The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His WorksGeorge E. Baker Redfield, 1855 - 410 Seiten |
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... portion of the volume has been appropriated to Selec- tions from Mr. Seward's Works . Among these Selections will be found extracts from most of his Addresses and Orations , his Executive Messages , his Forensic Arguments , and his ...
... portion of the volume has been appropriated to Selec- tions from Mr. Seward's Works . Among these Selections will be found extracts from most of his Addresses and Orations , his Executive Messages , his Forensic Arguments , and his ...
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... large and steadily - increasing portion of his fellow - citizens . To such we trust this vol- ume will not be unwelcome . BROOKLYN , L. I. , Jan. 1 , 1855 . THE EDITOR . CONTENTS . CONTENTS OF THE MEMOIR . CHAPTER I. THE 4 PREFACE .
... large and steadily - increasing portion of his fellow - citizens . To such we trust this vol- ume will not be unwelcome . BROOKLYN , L. I. , Jan. 1 , 1855 . THE EDITOR . CONTENTS . CONTENTS OF THE MEMOIR . CHAPTER I. THE 4 PREFACE .
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... portion of these letters , they insist upon the publica- tion of the entire series . They do not , nor can we discover , in the whig nomination for governor , a sufficient reason for cutting off this source of interest and instruction ...
... portion of these letters , they insist upon the publica- tion of the entire series . They do not , nor can we discover , in the whig nomination for governor , a sufficient reason for cutting off this source of interest and instruction ...
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... success . The general impression of the party favor- ed the selection of a new man . The younger portion of * See Vol . III . , p . 25 . EDUCATION AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS . 47 the whigs were earnestly 46 CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR .
... success . The general impression of the party favor- ed the selection of a new man . The younger portion of * See Vol . III . , p . 25 . EDUCATION AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS . 47 the whigs were earnestly 46 CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR .
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... portion of the state not immediately interested in the enterprise , who gave it his personal support . At the request of the convention , he prepared an address † on the subject to the people of the state of New York , in which he gave ...
... portion of the state not immediately interested in the enterprise , who gave it his personal support . At the request of the convention , he prepared an address † on the subject to the people of the state of New York , in which he gave ...
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Seite 124 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Seite 361 - Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Seite 246 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slave-holding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude.
Seite 389 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Seite 364 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Seite 154 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Seite 252 - September 15, page 550, article 4, section ,2, the third paragraph, the term 'legally' was struck out, and the words 'under the laws thereof inserted after the word 'state...
Seite 370 - New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution.
Seite 212 - I do not hesitate, therefore, to- recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith.
Seite 212 - ... religion. It ought never to be forgotten that the public welfare is as deeply concerned in their education as in that of our own children. I do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves...