Michigan: A History of GovernmentsHoughton, Mifflin, 1905 - 409 Seiten |
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... continued to reside there , and Father Marest soon came to care for their spiritual needs , and re- mained there until the post was reëstablished , but on the south side of the Straits , in 1714 . EARLY SETTLEMENTS . 15 The importance ...
... continued to reside there , and Father Marest soon came to care for their spiritual needs , and re- mained there until the post was reëstablished , but on the south side of the Straits , in 1714 . EARLY SETTLEMENTS . 15 The importance ...
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... continued its efforts to obtain the trade of the Lake region , while jealously watching the other , and stirring up strife against their rivals as opportunity offered . In all intercourse with the Indians the French THE FRENCH AND THE ...
... continued its efforts to obtain the trade of the Lake region , while jealously watching the other , and stirring up strife against their rivals as opportunity offered . In all intercourse with the Indians the French THE FRENCH AND THE ...
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... continued to be so until the French power was overthrown . Montcalm , half a century later , de- clared that Canada was a land where the knaves grew rich , and the honest men were ruined . Be- ing at Montreal in the autumn of 1704 ...
... continued to be so until the French power was overthrown . Montcalm , half a century later , de- clared that Canada was a land where the knaves grew rich , and the honest men were ruined . Be- ing at Montreal in the autumn of 1704 ...
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... continued thereafter as active as ever . The chief anxiety of Cadillac was now the be- havior of the Indians about his fort . They were of various tribes , and not harmonious ; and the longing among them for the cheap goods of the ...
... continued thereafter as active as ever . The chief anxiety of Cadillac was now the be- havior of the Indians about his fort . They were of various tribes , and not harmonious ; and the longing among them for the cheap goods of the ...
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... continued to be the misfortune until Can- ada became a British province . Colonies had grown to greatness under English neglect , and in the shadow of governmental disfavor ; but under the fostering care of French supervision and nurs ...
... continued to be the misfortune until Can- ada became a British province . Colonies had grown to greatness under English neglect , and in the shadow of governmental disfavor ; but under the fostering care of French supervision and nurs ...
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Seite 357 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Seite 129 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her...
Seite 356 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Seite 128 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Seite 291 - The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property...
Seite 128 - ... be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made...
Seite 216 - ... 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, or if it should intersect...
Seite 211 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Seite 356 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be, the Union as it was. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Seite 333 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.