Life and Public Services of General Lewis Cass: Together with the Pamphlet on the Right of SearchMarkham & Elwood, 1852 - 420 pages |
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... sentiment of the people , in regard to Gen. Cass ' election to the Senate - His election by the Legislature of Michigan - His first act in the Senate , evinces his keen watchfulness over the rights and honor of his country - Resolutions ...
... sentiment of the people , in regard to Gen. Cass ' election to the Senate - His election by the Legislature of Michigan - His first act in the Senate , evinces his keen watchfulness over the rights and honor of his country - Resolutions ...
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... sentiments that can animate the bosom of an American citizen , setting forth with the eloquence of a true heart , the inestimable advantages of Union- the safety which exists only in a reliance upon the patriotism of the people , and ...
... sentiments that can animate the bosom of an American citizen , setting forth with the eloquence of a true heart , the inestimable advantages of Union- the safety which exists only in a reliance upon the patriotism of the people , and ...
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... sentiments which no American has ever before had cause to feel , and which I trust in God will never again be felt , while one man remains to defend the standard of the Union . " General Hull , in his official account of the transaction ...
... sentiments which no American has ever before had cause to feel , and which I trust in God will never again be felt , while one man remains to defend the standard of the Union . " General Hull , in his official account of the transaction ...
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... sentiment among the troops ; and I shall be surprised to learn , that there is one man , who thinks it was necessary to sheath his sword , or to lay down his musket . I was informed by General Hull , the morning after the capitulation ...
... sentiment among the troops ; and I shall be surprised to learn , that there is one man , who thinks it was necessary to sheath his sword , or to lay down his musket . I was informed by General Hull , the morning after the capitulation ...
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... sentiments . The provision introduced in the lately adopted constitution of the State of Michigan , in regard to repre- sentative districts , is only carrying into practice the principle re- commended by Gov. Cass , thirty years ago ...
... sentiments . The provision introduced in the lately adopted constitution of the State of Michigan , in regard to repre- sentative districts , is only carrying into practice the principle re- commended by Gov. Cass , thirty years ago ...
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Page 414 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 414 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Page 374 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Page 366 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences...
Page 279 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 374 - And the Governor, legislative Council, and House of Representatives shall have authority to make laws in all Cases for the good government of the district not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared.
Page 233 - Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Page 374 - Be it ordained, by the United States in Congress assembled, that the said territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Page 108 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided, always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie...
Page 74 - The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, were empowered to adopt such laws of the original states, civil and criminal as might be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the District.