Library of World History: Containing a Record of the Human Race from the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art, Volume 9Western Press Assoc., 1914 - World history |
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Page 3980
... declared that “ there is no stability , no security , in any kind of government but a monarchy . " General Knox , President Washington's Secretary of War , at the time of the President's inauguration swore that our government must be ...
... declared that “ there is no stability , no security , in any kind of government but a monarchy . " General Knox , President Washington's Secretary of War , at the time of the President's inauguration swore that our government must be ...
Page 3981
... Declaration of Independence , though they freed their slaves before their deaths . Slavery Question . on the At the same time Congress expressly declared that it had no juris- Congress diction in the treatment or the emancipation of the ...
... Declaration of Independence , though they freed their slaves before their deaths . Slavery Question . on the At the same time Congress expressly declared that it had no juris- Congress diction in the treatment or the emancipation of the ...
Page 3989
... declared war against Great Britain , the late unfilial mother of trality . the American people . The divisions of ... declaring it to be the duty and interest of the people of the United States to observe a perfectly - neutral attitude ...
... declared war against Great Britain , the late unfilial mother of trality . the American people . The divisions of ... declaring it to be the duty and interest of the people of the United States to observe a perfectly - neutral attitude ...
Page 3990
... declared war , and he also ordered that the prizes taken by these privateers should be tried and condemned by the French consuls in the United States . His Bold Decision and Action . Genet's conduct was a plain violation of the treaty ...
... declared war , and he also ordered that the prizes taken by these privateers should be tried and condemned by the French consuls in the United States . His Bold Decision and Action . Genet's conduct was a plain violation of the treaty ...
Page 3997
... declare that I am not convinced that the administration of the govern- ment for these six years has been wise and firm . I do not regret the President's retiring from office . " A number of others assumed the same attitude as Giles ...
... declare that I am not convinced that the administration of the govern- ment for these six years has been wise and firm . I do not regret the President's retiring from office . " A number of others assumed the same attitude as Giles ...
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Page 4209 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 4144 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 4181 - We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final restingplace of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 4122 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared...
Page 4124 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 4041 - I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.
Page 4124 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 4209 - South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 4181 - ... that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Page 4121 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.