Our Whole Country: Or, The Past and Present of the United States, Historical and Descriptive. In Two Volumes, Containing the General and Local Histories and Descriptions of Each of the States, Territories, Cities, and Towns of the Union; Also Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Persons ... Illustrated by Six Hundred Engravings ... Almost Wholly from Drawinigs Taken on the Spot by the Authors, the Entire Work Being on Their Part the Result of Over 16,000 Miles of Travel and Four Years of Labor, 第 1 卷H. Howe, 1861 |
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第 29 頁
... force of circum- stances , and that pure moral feeling which is the offspring of true religion , dis- covered a truth in the science of government which had been concealed for ages . On the bleak shore of a barren wilderness , in the ...
... force of circum- stances , and that pure moral feeling which is the offspring of true religion , dis- covered a truth in the science of government which had been concealed for ages . On the bleak shore of a barren wilderness , in the ...
第 37 頁
... force , when the British and colonial troops were united , amounted to seven thousand men . General Nicholson went to Albany , intending , with additional forces , to join Admiral Walker before Quebec . The fleet sailed from Boston on ...
... force , when the British and colonial troops were united , amounted to seven thousand men . General Nicholson went to Albany , intending , with additional forces , to join Admiral Walker before Quebec . The fleet sailed from Boston on ...
第 38 頁
... forces twelve thousand . Vernon took and plundered Porto Bello , and proceeded with his fleet , and the land forces under General Wentworth , to attack Carthagena . He demolished the forts and cas- tles in the harbor , but the attack on ...
... forces twelve thousand . Vernon took and plundered Porto Bello , and proceeded with his fleet , and the land forces under General Wentworth , to attack Carthagena . He demolished the forts and cas- tles in the harbor , but the attack on ...
第 39 頁
... Forces were promptly raised ; and William Pepperrell , Esq . , of Kittery , was appointed commander of the ... force . Massachusetts forces New Hampshire Connecticut Total 3250 304 516 4070 The Connecticut troops were commanded ...
... Forces were promptly raised ; and William Pepperrell , Esq . , of Kittery , was appointed commander of the ... force . Massachusetts forces New Hampshire Connecticut Total 3250 304 516 4070 The Connecticut troops were commanded ...
第 41 頁
... force was to be joined . by four ships under M. Conflans , from the West Indies , and seven- teen hundred French and Indians from Canada . The country was kept in great fear and anxiety for six weeks , when it was relieved by ...
... force was to be joined . by four ships under M. Conflans , from the West Indies , and seven- teen hundred French and Indians from Canada . The country was kept in great fear and anxiety for six weeks , when it was relieved by ...
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第 95 頁 - No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. 2. No state shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts or duties on Imports or exports except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection...
第 98 頁 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may, by law, have directed.
第 184 頁 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...
第 102 頁 - 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. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
第 93 頁 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
第 184 頁 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all. its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
第 95 頁 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
第 92 頁 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut five; New York six; New Jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Delaware one; Maryland six; Virginia ten; North Carolina five; South Carolina five; and Georgia three.
第 97 頁 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
第 67 頁 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.