History of the United States: From 1492 to 1872Brewer and Tileston, 1876 - 507 páginas |
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... Towns , 70 . Assemblies , 71. Churches - Persecution in Massachusetts : Child , 72 . Baptists , 73. Saltonstall's remonstrance - Dunster of Harvard College , 74. Quakers , 75. Witches , 76. Persecution elsewhere , 77. Save in Rhode ...
... Towns , 70 . Assemblies , 71. Churches - Persecution in Massachusetts : Child , 72 . Baptists , 73. Saltonstall's remonstrance - Dunster of Harvard College , 74. Quakers , 75. Witches , 76. Persecution elsewhere , 77. Save in Rhode ...
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... town - The victory , 198. Increasing perils , 199 . CHAPTER III . DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . Transformation of colonies to states - Idea of independence , 200 . North Carolina and Virginia - Congress - Hesitation , 201. Lee's reso ...
... town - The victory , 198. Increasing perils , 199 . CHAPTER III . DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . Transformation of colonies to states - Idea of independence , 200 . North Carolina and Virginia - Congress - Hesitation , 201. Lee's reso ...
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... town in the United States . Then he routed and slew some French settlers who had lately encamped upon the ground claimed by Spain , and whose destruction had been one of the great incentives to his expedition . Where they fell most ...
... town in the United States . Then he routed and slew some French settlers who had lately encamped upon the ground claimed by Spain , and whose destruction had been one of the great incentives to his expedition . Where they fell most ...
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... town . an expedition , one hundred strong , set out from England . A feeble band as regarded their individual re- sources , they were strong in the company by which they were sent to stranger shores . The voyage was long , by the common ...
... town . an expedition , one hundred strong , set out from England . A feeble band as regarded their individual re- sources , they were strong in the company by which they were sent to stranger shores . The voyage was long , by the common ...
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... towns , some on spots previous- pendence . ly occupied by individuals or by parties , but many in districts hitherto unvisited . Each new settlement con- tributed to the increase and the independence of the colony . So independent in ...
... towns , some on spots previous- pendence . ly occupied by individuals or by parties , but many in districts hitherto unvisited . Each new settlement con- tributed to the increase and the independence of the colony . So independent in ...
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Página 260 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Página 416 - 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.
Página 412 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." — We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the...
Página 417 - 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...
Página 417 - 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.
Página 407 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Página 416 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time.
Página 443 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 417 - 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 objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Página 246 - For, according to the system of policy the States shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall; and by their confirmation or lapse it is yet to be decided, whether the revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse ; a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.