A History of the United States: For Families and LibrariesMason brothers, 1857 - 672 Seiten |
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... enemy in open fight . Ambush and secret attack were their favorite methods of gaining an advantage over an enemy . Their close personal encounters were fierce and bloody . They made prisoners , and tortured them , and the scalps of enemies ...
... enemy in open fight . Ambush and secret attack were their favorite methods of gaining an advantage over an enemy . Their close personal encounters were fierce and bloody . They made prisoners , and tortured them , and the scalps of enemies ...
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... enemies of the United States . lands , and are now [ 1856 ] far beyond the Mississippi . They have ceded their The ILLINOIS formed a numerous tribe , twelve thousand strong , when dis- covered by the French . They were seated upon the ...
... enemies of the United States . lands , and are now [ 1856 ] far beyond the Mississippi . They have ceded their The ILLINOIS formed a numerous tribe , twelve thousand strong , when dis- covered by the French . They were seated upon the ...
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... enemies of the Americans ; and they were obliged to leave the State and take refuge in Canada at the close of the Revolution . The others were allowed to remain , and now [ 1856 ] mere fragments of that great confederation exist , and ...
... enemies of the Americans ; and they were obliged to leave the State and take refuge in Canada at the close of the Revolution . The others were allowed to remain , and now [ 1856 ] mere fragments of that great confederation exist , and ...
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... enemy of the white people , have ever been the Seminoles . Bands of them often went out upon the war - path , with the Yamassees , to slay the pale - faces . They joined the British in 1812-14 ; and in 1817 they renewed hostilities ...
... enemy of the white people , have ever been the Seminoles . Bands of them often went out upon the war - path , with the Yamassees , to slay the pale - faces . They joined the British in 1812-14 ; and in 1817 they renewed hostilities ...
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... enemies were in power , and he who had shed such luster upon the Spanish name , and added a new hemisphere to the Spanish realm , was allowed to sink into the grave in obscurity and neglect . He died at Valladolid on the 20th of May ...
... enemies were in power , and he who had shed such luster upon the Spanish name , and added a new hemisphere to the Spanish realm , was allowed to sink into the grave in obscurity and neglect . He died at Valladolid on the 20th of May ...
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Seite 594 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Seite 596 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Seite 618 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Seite 627 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Seite 621 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Seite 620 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence ; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual ; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained ; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue...
Seite 607 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Seite 627 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican Government.
Seite 594 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated...
Seite 627 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...