A History of Travel in America: Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad: the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial Unity of the White Race: the Part Played by Travel Methods in the Economic Conquest of the Continent: and Those Related Human Experiences, Changing Social Conditions and Governmental Attitudes which Accompanied the Growth of a National Travel System, Volume 2Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1915 |
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Halaman 346
... by his own countrymen , called knave , fool and enthusiast , yet he bravely lived all opposition down . " 1 Reigart . The Clermont prospered in spite of all jealousies.1 During the. 346 A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA ...
... by his own countrymen , called knave , fool and enthusiast , yet he bravely lived all opposition down . " 1 Reigart . The Clermont prospered in spite of all jealousies.1 During the. 346 A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA ...
Halaman 348
... called the Velocipede , Accelerator , Draisena , Hobby Horse and Dandy Carriage . Baltimore was the American center for its manufacture , and a specimen , made of wrought iron and hardwood , cost $ 30 . By 1819 the use of the velocipede ...
... called the Velocipede , Accelerator , Draisena , Hobby Horse and Dandy Carriage . Baltimore was the American center for its manufacture , and a specimen , made of wrought iron and hardwood , cost $ 30 . By 1819 the use of the velocipede ...
Halaman 355
... by his own countrymen , called knave , fool and enthusiast , yet he bravely lived all opposition down . " 1 Reigart . The Clermont prospered in spite of all jealousies.1 During the. 346 A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA ...
... by his own countrymen , called knave , fool and enthusiast , yet he bravely lived all opposition down . " 1 Reigart . The Clermont prospered in spite of all jealousies.1 During the. 346 A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA ...
Halaman 360
... called the " carpet - sack . " It was made of carpet , and often showed a combination of colors such as red , green , brown , blue and yellow . From it the modern hand - bag and suit - case have been evolved . wood over the sides ...
... called the " carpet - sack . " It was made of carpet , and often showed a combination of colors such as red , green , brown , blue and yellow . From it the modern hand - bag and suit - case have been evolved . wood over the sides ...
Halaman 382
... called the Vermont , then running on Lake Champlain . Courts and legislature were doing all they could to restrict the new travel method , but the public took a decided stand against monopoly and gave the bulk of its patronage to the ...
... called the Vermont , then running on Lake Champlain . Courts and legislature were doing all they could to restrict the new travel method , but the public took a decided stand against monopoly and gave the bulk of its patronage to the ...
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Halaman 592 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED . EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Halaman 590 - The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter, but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties, and with the acts of Congress.
Halaman 537 - ... when we have had the rare good fortune of teaching them the arts of civilization and the doctrines of Christianity, we have unexpectedly found them forming, in the midst of ourselves, communities claiming to be independent of ours, and rivals, of sovereignty within the territories of the members of our Union.
Halaman 693 - It is a complete right of jurisdiction and sovereignty for all the purposes of internal improvement, and not merely the right of applying money under the power vested in Congress to make appropriations, under which power, with the consent of the States through which this road passes, the work was originally commenced, and has been so far executed.
Halaman 588 - The Constitution, by declaring treaties already made, as well as those to be made, to be the supreme law of the land, has adopted and sanctioned the previous treaties with the Indian nations, and consequently admits their rank among those powers who are capable of making treaties. The words "treaty
Halaman 552 - This emigration should be voluntary, for it would be as cruel as unjust to compel the aborigines to abandon the graves of their fathers and seek a home in a distant land. But they should be distinctly informed that if they remain within the limits of the States they must be subject to their laws.
Halaman 550 - Actuated by this view of the subject, I informed the Indians inhabiting parts of Georgia and Alabama, that their attempt to establish an independent government would not be countenanced by the Executive of the United States; and advised them to emigrate beyond the Mississippi, or submit to the laws of those States.
Halaman 574 - It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation.
Halaman 549 - The condition and ulterior destiny of the Indian Tribes within the limits of some of our States, have become objects of much interest and importance. It has long been the policy of Government to introduce among them the arts of civilization, in the hope of gradually reclaiming them from a wandering life. This policy has, however, been coupled with another, wholly incompatible with its success. Professing a desire to civilize and settle them, we have, at the same time, lost no opportunity to purchase...
Halaman 693 - January next, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved "for making public roads and canals, of which three-fifths "shall be applied to those objects within the state, under the "direction of the legislature thereof, and the other two-fifths "in defraying, under the direction of Congress, the expenses "to be incurred in making of a road or roads, canal or canals, "leading to the said state.