History of Ohio: The Rise and Progress of an American State, Količina 4

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Century History Company, 1912
 

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Stran 31 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Stran 392 - We watch with deep and abiding Interest the heroic battle of the Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression, and our best hopes go out for th.e full success of their determined contest for liberty. The Government of Spain having lost control of Cuba and being unable to protect the property or lives of resident American citizens or to comply with its treaty obligations, we believe that the Government of the United States should actively use its influence and good offices to restore peace and give...
Stran 49 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted, even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil.
Stran 169 - States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Stran 392 - In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba...
Stran 67 - If I were a Mexican I would tell you, "Have you not room in your own country to bury your dead men? If you come into mine, we will greet you with bloody hands, and welcome you to hospitable graves.
Stran 29 - Let Van from his coolers of silver drink wine, And lounge on his cushioned settee, Our man on his buckeye bench can recline, Content with hard cider is he. Then a shout for each freeman, a shout for each State, To the plain, honest husbandman true, And this be our motto, the motto of fate, Hurrah for old Tippecanoe!
Stran 445 - Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world's advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect of the people and quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden and brighten the daily life of the people.
Stran 206 - General Order No. 38, in which he said: " The commanding general publishes for the information of all concerned that hereafter all persons found within our lines, who commit acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country, will be tried as spies or traitors, and, if convicted, will suffer death.
Stran 169 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional Government and in arms around the capital; that in this national emergency Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged...

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