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... convention of 1802 . Judge Tupper , who was associated with Judge Putnam in holding the first court of common pleas at Marietta in 1788 , served with honor in the French and In- dian wars , as well as during the Revolu- tionary war ...
... convention of 1802 . Judge Tupper , who was associated with Judge Putnam in holding the first court of common pleas at Marietta in 1788 , served with honor in the French and In- dian wars , as well as during the Revolu- tionary war ...
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... convention unanimously deter- mined to adopt the recommendation of the general committee , to admit the state of Georgia to construct a branch from any point in that state , to unite with the main road at or near Knoxville , admitting ...
... convention unanimously deter- mined to adopt the recommendation of the general committee , to admit the state of Georgia to construct a branch from any point in that state , to unite with the main road at or near Knoxville , admitting ...
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... convention at Baltimore in 1852 , Rufus Choate made an impassioned and brilliant speech in de- fense of the adjustment of 1850. " Let him who doubts , if such there be , whether it was wise to pass these measures , " he ex- claimed ...
... convention at Baltimore in 1852 , Rufus Choate made an impassioned and brilliant speech in de- fense of the adjustment of 1850. " Let him who doubts , if such there be , whether it was wise to pass these measures , " he ex- claimed ...
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... convention showed that the party was solidly back of him , and he accepted and went to work . How well he carried himself , is shown somewhat by the fact that Hayes was elected by only 2,983 plurality ; the legislature was carried by ...
... convention showed that the party was solidly back of him , and he accepted and went to work . How well he carried himself , is shown somewhat by the fact that Hayes was elected by only 2,983 plurality ; the legislature was carried by ...
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... convention for revising the constitution of the state , which strongly urged the convention not to place in the constitution the power to license the liquor traffic . In 1838 Edward C. Delevan , who had been one of the most earnest and ...
... convention for revising the constitution of the state , which strongly urged the convention not to place in the constitution the power to license the liquor traffic . In 1838 Edward C. Delevan , who had been one of the most earnest and ...
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Página 220 - I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.
Página 6 - No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiquity, no mystery, no picturesque and gloomy wrong, nor anything but a common-place prosperity, in broad and simple daylight, as is happily the case with my dear native land.
Página 505 - ... party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests ; so, on another, that the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality ; and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.
Página 217 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Página 247 - ... to be determined by a meridian line to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said forty-third degree.
Página 248 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles...
Página 505 - Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on this subject, in which I could be guided by no lights derived from official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your discernment and pursuit of the public good...
Página 505 - ... the light in which I contemplated my duty, required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation. From this resolution I have in no instance departed. And being still under the impressions which produced it, I must decline, as inapplicable to myself, any share in the personal emoluments, which may be indispensably included in a permanent provision for the executive department...
Página 505 - To the preceding observations I have one to add, which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representatives. It concerns myself, and will, therefore, be as brief as possible. When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I comtemplated my duty required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation.