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... reached New- foundland , and explored it up to latitude 67 ° . The accounts of this voyage are attended with much obscurity . But it seems that Cabot pro- ceeded southward along the coast of the continent , as far as Florida . He was ...
... reached New- foundland , and explored it up to latitude 67 ° . The accounts of this voyage are attended with much obscurity . But it seems that Cabot pro- ceeded southward along the coast of the continent , as far as Florida . He was ...
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... reached and explored the coast of Labrador , which is said to have received its name from the circumstance of his kidnapping fifty of the natives . He went on a second voyage in May , 1501 , but. Entrance to Hudson's Bay . Cartier taking ...
... reached and explored the coast of Labrador , which is said to have received its name from the circumstance of his kidnapping fifty of the natives . He went on a second voyage in May , 1501 , but. Entrance to Hudson's Bay . Cartier taking ...
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... reaching the shores of North Carolina , he coasted north to the latitude of fifty degrees , ex- ploring on his way the ... reached a fertile island full of vines , which he called the Isle of Bacchus , W. Cronine . now Orleans . He was ...
... reaching the shores of North Carolina , he coasted north to the latitude of fifty degrees , ex- ploring on his way the ... reached a fertile island full of vines , which he called the Isle of Bacchus , W. Cronine . now Orleans . He was ...
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... reached a small island after some days of extreme suffering , when the exhausted crew had hardly strength enough to crawl on shore upon their hands and feet . The Indians took pity on their wretched condition , and loaded them with ...
... reached a small island after some days of extreme suffering , when the exhausted crew had hardly strength enough to crawl on shore upon their hands and feet . The Indians took pity on their wretched condition , and loaded them with ...
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... reached the Mississippi River , at a point near the 35th parallel of latitude . To him belongs the honor of discovering the Indian's " Father of Waters . " There his toils were destined to end . He reached the junction of the Red River ...
... reached the Mississippi River , at a point near the 35th parallel of latitude . To him belongs the honor of discovering the Indian's " Father of Waters . " There his toils were destined to end . He reached the junction of the Red River ...
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Page 997 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 995 - ... the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Page 995 - Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty; in this sense it is, that your Union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that ' the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.
Page 995 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Page 997 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 997 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 995 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
Page 997 - This within certain limits is probably true : and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose.
Page 997 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Page 237 - The cold was so extremely severe, that mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty in getting off the island, on the ice, in the morning, and went to mr. Frazier's.