The Story of Washington: The National CapitalG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... officers of government ? It was during this debate that the South Carolina Senators uttered their famous objec- tion to Philadelphia — that the Quakers of that city were forever dogging Southern members with their schemes of ...
... officers of government ? It was during this debate that the South Carolina Senators uttered their famous objec- tion to Philadelphia — that the Quakers of that city were forever dogging Southern members with their schemes of ...
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... officers and brethren of No. 22 Vir- * This account is taken from the Washington letters in the State Department , and settles the much controverted point as to the authorship of the plan of the Capitol . Letters of Washington to the ...
... officers and brethren of No. 22 Vir- * This account is taken from the Washington letters in the State Department , and settles the much controverted point as to the authorship of the plan of the Capitol . Letters of Washington to the ...
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... officer is reported to have said , in answer to the representations of citizens . " What should they come here for ? " Sure enough : a provincial village of six thousand inhabitants . But then there were the state papers and public ...
... officer is reported to have said , in answer to the representations of citizens . " What should they come here for ? " Sure enough : a provincial village of six thousand inhabitants . But then there were the state papers and public ...
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... officer , who had seen service in the Northwest , and who had recently returned from long detention in Canada as prisoner of war . General Winder on taking command ( June 26 , 1814 ) found for the defence of Washington detach- ments of ...
... officer , who had seen service in the Northwest , and who had recently returned from long detention in Canada as prisoner of war . General Winder on taking command ( June 26 , 1814 ) found for the defence of Washington detach- ments of ...
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... officer at once took command . The hardy fishermen , who had learned to watch warily the actions of the marauding squadron , soon saw that important movements had been decided upon . The Seahorse frigate , Captain Gordon , with several ...
... officer at once took command . The hardy fishermen , who had learned to watch warily the actions of the marauding squadron , soon saw that important movements had been decided upon . The Seahorse frigate , Captain Gordon , with several ...
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Adams American Andrew Johnson appeared appointed army artillery Baltimore beautiful Bladensburg bridge brigade British building Bureau called capital Capitol Carolina centre chamber Chief Church citizens clerk Colonel colored commissioners Congress corner-stone Corps Daniel Carroll debate dent Department District Eastern Branch elected enemy erected famous feet galleries Georgetown grand ground Hall Hill honor hour hundred impeachment inaugural interest James James Hoban Jefferson John JOHN HOWARD PAYNE John Quincy Adams Justice ladies letters Lincoln Madison mansion March Maryland Massachusetts ment miles militia Mount Vernon Navy North officers orator party passed Pennsylvania Avenue petition Philadelphia PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT portico Potomac present President President's regiment Representatives road Rotunda schools seat Secretary Senate session soldiers South South Carolina Speaker Street Supreme Court thousand Tiber Creek tion Treasury troops United Virginia visitors vote Washington White House William York
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Seite v - What constitutes a State ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride, No ! MEN, high-minded MEN...
Seite 56 - ... 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 137 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend " it. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Seite 14 - That a district of territory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be located as hereafter directed on the river Potomac, at some place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and Connogochegue, be, and the same is hereby, accepted for the permanent seat of the gov. ernment of the United States.
Seite 110 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Seite 40 - This southeast corner-stone of the Capitol of the United States of America in the city of Washington, was laid on the 18th day of September, 1793, in the thirteenth year of American Independence, in the first year of the second term of the presidency of George Washington, whose virtues in the civil administration of his country have been...
Seite 57 - The house is upon a grand and superb scale, requiring about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order, and perform the ordinary business of the house and stables...
Seite v - In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Seite 101 - Sir, if a dissolution of the Union must take place, let it be so. If civil war, which gentlemen so much threaten, must come, I can only say, let it come. My hold on life is probably as frail as that of any man who now hears me ; but, while that hold lasts, it shall be devoted to the service of my country — to the freedom of man.
Seite 18 - This place, without all question, is the most pleasant and healthful place in all this country, and most convenient for habitation, the air temperate in summer and not violent in winter.