Life of Gen. Ben HarrisonWinter & Company, 1888 - 578 halaman |
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... turn to history and see what kind of man the signer was . In what esteem did his contemporaries and fellow - citizens hold him ? The answer may surprise a great many readers . It is right , moreover , to measure his influence and ...
... turn to history and see what kind of man the signer was . In what esteem did his contemporaries and fellow - citizens hold him ? The answer may surprise a great many readers . It is right , moreover , to measure his influence and ...
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... turn . The bustle and jostling of great crowds were distasteful to him . He loved best to sit with his family by the door of summer evenings . The education of the boys absorbed every thought aside from his farm . He lived chiefly for ...
... turn . The bustle and jostling of great crowds were distasteful to him . He loved best to sit with his family by the door of summer evenings . The education of the boys absorbed every thought aside from his farm . He lived chiefly for ...
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... turn to heroic England , the speaker said : Turn , now , and take a glance at modern England , the England of poor laws and paupers . How fares it with the descendants of those noble sires ? Do they still preserve the lofty mien , the ...
... turn to heroic England , the speaker said : Turn , now , and take a glance at modern England , the England of poor laws and paupers . How fares it with the descendants of those noble sires ? Do they still preserve the lofty mien , the ...
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... turn concluded by Harrison's entry into the army in 1862 . The years thus covered were to the subject of our narrative years of undivided attention to the law . The politics of the State were in constant ferment . The questions between ...
... turn concluded by Harrison's entry into the army in 1862 . The years thus covered were to the subject of our narrative years of undivided attention to the law . The politics of the State were in constant ferment . The questions between ...
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... turn came . When he ap- peared on the stand it was amidst a heavy silence . The men gazed at him blankly . The women pitied him . To regain composure he was slow in arranging his documents . He began at length with a well - worded ...
... turn came . When he ap- peared on the stand it was amidst a heavy silence . The men gazed at him blankly . The women pitied him . To regain composure he was slow in arranging his documents . He began at length with a well - worded ...
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Halaman 243 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Halaman 240 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory...
Halaman 244 - That to the union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented increase in population, its surprising development of material resources, its rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness; at home, and its honor abroad; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may...
Halaman 434 - His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble ; the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback.
Halaman 242 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Halaman 329 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently to be regarded in the courts of justice, as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Halaman 329 - But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the
Halaman 242 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Halaman 434 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Halaman 329 - A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations, not a legislative act. It does not generally effect, of itself, the object to be accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infraterritorial; but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument.