Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West: Containing Accurate Descriptions of the Country and Modes of Life, in the Western States and Territories of North America ... Volume I.Hubbard and Edmands, 1834 - 263 頁 |
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第 10 頁
... the reach even of conjecture . Every creation of human skill which he beholds , is the work of his cotemporaries . All is new . The fertile soil abounds in vegetation . The forest is bright , and rich , and luxuriant 10 INTRODUCTION .
... the reach even of conjecture . Every creation of human skill which he beholds , is the work of his cotemporaries . All is new . The fertile soil abounds in vegetation . The forest is bright , and rich , and luxuriant 10 INTRODUCTION .
第 11 頁
... forest is bright , and rich , and luxuriant , as it came from the hands of the Creator . The hundred rivers , that bear the treasures of western industry to the ocean , present grand and imposing spectacles to the eye , while they fill ...
... forest is bright , and rich , and luxuriant , as it came from the hands of the Creator . The hundred rivers , that bear the treasures of western industry to the ocean , present grand and imposing spectacles to the eye , while they fill ...
第 16 頁
... forests , and pro- tected by Alpine barriers , terrific to the eye , and almost inaccessible to the most adventurous foot , this lovely country remained not only uninhabited , but wholly unexplored , until Boone and his associates ...
... forests , and pro- tected by Alpine barriers , terrific to the eye , and almost inaccessible to the most adventurous foot , this lovely country remained not only uninhabited , but wholly unexplored , until Boone and his associates ...
第 18 頁
... forest , expelled the ferocious Indian , and the prowl- ing beast of prey , and possessed themselves of a country of vast extent and boundless fertility . They came in a manner peculiar to themselves ; like men fond of danger , and ...
... forest , expelled the ferocious Indian , and the prowl- ing beast of prey , and possessed themselves of a country of vast extent and boundless fertility . They came in a manner peculiar to themselves ; like men fond of danger , and ...
第 19 頁
... forest afforded , and in whose design no art was displayed , beyond that which the native ingenuity of the forester sup plied . A block - house was built of logs , surrounded by a palisade , or picket work , composed of long stakes ...
... forest afforded , and in whose design no art was displayed , beyond that which the native ingenuity of the forester sup plied . A block - house was built of logs , surrounded by a palisade , or picket work , composed of long stakes ...
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第 212 頁 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
第 213 頁 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
第 221 頁 - So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the General Assembly...
第 123 頁 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
第 213 頁 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
第 222 頁 - The General Assembly, or Legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum, and the members of the council shall be nominated and appointed in the following manner...
第 214 頁 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : 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.
第 223 頁 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to congress, who shall have a seat in congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting during this temporary government.
第 215 頁 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
第 214 頁 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.