cass honorable Senator hostilities Hull hundred Indians ject jurisdiction Lake land laws legislation letter Lewis Cass Lord Aberdeen Lord Palmerston Malden measures ment Mexico Michigan Mississippi nations negotiation object officers Ohio opinion Oregon passed patriotism peace political portion position possession Prairie du Chien present President pretension principle proposition provisions question remarks respecting right of search river River Raisin sentiments session ships slave trade slavery soldiers South Carolina spirit surrender territory tion treaty of Utrecht tribes Union United vessels views vote whole Wilmot Proviso
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 398 - 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 306 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Seite 398 - 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 358 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Seite 358 - 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 347 - 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 358 - 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 92 - 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 372 - Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several Provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their Sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Seite 74 - By the ordinance of 1787 the governor and judges, or a majority of them, were authorized to adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as might be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district.