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 DayAlexander Mc'Farren, 1852 - 420 Seiten |
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... possession of Malden , would be holding the key of the whole campaign ; for , in one of his letters to the Sec . of War , he says : that possessing Malden , he could march his army through Canada , to York or Niagara , in a very short ...
... possession of Malden , would be holding the key of the whole campaign ; for , in one of his letters to the Sec . of War , he says : that possessing Malden , he could march his army through Canada , to York or Niagara , in a very short ...
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... possession of a bridge at the river Aux Canards , about four miles east of the fort . Col. Cass stationed a company of riflemen near the bridge on the east side of the river and then proceeded with the rest of his troops to cross the ...
... possession of a bridge at the river Aux Canards , about four miles east of the fort . Col. Cass stationed a company of riflemen near the bridge on the east side of the river and then proceeded with the rest of his troops to cross the ...
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... possession of the bridge opened the way for our army to subdue Malden . Gen. Hull did not agree with Col. Cass as to the expediency of retaining occu- pation of the bridge , but peremptorily ordered him to return to camp . Reluctant to ...
... possession of the bridge opened the way for our army to subdue Malden . Gen. Hull did not agree with Col. Cass as to the expediency of retaining occu- pation of the bridge , but peremptorily ordered him to return to camp . Reluctant to ...
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... possession of any person in the 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 ...
... possession of any person in the 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 ...
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... possession . The regulars of the United States army were taken prisoners to Quebec . Gen. Hull was taken to Montreal , and was afterwards exchanged . The officers and sol- The British established a temporary government under Proctor ...
... possession . The regulars of the United States army were taken prisoners to Quebec . Gen. Hull was taken to Montreal , and was afterwards exchanged . The officers and sol- The British established a temporary government under Proctor ...
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Seite 412 - 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 320 - 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 372 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Seite 364 - 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 372 - 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 412 - 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 361 - That the Federal Government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution, and the grants of power shown therein, ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the government, and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers.
Seite 372 - 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...