The Portrait Gallery of the War, Civil, Military, and Naval: A Biographical RecordFrank Moore D. Van Nostrand, 1865 - Всего страниц: 353 |
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... position of dignity or trust . Hence the present President is known over a great part of the country as " the baboon , " and respectable writers in Europe have lamented the result of universal suffrage in his election ; though perhaps ...
... position of dignity or trust . Hence the present President is known over a great part of the country as " the baboon , " and respectable writers in Europe have lamented the result of universal suffrage in his election ; though perhaps ...
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... position ; and that the best service he could render his country would be to make room for a younger man , Lieutenant - General Scott retired from the army , November first , 1861. No act of history is marked by more of simple dignity ...
... position ; and that the best service he could render his country would be to make room for a younger man , Lieutenant - General Scott retired from the army , November first , 1861. No act of history is marked by more of simple dignity ...
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... position on the pavement , and finding a flag , she begged leave just to stand beneath those sacred folds and take a last fond look on him she , by possibility , might never see again . The hus- band marched down the street , their eyes ...
... position on the pavement , and finding a flag , she begged leave just to stand beneath those sacred folds and take a last fond look on him she , by possibility , might never see again . The hus- band marched down the street , their eyes ...
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... position were laid aside with the utmost composure , as he felt that the time had come for him to die , and uttering the words , " I am ready to go , " and pointing upward when speech failed , he passed away " as sinks the summer sun to ...
... position were laid aside with the utmost composure , as he felt that the time had come for him to die , and uttering the words , " I am ready to go , " and pointing upward when speech failed , he passed away " as sinks the summer sun to ...
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... position of the Democratic party , though previously he had always believed and acted with it . Several articles written by him during the summer and fall of 1860 , and published in a Kansas newspaper , express his hope for the country ...
... position of the Democratic party , though previously he had always believed and acted with it . Several articles written by him during the summer and fall of 1860 , and published in a Kansas newspaper , express his hope for the country ...
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Стр. 76 - Happy he With such a mother ! faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him, and tho' he trip and fall He shall not blind his soul with clay.
Стр. 133 - GRANT: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks — my profoundest gratitude for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all ! A.
Стр. 6 - It promised a continuance of the mails, at government expense, to the very people who were resisting the government; and it gave repeated pledges against any disturbance to any of the people, or any of their rights.
Стр. 7 - As a private citizen, the Executive could not have consented that these institutions shall perish; much less could he, in betrayal of so vast, and so sacred a trust, as these free people had confided to him. He felt that he had no moral right to shrink; nor even to count the chances of his own life, in what might follow.
Стр. 7 - He felt that he had no moral right to shrink, nor even to count the chances of his own life, in what might follow. In full view of his great responsibility he has so far done what he has deemed his duty. You will now, according to your own judgment, perform yours.
Стр. 5 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Стр. 120 - In the Army of the Shenandoah you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of the army you were the First Brigade ! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity as the First Brigade in this our second War of Independence. Farewell!
Стр. 148 - States, except the section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March 6, 1820, which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, and is declared inoperative.
Стр. 155 - Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the idea of a government built upon it — when the storm came and the wind blew, it fell.
Стр. 4 - In regard to the other question, of whether I am pledged to the admission of any more slave States into the Union, I state to you very frankly that I would be exceedingly sorry ever to be put in a position of having to pass upon that question.