Memoirs of General Andrew Jackson ... to which is Added the Eulogy of Hon. Geo. BancroftJ. C. Derby, 1845 - 270 halaman |
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... danger , and avoided , for the night , the pursuit of the enemy . The next day , however , having gone to a neighboring house for the purpose of procuring something to eat , they were broken in upon , and made prisoners , by Coffin's ...
... danger , and avoided , for the night , the pursuit of the enemy . The next day , however , having gone to a neighboring house for the purpose of procuring something to eat , they were broken in upon , and made prisoners , by Coffin's ...
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... danger . Accordingly , on the 10th of December , 1812 , those troops rendezvoused at Nashville prepared to advance to the place of their destination ; and although the weather was then exces- sively severe , and the ground covered with ...
... danger . Accordingly , on the 10th of December , 1812 , those troops rendezvoused at Nashville prepared to advance to the place of their destination ; and although the weather was then exces- sively severe , and the ground covered with ...
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... dangers . To this measure he was prompted , not only by the reasons already mentioned , but by the consideration that many of the troops under his command were young men , the children of his neighbors and acquaintances , who had ...
... dangers . To this measure he was prompted , not only by the reasons already mentioned , but by the consideration that many of the troops under his command were young men , the children of his neighbors and acquaintances , who had ...
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... dangerous responsibility he was taking on himself by so bold a measure . General Jackson replied , that his conduct , and the consequences to which it might lead , had been deliberately weighed and well considered , and that he was ...
... dangerous responsibility he was taking on himself by so bold a measure . General Jackson replied , that his conduct , and the consequences to which it might lead , had been deliberately weighed and well considered , and that he was ...
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... universal belief ; and all would have felt a deep abhorrence at behold- ing the patriots of the country drawn off from their homes . under pretense of danger ; while the concealed design RETURNS WITH HIS VOLUNTEERS . 31.
... universal belief ; and all would have felt a deep abhorrence at behold- ing the patriots of the country drawn off from their homes . under pretense of danger ; while the concealed design RETURNS WITH HIS VOLUNTEERS . 31.
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Halaman 191 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects entrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
Halaman 209 - ... from that period possess any right to secede, because such secession does not break a league, but destroys the unity of a nation, and any injury to that unity is not only a breach which would result from the contravention of a compact, but it is an offence against the whole Union. To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a Nation...
Halaman 193 - ... make the rich richer, and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.
Halaman 194 - Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves...
Halaman 216 - America. Carolina is one of these proud States; her arms have defended, her best blood has cemented, this happy Union. And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse, This happy Union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity we will deface; this free intercourse we will interrupt; these fertile fields we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag we renounce; the very name of Americans we discard.
Halaman 197 - States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void, and no law," nor binding on the citizens of that State or its officers: and by the said ordinance, it is further declared to be unlawful for any of the constituted authorities of the State or of the United States, to enforce the payment of the duties imposed by the said acts...
Halaman 186 - States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings.
Halaman 199 - But reasoning on this subject is superfluous when our social compact, in express terms, declares that the laws of the United States, its Constitution, and treaties made under it are the supreme law of the land, and, for greater caution, adds "that the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Halaman 197 - State, shut up her ports, destroy or harass her commerce, or to enforce the said acts otherwise than through the civil tribunals of the country, as inconsistent with the longer continuance of...
Halaman 217 - The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject. My duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.