A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White: Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Member of the Senate of the United States, Etc. Etc. With Selections from His Speeches and CorrespondenceNancy N. Scott |
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... body , introduced a bill creating a literary institution ; which measure was the origin of Greenville College . Statesmen , judges , lawyers , clergymen , men eminent in every variety of public station in Tennessee , date the beginning ...
... body , introduced a bill creating a literary institution ; which measure was the origin of Greenville College . Statesmen , judges , lawyers , clergymen , men eminent in every variety of public station in Tennessee , date the beginning ...
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... body against the town . By mistake of Carey and Findleston , the guides , the party was led to a ferry half a mile below the fording - places , and immediately opposite the town . A few of the foremost plunged into the stream and were ...
... body against the town . By mistake of Carey and Findleston , the guides , the party was led to a ferry half a mile below the fording - places , and immediately opposite the town . A few of the foremost plunged into the stream and were ...
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... body of them hemmed in between the assailants and the river . This done , the men dismounted , betook themselves to trees , and poured in a deadly fire upon the enemy . They resisted bravely , under the lead of the King Fisher , one of ...
... body of them hemmed in between the assailants and the river . This done , the men dismounted , betook themselves to trees , and poured in a deadly fire upon the enemy . They resisted bravely , under the lead of the King Fisher , one of ...
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... body of Indians came into the settlements on Holston , murdered a family , and carried off all the plunder which fell within their reach . A force was immediately raised to pursue them . Hugh L. White , then a youth under twenty , made ...
... body of Indians came into the settlements on Holston , murdered a family , and carried off all the plunder which fell within their reach . A force was immediately raised to pursue them . Hugh L. White , then a youth under twenty , made ...
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... body was prominently noticed in the Senate Chamber of the United States , as late as April 20th , 1838 , when the Adminis- tration , influenced greatly in its general policy by General Jackson , was making powerful efforts to carry ...
... body was prominently noticed in the Senate Chamber of the United States , as late as April 20th , 1838 , when the Adminis- tration , influenced greatly in its general policy by General Jackson , was making powerful efforts to carry ...
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Page 192 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 210 - American army, shall be considered a common fund, for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become, members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure...
Page 292 - The recent demonstration of public sentiment inscribes on the list of Executive duties, in characters too legible to be overlooked, the task of reform, which will require particularly the correction of those abuses that have brought the patronage of the Federal Government into conflict with the freedom of elections, and the counteraction of those causes which have disturbed the rightful course of appointment and have placed or continued power in unfaithful or incompetent hands.
Page 96 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold a>nd silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Page 422 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 208 - To avoid these evils it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio ot representation, and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Page 207 - After the extinction of the public debt it is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff upon principles satisfactory to the people of the Union will until a remote period, if ever, leave the Government without a considerable surplus in the Treasury beyond what may be required for its current service. As, then, the period approaches when the application of the revenue to the payment of debt will cease...
Page 163 - SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the making of any such exchange or exchanges, it shall and may be lawful for the President solemnly to assure the tribe or nation with which the exchange is made, that the United States will forever secure and guaranty to them, and their heirs or successors, the country so exchanged with them ; and if they prefer it, that the United States will cause a patent or grant to be made and executed to them for the same...
Page 104 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 208 - ... apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation — and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution, that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it. I regard an appeal to the source of power, in cases of real doubt, and when its exercise is deemed indispensable to the general welfare, as among the most sacred of all our obligations.