The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Band 1A. S. Barnes, 1846 |
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... consideration , that having spent his life in the public service , Mr. Clay's history is public property . His character , his principles , his policy , his measures , and all his acts , as an American states- man , are identified with ...
... consideration , that having spent his life in the public service , Mr. Clay's history is public property . His character , his principles , his policy , his measures , and all his acts , as an American states- man , are identified with ...
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... consideration , political questions , measures , and so on ; or whether he should simply compose a statement of facts , totally void of a sense of interest ? His rea- sonings on this comprehensive question resulted in the conclusion ...
... consideration , political questions , measures , and so on ; or whether he should simply compose a statement of facts , totally void of a sense of interest ? His rea- sonings on this comprehensive question resulted in the conclusion ...
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... consideration , as to exclude many items of his personal history of less importance . Not only has the author been obliged , by his limits , to abstain from history not connected with Mr. Clay's private and public ca- reer , but , for ...
... consideration , as to exclude many items of his personal history of less importance . Not only has the author been obliged , by his limits , to abstain from history not connected with Mr. Clay's private and public ca- reer , but , for ...
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... consideration . For example : his professional ca- reer , from beginning to end , stands by itself . The specimens of his wit and exemplifications of his brilliant qualities , are selected from his whole life , and grouped in one ...
... consideration . For example : his professional ca- reer , from beginning to end , stands by itself . The specimens of his wit and exemplifications of his brilliant qualities , are selected from his whole life , and grouped in one ...
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... consideration of the past , and in the pros- pects of the future , will scarcely be questioned . His name , character , and history , are identified with the history of his coun- try ; and the student who makes himself acquainted with ...
... consideration of the past , and in the pros- pects of the future , will scarcely be questioned . His name , character , and history , are identified with the history of his coun- try ; and the student who makes himself acquainted with ...
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Seite 279 - ... provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 279 - And be it further enacted, that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Seite 350 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Seite 55 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Seite 448 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.
Seite 167 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner; and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The .immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! logo.
Seite 180 - An honorable peace is attainable only by an efficient war. My plan would b,e to call out the ample resources of the country, give them a judicious direction, prosecute the war with the utmost vigor, strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax.
Seite 468 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Seite 197 - I desire no concealment of my opinions in regard to the institution of slavery. I look upon it as a great evil, and deeply lament that we have derived it from the parental government and from our ancestors.
Seite 350 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...