A History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent by Christopher Columbus, to the Present Time: Embracing an Account of the Aboriginal Tribes, Their Origin, Population, Employments, Arts, Dress, Religion, Government, Etc. ...H. F. Sumner, 1833 - 540 Seiten |
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... Retirement to Mount Vernon , 314. - NOTES . Sec . 109. Manners , 314 .-- Sec . 110. Religion , 315. - Sec . 111. Trade and com- merce , 316. - Sec . 112. Agriculture , 317. - Sec . 113. Arts and manufactures , 317. Sec . 114. Population ...
... Retirement to Mount Vernon , 314. - NOTES . Sec . 109. Manners , 314 .-- Sec . 110. Religion , 315. - Sec . 111. Trade and com- merce , 316. - Sec . 112. Agriculture , 317. - Sec . 113. Arts and manufactures , 317. Sec . 114. Population ...
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... retired , the steersman gave the command of the helm to a boy , and him- self lay down to sleep , as did the rest of the crew . A treacherous current soon bore the vessel upon a reef , from which it was impossible to liberate her ...
... retired , the steersman gave the command of the helm to a boy , and him- self lay down to sleep , as did the rest of the crew . A treacherous current soon bore the vessel upon a reef , from which it was impossible to liberate her ...
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... retired with his men , filled with admiration of the prowess and achieve- ments of Ojeda . The return of Columbus was a fortunate event , both for his own honor and the welfare of the colony . Ojeda now proposed to Columbus a plan for ...
... retired with his men , filled with admiration of the prowess and achieve- ments of Ojeda . The return of Columbus was a fortunate event , both for his own honor and the welfare of the colony . Ojeda now proposed to Columbus a plan for ...
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... retired ; and when determined upon revenge , no danger would deter them ; neither absence nor time could cool them . If captured by an enemy , they never asked life , nor would they betray emotions of fear , even in view of the tomahawk ...
... retired ; and when determined upon revenge , no danger would deter them ; neither absence nor time could cool them . If captured by an enemy , they never asked life , nor would they betray emotions of fear , even in view of the tomahawk ...
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... retired to deliberate among themselves . After their deliberations were ended , the sachem , or some coun- sellors to whom he had delegated this office , replied to every paragraph in its turn , with an exactness scarcely exceeded in ...
... retired to deliberate among themselves . After their deliberations were ended , the sachem , or some coun- sellors to whom he had delegated this office , replied to every paragraph in its turn , with an exactness scarcely exceeded in ...
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Seite 380 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Seite 327 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel...
Seite 493 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Seite 381 - ... economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Seite 367 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Seite 380 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
Seite 119 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.
Seite 313 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Seite 207 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the Constitution along with her.
Seite 207 - America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.