Burrows of Michigan and the Republican Party: A Biography and a History, Volumen1Longmans, Green and Company, 1917 |
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... South or coming back . " The proprietor of the tavern , an irate Democrat , rushed out , highly indignant over what he accepted as a personal affront , and threatened to shoot the entire Whig crowd , which by this time had joined the ...
... South or coming back . " The proprietor of the tavern , an irate Democrat , rushed out , highly indignant over what he accepted as a personal affront , and threatened to shoot the entire Whig crowd , which by this time had joined the ...
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... South clearly had , the significance of Lincoln's election of 1860 ; for they could not be- lieve it possible that any actual conflict in arms could take place between themselves and their own brothers in birth . Even when South ...
... South clearly had , the significance of Lincoln's election of 1860 ; for they could not be- lieve it possible that any actual conflict in arms could take place between themselves and their own brothers in birth . Even when South ...
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... South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas formally declared themselves separated from the Union , many intelligent Northern men questioned in their own minds whether any one could legally dis ...
... South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas formally declared themselves separated from the Union , many intelligent Northern men questioned in their own minds whether any one could legally dis ...
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... South Mountain , Maryland , with the inten- tion of crossing the mountain through Turner's Gap , and driving the Confederates from their commanding positions on the summit , from which they could sweep with their artillery the narrow ...
... South Mountain , Maryland , with the inten- tion of crossing the mountain through Turner's Gap , and driving the Confederates from their commanding positions on the summit , from which they could sweep with their artillery the narrow ...
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... South Mountain , General O. B. Willcox , the division com- mander , says : " The Seventeenth Michigan , Colonel Withington , per- formed a feat that may vie with any recorded in the annals of war , and set an example to the oldest ...
... South Mountain , General O. B. Willcox , the division com- mander , says : " The Seventeenth Michigan , Colonel Withington , per- formed a feat that may vie with any recorded in the annals of war , and set an example to the oldest ...
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Página 196 - It has lengthened life; it has mitigated pain; it has extinguished diseases; it has increased the fertility of the soil; it has given new securities to the mariner; it has furnished new arms to the warrior; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth; it has lighted up the night with the...
Página 127 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 118 - That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war...
Página 43 - When we do as we say, beat you, you perhaps want to know what we will do with you. I will tell you, so far as I am authorized to speak for the opposition, what we mean to do with you. We mean to treat you, as near as we possibly can, as Washington, Jefferson, and Madison treated you.
Página 231 - We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection ; we protest against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe ; we will support the interests of America.
Página 196 - For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow.
Página 293 - If perchance some of our tariffs are no longer needed for revenue or to encourage and protect our industries at home, why should they not be employed to extend and promote our markets abroad?
Página 218 - There is a class of government positions which are not within the letter of the Civil Service statute, but which are so disconnected with the policy of an administration that the removal therefrom of present incumbents, in my opinion, should not be made during the terms for which they were appointed solely on partisan grounds and for the purpose of putting in their places those who are in political accord with the appointing power.
Página 114 - One low grave, yon trees beneath, Bears no roses, wears no wreath; Yet no heart more high and warm Ever dared the battle-storm, Never gleamed a prouder eye In the front of victory, Never foot had firmer tread On the field where hope lay dead, Than are hid within this tomb Where the untended grasses bloom, And no stone, with feigned distress, Mocks the sacred loneliness.
Página 44 - We mean to remember that you are as good as we; that there is no difference between us other than the difference of circumstances. We mean to recognize and bear in mind always that you have as good hearts in your bosoms as other people, or as we claim to have, and treat you accordingly.