A History of the United States: For Families and LibrariesMason brothers, 1857 - 672 Seiten |
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... the story of these Colonies from their infancy to maturity , and illustrates the continual development of Dem- ocratic ideas and Republican tendencies which finally resulted in a political confederation . The fifth has a full account of ...
... the story of these Colonies from their infancy to maturity , and illustrates the continual development of Dem- ocratic ideas and Republican tendencies which finally resulted in a political confederation . The fifth has a full account of ...
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... finally returned to Ohio , and being joined by their Penn- sylvania brethren , they formed an alliance with the French against the En- glish , and were among the most active allies with the former , during the long contest known in ...
... finally returned to Ohio , and being joined by their Penn- sylvania brethren , they formed an alliance with the French against the En- glish , and were among the most active allies with the former , during the long contest known in ...
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... finally a portion of them crossed the Alleghanies , and settled in the land of the Hurons , ' on the Muskingum , in Ohio . Those who remained in Pennsylvania joined the Shawnees , and aided the French against the En- glish , during the ...
... finally a portion of them crossed the Alleghanies , and settled in the land of the Hurons , ' on the Muskingum , in Ohio . Those who remained in Pennsylvania joined the Shawnees , and aided the French against the En- glish , during the ...
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... finally drove them from the country south of the Ohio River . They joined with the Catawbas and the white people against the Tus- caroras in 1712 , ' but were members of the great confederation against the Carolinians in 1715 , which we ...
... finally drove them from the country south of the Ohio River . They joined with the Catawbas and the white people against the Tus- caroras in 1712 , ' but were members of the great confederation against the Carolinians in 1715 , which we ...
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... finally they con- spired , with others , to drive the intruders from the country . The French fell upon , and almost annihilated the nation , in 1730. They never recovered from the shock , and after maintaining a feeble nationality for ...
... finally they con- spired , with others , to drive the intruders from the country . The French fell upon , and almost annihilated the nation , in 1730. They never recovered from the shock , and after maintaining a feeble nationality for ...
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Seite 600 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Seite 602 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Seite 624 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Seite 629 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Seite 627 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Seite 626 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence ; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual ; that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained ; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue...
Seite 613 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Seite 629 - 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.
Seite 600 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated...
Seite 629 - ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character...