Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkDerby, Miller, 1849 - 404 pages This book is a biography of John Quincy Adams, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. |
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... tion known as the Colonial System , the object of which was to secure to the mother country a monop- oly of their trade , and to prevent their rising to a con- dition of strength and independence . The effect of this system was to ...
... tion known as the Colonial System , the object of which was to secure to the mother country a monop- oly of their trade , and to prevent their rising to a con- dition of strength and independence . The effect of this system was to ...
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... tion in the principles of heroic action , by John Adams , the colossus of the American Revolution . How de- voted he was to this important charge , and with what true philosophy he conducted it , may be seen by the following letter ...
... tion in the principles of heroic action , by John Adams , the colossus of the American Revolution . How de- voted he was to this important charge , and with what true philosophy he conducted it , may be seen by the following letter ...
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... tion in some other things . He has enjoyed perfect health from first to last , and is respected wherever he goes , for his vigor and vivacity both of mind and body ; for his constant good - humor , and for his rapid progress in French ...
... tion in some other things . He has enjoyed perfect health from first to last , and is respected wherever he goes , for his vigor and vivacity both of mind and body ; for his constant good - humor , and for his rapid progress in French ...
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... tion are better . It is perhaps as learned a University as any in Europe . “ I should not wish to have children educated in the common schools of this country , where a littleness of soul is notorious . The masters are mean spirited ...
... tion are better . It is perhaps as learned a University as any in Europe . “ I should not wish to have children educated in the common schools of this country , where a littleness of soul is notorious . The masters are mean spirited ...
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... tion to you in confidence , at the desire of the President , communi- cated to me yesterday by the Secretary of State . You must keep it an entire secret until it shall be announced to the public in the journal of the Senate . But our ...
... tion to you in confidence , at the desire of the President , communi- cated to me yesterday by the Secretary of State . You must keep it an entire secret until it shall be announced to the public in the journal of the Senate . But our ...
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Page 28 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 378 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 27 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 293 - Joint Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Page 250 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Page 124 - Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an Agent or Commissioner to Greece, whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment.
Page 338 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 29 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not, I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
Page 281 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Page 282 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.