The War in America: Being an Historical and Political Account of the Southern and Northern States: Showing the Origin and Cause of the Present Secession War. With a Large Map of the United States, Engraved on SteelHamilton, Adams, 1862 - 418 strani |
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... passed from this inland sea , at Harper's Ferry , and from thence pursued its course to the ocean . It is possible that the water wore away the earth and rocks of the mountain , until the gap was brought to a level with the basin of the ...
... passed from this inland sea , at Harper's Ferry , and from thence pursued its course to the ocean . It is possible that the water wore away the earth and rocks of the mountain , until the gap was brought to a level with the basin of the ...
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... passed their lives within half - a - dozen miles , and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains , which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre . " The products of the soil are wheat ...
... passed their lives within half - a - dozen miles , and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains , which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre . " The products of the soil are wheat ...
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... passing from Erie onward to the ocean , rushes over a precipice , and falls perpendicularly to the depth of 176 feet . The roar of the water can sometimes be heard at the distance of forty miles . In this state there are various other ...
... passing from Erie onward to the ocean , rushes over a precipice , and falls perpendicularly to the depth of 176 feet . The roar of the water can sometimes be heard at the distance of forty miles . In this state there are various other ...
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... passed an act granting perfect religious toleration to people of all sects and creeds . By this liberal concession to religious principle the new colony speedily became strong in point of numbers , as well as in intelli- gence . In ...
... passed an act granting perfect religious toleration to people of all sects and creeds . By this liberal concession to religious principle the new colony speedily became strong in point of numbers , as well as in intelli- gence . In ...
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... passed an act of consent , that Kentucky should become a separate state , and be admitted into the Union on the 1st day of June , 1792. On the 19th of April , 1792 , the state formed its constitution , and or- ganised a state government ...
... passed an act of consent , that Kentucky should become a separate state , and be admitted into the Union on the 1st day of June , 1792. On the 19th of April , 1792 , the state formed its constitution , and or- ganised a state government ...
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The War in America: Being an Historical and Political Account of the ... Taliaferro Preston Shaffner Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1862 |
The War in America: Being an Historical and Political Account of the ... Taliaferro Preston Shaffner Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1862 |
The War in America: Being an Historical and Political Account of the ... Taliaferro Preston Shaffner Predogled ni na voljo - 2016 |
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Stran 129 - For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighbouring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies...
Stran 149 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Stran 174 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Stran 345 - 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.
Stran 163 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Stran 157 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...
Stran 174 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Stran 153 - If any person, guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor, or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Stran 158 - The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor...
Stran 148 - That all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority...