A New History of the United States: The Greater Republic; Embracing the Growth and Achievements of Our Country from the Earliest Days of Discovery and Settlement to the Present Eventful Year ...Butler & Alger, 1899 - 647 páginas |
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... Army . The Secretary of War carried the commission in person to Mt. Vernon . The old hero , sitting on his horse in the harvest field , accepted in the above patriotic words . TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION . The.
... Army . The Secretary of War carried the commission in person to Mt. Vernon . The old hero , sitting on his horse in the harvest field , accepted in the above patriotic words . TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION . The.
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... persons . But the good fortune that had marked the career of La Salle up to this point now set the other way , and disaster and ruin overtook him . His men were mostly adventurers and vagabonds , and the officer in command of the ships ...
... persons . But the good fortune that had marked the career of La Salle up to this point now set the other way , and disaster and ruin overtook him . His men were mostly adventurers and vagabonds , and the officer in command of the ships ...
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... person could be discovered . Sir Walter Raleigh sent several expeditions with orders to use every effort to clear up the mystery , but it was never solved . The story of the " Lost Colony " has led to a great deal of investigation and ...
... person could be discovered . Sir Walter Raleigh sent several expeditions with orders to use every effort to clear up the mystery , but it was never solved . The story of the " Lost Colony " has led to a great deal of investigation and ...
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... persons in the colony . Among those who passed away was John Carver , the first governor . The survivors held their ground with grim heroism , and by - and - by other immigrants arrived , and the growth and prosperity , though slow ...
... persons in the colony . Among those who passed away was John Carver , the first governor . The survivors held their ground with grim heroism , and by - and - by other immigrants arrived , and the growth and prosperity , though slow ...
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... person of Captain Myles Standish . He was the military leader of the colony , with a courage that was absolutely fearless . He has been described as a very small man , with a " long , yellow beard , " and a temper as inflammable as ...
... person of Captain Myles Standish . He was the military leader of the colony , with a courage that was absolutely fearless . He has been described as a very small man , with a " long , yellow beard , " and a temper as inflammable as ...
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Página 166 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Página 165 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Página 581 - Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Página 548 - WHEREAS, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Página 579 - Juan, respectively, to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation. 5. That the United States and Spain will each appoint not more than five commissioners to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace. The commissioners are to meet at Paris not later than the 1st of October.
Página 582 - Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, residing in the territory over which Spain by the present treaty relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty, may remain in such territory or may remove therefrom, retaining in either event all their rights of property, including the right to sell or dispose of such property or of its proceeds; and they shall also have the right to carry on their industry, commerce and professions, being subject in respect thereof to such laws as are applicable to other foreigners.
Página 582 - Judgments rendered either in civil suits between private individuals, or in criminal matters, before the date mentioned, and with respect to which there is no recourse or right of review under the Spanish law, shall be deemed to be final, and shall be executed in due form by competent authority in the territory within which such judgments should be carried out.
Página 588 - Other things leave me, but it abides; other things change, but it remains the same. For me its balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun, the pulsing of its surf-beat is in my ear; I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud...
Página 548 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Página 548 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.