The Republic of the United States of America: And Its Political Institutions, Reviewed and ExaminedA.S. Barnes & Company, 1855 - 875 Seiten |
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... Population in the United States , and Dangers with which its Presence threatens the Whites · 367 · 386 What are the Chances in favour of the Duration of the American Union , and what Dangers threaten it 413 · Of the republican ...
... Population in the United States , and Dangers with which its Presence threatens the Whites · 367 · 386 What are the Chances in favour of the Duration of the American Union , and what Dangers threaten it 413 · Of the republican ...
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... population of Australia . The settlers who established themselves on the shores of New England all belonged to the more independent classes of their na- tive country . Their union on the soil of America at once presented ne singular ...
... population of Australia . The settlers who established themselves on the shores of New England all belonged to the more independent classes of their na- tive country . Their union on the soil of America at once presented ne singular ...
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... population of New England increased rapidly ; and while the hierarchy of rank despotically classed the inhabitants of the mother - country , the colony continued to present the novel spectacle of a community homogeneous in all its parts ...
... population of New England increased rapidly ; and while the hierarchy of rank despotically classed the inhabitants of the mother - country , the colony continued to present the novel spectacle of a community homogeneous in all its parts ...
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... population very soon began to move in that direction : communities unheard of till then were seen to emerge from their wilds : states , whose names were not in existence a few years before , claimed their place in the American Union ...
... population very soon began to move in that direction : communities unheard of till then were seen to emerge from their wilds : states , whose names were not in existence a few years before , claimed their place in the American Union ...
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... population has not experienced the influence of great names and great wealth , nor even that of the natural aristocracy of knowledge and virtue . None are there to wield that respectable power which men willingly grant to the ...
... population has not experienced the influence of great names and great wealth , nor even that of the natural aristocracy of knowledge and virtue . None are there to wield that respectable power which men willingly grant to the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 250 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Seite 250 - 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 35 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 251 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
Seite 291 - In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, even the stronger individuals are prompted, by the uncertainty of their condition, to submit to a government which may protect the weak as well as themselves...
Seite 251 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Seite 55 - America, then, exhibits in her social state a most extraordinary phenomenon. Men are there seen on a greater equality in point of fortune and intellect, or in other words, more equal in their strength, than in any other country of the world, or, in any age of which history has preserved the remembrance.
Seite 34 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Seite 387 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must, in all governments, reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Seite 467 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms.