The United States: An Experiment in DemocracyHarper, 1920 - 332 páginas |
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Página 41
... frontier counties in Pennsylvania , like the frontier counties in Virginia , were strong partizans of the struggle against England , partly because they had no reason to like England , but partly because they felt that the argument in ...
... frontier counties in Pennsylvania , like the frontier counties in Virginia , were strong partizans of the struggle against England , partly because they had no reason to like England , but partly because they felt that the argument in ...
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... had revealed a knowledge of frontier Indian fighting which the British general did not possess and declined to take advantage of , and in this disastrous retreat he had exhibited a courage 5 55 AN EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY.
... had revealed a knowledge of frontier Indian fighting which the British general did not possess and declined to take advantage of , and in this disastrous retreat he had exhibited a courage 5 55 AN EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY.
Página 87
... frontier states of the Middle West began to exercise a determining influence upon the political history of the United States , that the old restrictions on the suffrage began to be ' abolished . This great democratic movement culminated ...
... frontier states of the Middle West began to exercise a determining influence upon the political history of the United States , that the old restrictions on the suffrage began to be ' abolished . This great democratic movement culminated ...
Página 159
... frontier line of settlement , where the white man encountered the red man and savagery receded before a crude and primitive civili- zation , has crept like the edge of an incoming tide toward the Pacific . In the seventeenth century the ...
... frontier line of settlement , where the white man encountered the red man and savagery receded before a crude and primitive civili- zation , has crept like the edge of an incoming tide toward the Pacific . In the seventeenth century the ...
Página 160
... frontier on the Pacific Coast . The census of 1880 revealed an irregular frontier line running in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota , with settlements along the rivers in Dakota , Nebraska , and Kansas , in Colorado and California . The ...
... frontier on the Pacific Coast . The census of 1880 revealed an irregular frontier line running in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota , with settlements along the rivers in Dakota , Nebraska , and Kansas , in Colorado and California . The ...
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Página 133 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are, of necessity, more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Página 210 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 123 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Página 267 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Página 210 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 266 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...
Página 210 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Página 193 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Página 199 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Página 52 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.