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... never been so perfectly contented with my own situation in all my life . I am now at home . ” David Moore , a very intelligent emigrant from Mississippi , under date of the 25th April , writes to the Rev. Mr. Butler of Port Gibson ; " I ...
... never been so perfectly contented with my own situation in all my life . I am now at home . ” David Moore , a very intelligent emigrant from Mississippi , under date of the 25th April , writes to the Rev. Mr. Butler of Port Gibson ; " I ...
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... never be completed ; or order and peace , common laws and uniform manners , in the Colo- nies to be planted on a distant shore ; the Managers are convinced that a Society , national in its character , conduct- ing its operations through ...
... never be completed ; or order and peace , common laws and uniform manners , in the Colo- nies to be planted on a distant shore ; the Managers are convinced that a Society , national in its character , conduct- ing its operations through ...
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... never saw more religious enjoyment in my life . I hope that God will send us good inhabitants ; men of intelligence , and piety , and pecuniary means ; this is all that we want to render us a happy republic . " Such , Mr. President , is ...
... never saw more religious enjoyment in my life . I hope that God will send us good inhabitants ; men of intelligence , and piety , and pecuniary means ; this is all that we want to render us a happy republic . " Such , Mr. President , is ...
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... never wit- nessed in a newly settled country in any climate . Indeed , such has been the Divine blessing upon a number of the settlements , that the emigrants , after a sufficient trial , are themselves convinced that a better state of ...
... never wit- nessed in a newly settled country in any climate . Indeed , such has been the Divine blessing upon a number of the settlements , that the emigrants , after a sufficient trial , are themselves convinced that a better state of ...
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... never been felt . " Lives there the man with soul so dead , Who never to himself hath said , This is my own , my native land ? " And suppose we and our families should be transplanted by some strange providence into central Africa , and ...
... never been felt . " Lives there the man with soul so dead , Who never to himself hath said , This is my own , my native land ? " And suppose we and our families should be transplanted by some strange providence into central Africa , and ...
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Seite 164 - ... a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Seite 74 - ... is hereby annulled. ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.
Seite 75 - ... ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a Commander in Chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Seite 34 - He would therefore move to strike out all after the word " resolved," and insert the following : That this congress expresses its preference for the system known as the family system, in conducting juvenile reformatories.
Seite 266 - At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye.
Seite 347 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness...
Seite 77 - The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just compensation therefor.
Seite 266 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Seite 347 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Seite 145 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.