Bright Skies and Dark ShadowsC. Scribner's Sons, 1890 - 316 Seiten A narrative of travel in the South, with chapters on the race question, the Civil War and other topics. |
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... KEY WEST C.Sable BAY OF FLORIDA FLORIDA KEYS PENINSULA OF FLORIDA SCALE OF MILES 80 11 60 40 01 0 10 20 " 1 U OF FLORIDA SALT KEY D NICHOLAS Cardenas 0 C E A N CHANNEL 30 28 26 24 Struthers & Co. , Engr's and Pr's , N.Y..
... KEY WEST C.Sable BAY OF FLORIDA FLORIDA KEYS PENINSULA OF FLORIDA SCALE OF MILES 80 11 60 40 01 0 10 20 " 1 U OF FLORIDA SALT KEY D NICHOLAS Cardenas 0 C E A N CHANNEL 30 28 26 24 Struthers & Co. , Engr's and Pr's , N.Y..
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... , in a distant part of Philadelphia - perhaps four miles from Chestnut street . It took us nearly an hour to drive there . But for all that , it is not beyond the reach of a dense population , DESIGNED FOR WORKING - MEN . 13 as it is.
... , in a distant part of Philadelphia - perhaps four miles from Chestnut street . It took us nearly an hour to drive there . But for all that , it is not beyond the reach of a dense population , DESIGNED FOR WORKING - MEN . 13 as it is.
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... miles , he led the way to a hill on which he is building a house for him- self , a point of view from which the eye takes in a circuit of fifty miles , within which is included every variety of landscape . How many peaks there are on ...
... miles , he led the way to a hill on which he is building a house for him- self , a point of view from which the eye takes in a circuit of fifty miles , within which is included every variety of landscape . How many peaks there are on ...
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... miles along Missionary Ridge . The two armies were in sight of each other ; they could see each other's camp fires , and both were preparing for the inevitable struggle . At this moment Bragg , with what seemed an infatuation , detached ...
... miles along Missionary Ridge . The two armies were in sight of each other ; they could see each other's camp fires , and both were preparing for the inevitable struggle . At this moment Bragg , with what seemed an infatuation , detached ...
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... miles distant is the field of Chickamauga , where the battle was fought in September , 1863 , two months before that at Chattanooga , which followed in November . A few months since there was a gathering of old soldiers at Chickamauga ...
... miles distant is the field of Chickamauga , where the battle was fought in September , 1863 , two months before that at Chattanooga , which followed in November . A few months since there was a gathering of old soldiers at Chickamauga ...
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Seite 253 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Seite 122 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...
Seite 83 - Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Seite 119 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Seite 164 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Seite 268 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 269 - 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, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Seite 144 - He could own his little home, and there sit under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to molest or make him afraid.
Seite 145 - In 1857 he wrote to a friend : " There are inferior races which have always borne the same ignoble relation to the rest of men, and always will. In two generations what a change there will be in the condition and character of the Irish in New England! But in twenty generations the negroes will stand just where they are now ; that is, if they have not disappeared.
Seite 122 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.