Forty Years of Nebraska at Home and in Congress, Volume 9State Journal Company, printers, 1902 - 570 páginas |
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... term of official life . He has been spoken of as " a man of stern integrity and unblemished charac- ter , greatly beloved by those who knew him , " and in the pecu- liar terms of that day , as " an accomplished southern gentle- man ...
... term of official life . He has been spoken of as " a man of stern integrity and unblemished charac- ter , greatly beloved by those who knew him , " and in the pecu- liar terms of that day , as " an accomplished southern gentle- man ...
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... term " squat- ter " and we become sovereigns of the soil . Special attention being given to the ordinary wants of the new community , and a highly colored portrait drawn of our enterprising and intelli- gent and patriotic neighbors of ...
... term " squat- ter " and we become sovereigns of the soil . Special attention being given to the ordinary wants of the new community , and a highly colored portrait drawn of our enterprising and intelli- gent and patriotic neighbors of ...
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... term in 1861 , was chosen a senator in Congress from Illinois , for the un- expired term of his friend , S. A. Douglas , serving on the committee on territories and the committee on District of Columbia . From the legislative records it ...
... term in 1861 , was chosen a senator in Congress from Illinois , for the un- expired term of his friend , S. A. Douglas , serving on the committee on territories and the committee on District of Columbia . From the legislative records it ...
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... term Governor Black served upon the legislature a veto message of " A bill prohibiting slavery in the Territory , " which was promptly passed over his veto by a vote of 10 to 3 in the council and 33 to 2 in the house . Of the votes in ...
... term Governor Black served upon the legislature a veto message of " A bill prohibiting slavery in the Territory , " which was promptly passed over his veto by a vote of 10 to 3 in the council and 33 to 2 in the house . Of the votes in ...
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... term of office . The 24th of the next month marked the departure of the gov- ernor to his native Pennsylvania , and on the following June dates the death of Col. Black , shot from his horse at the head of a Union regiment , leading a ...
... term of office . The 24th of the next month marked the departure of the gov- ernor to his native Pennsylvania , and on the following June dates the death of Col. Black , shot from his horse at the head of a Union regiment , leading a ...
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Página 491 - BREATHES there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Página 423 - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call death.
Página 555 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all : 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul, In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Página 498 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Página 343 - First our pleasures die — and then Our hopes, and then our fears — and when These are dead, the debt is due, Dust claims dust — and we die too.
Página 343 - I falter where I firmly trod. And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God. "I stretch lame hands of faith and grope. And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Página 463 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Página 553 - I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem ; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them ; Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead. So soon may I follow, When friendships decay, And from love's shining circle The gems drop away ! When true hearts lie wither'd, And fond ones are flown, Oh ! who would inhabit This bleak world alone ? The young May moon, •
Página 191 - States by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution; and admitted to the enjoyment of the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Página 193 - The children of persons who have been duly naturalized under any law of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of any law on that subject by the Government of the United States...