Thrilling Incidents in American History: Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Compiled from the Most Approved AuthoritiesG. G. Evans, 1860 - 446 頁 |
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Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Compiled from the Most Approved Authorities John Warner Barber. Washington 1 1 INCIDENTS IN Priser ai ...
Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Compiled from the Most Approved Authorities John Warner Barber. Washington 1 1 INCIDENTS IN Priser ai ...
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... Events WHICH HAVE TRANSPIRED SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME . 4 COMPILED FROM THE MOST APPROVED AUTHORITIES , BY J. W. BARBER . NEW EDITION , ENLARGED . PHILADELPHIA : G. G. EVANS , PUBLISHER , No. 439 CHESTNUT ...
... Events WHICH HAVE TRANSPIRED SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME . 4 COMPILED FROM THE MOST APPROVED AUTHORITIES , BY J. W. BARBER . NEW EDITION , ENLARGED . PHILADELPHIA : G. G. EVANS , PUBLISHER , No. 439 CHESTNUT ...
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... Entered according to the Act of Congress , in the year 1860 , by G. G. EVANS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . PREFACE . AUTHENTIC accounts of important events which have taken.
... Entered according to the Act of Congress , in the year 1860 , by G. G. EVANS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . PREFACE . AUTHENTIC accounts of important events which have taken.
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... events which have taken pace in past ages , are of much utility ; especially to the coun- tries and people whose affairs ... event which is mentioned could not be detailed , without swelling the book to an expensive size . It is believed ...
... events which have taken pace in past ages , are of much utility ; especially to the coun- tries and people whose affairs ... event which is mentioned could not be detailed , without swelling the book to an expensive size . It is believed ...
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... events recorded in American history ; there be ing , it is presumed , no event of any very considerable impor- tance , which is not noticed in its pages . In making the selection of events , care has been taken to consult the most ...
... events recorded in American history ; there be ing , it is presumed , no event of any very considerable impor- tance , which is not noticed in its pages . In making the selection of events , care has been taken to consult the most ...
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第 54 頁 - The nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
第 45 頁 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
第 49 頁 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
第 49 頁 - They serve to organize faction; to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community...
第 55 頁 - The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
第 58 頁 - Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.
第 57 頁 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course, which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
第 47 頁 - These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind and exhibit the continuance of the Union as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt whether a common government can embrace so large a sphere?
第 46 頁 - The north, in an unrestrained intercourse with the south, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The south, in the same intercourse, benefiting by the agency of the north, sees its agriculture grow and its commerce expand.
第 56 頁 - 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?