The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the 23rd year of the reign of queen Victoria by E. Farr and E.H. Nolan. 3 vols. [in 12 pt.]. continued to the 36th year of the reign of queen Victoria, Volume 41876 |
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... party , then exercising most strenuous efforts for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade all over the world . He became editor of the Christian Observer , ' the abolition organ , ' which he directed with great energy and ability ...
... party , then exercising most strenuous efforts for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade all over the world . He became editor of the Christian Observer , ' the abolition organ , ' which he directed with great energy and ability ...
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... party of seven rebels , one of whom he killed . This was remarked as a valuable ser- vice , the party of rebels being well armed and strongly posted in the line of advance of a detachment of the 71st Regiment . November 21. - Lieutenant ...
... party of seven rebels , one of whom he killed . This was remarked as a valuable ser- vice , the party of rebels being well armed and strongly posted in the line of advance of a detachment of the 71st Regiment . November 21. - Lieutenant ...
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... party was beating M'Nally another feet per minute . The inspection of the works was efficient and systematic ; the men were provided in every instance with safety lamps of the most approved construction ; and these were examined and ...
... party was beating M'Nally another feet per minute . The inspection of the works was efficient and systematic ; the men were provided in every instance with safety lamps of the most approved construction ; and these were examined and ...
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... party , with instruc- work and fasting , could scarcely struggle through it . tions from Burke to follow shortly and take command of One by one these faithful animals sank under the exer- the dépôt to be formed at Cooper's Creek . At ...
... party , with instruc- work and fasting , could scarcely struggle through it . tions from Burke to follow shortly and take command of One by one these faithful animals sank under the exer- the dépôt to be formed at Cooper's Creek . At ...
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... party , who had partly made good their way by cavalry in the division of Sir Robert Napier , which the French pontoon bridge and by swimming up to joined at Sinho General Hope Grant's immediate this point , took instant advantage ...
... party , who had partly made good their way by cavalry in the division of Sir Robert Napier , which the French pontoon bridge and by swimming up to joined at Sinho General Hope Grant's immediate this point , took instant advantage ...
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Page 78 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of Judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law...
Page 77 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Page 77 - By the frame of the government under which we live, this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief; and have, with equal wisdom, provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals. While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.
Page 164 - States are and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
Page 76 - No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Page 77 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellowcountrymen, 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 can have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government; while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend
Page 251 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility' of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Page 76 - I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given, will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause — as cheerfully to one section as to another.
Page 77 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time: but no good object can be frustrated by it.
Page 76 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up,