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... four thousand , most of whom are upon lands beyond the Mississippi.'1 CHAPTER IV . THE CATAWBAS . In that beautiful , hilly region , between the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers , on each side of the boundary line between North and South ...
... four thousand , most of whom are upon lands beyond the Mississippi.'1 CHAPTER IV . THE CATAWBAS . In that beautiful , hilly region , between the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers , on each side of the boundary line between North and South ...
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... four thousand souls . The number of the whole confederacy is about thirty thousand . They occupy lands upon the Arkansas and its tributaries , and are among the most peaceable and order - loving of the banished tribes . In the beautiful ...
... four thousand souls . The number of the whole confederacy is about thirty thousand . They occupy lands upon the Arkansas and its tributaries , and are among the most peaceable and order - loving of the banished tribes . In the beautiful ...
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... four degrees of longitude and twenty degrees of latitude , are now [ 1856 ] compressed within a quadrangle of about nine degrees , between the Red and Missouri Rivers . ' Whether the grave of the last of those great tribes shall be ...
... four degrees of longitude and twenty degrees of latitude , are now [ 1856 ] compressed within a quadrangle of about nine degrees , between the Red and Missouri Rivers . ' Whether the grave of the last of those great tribes shall be ...
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... four escaped , and these wandered from tribe to tribe for several years before reaching a Spanish settlement in Mexico . Yet the misfortunes of Narvaez did not suppress the spirit of adventure , and Florida ( the name then applied to ...
... four escaped , and these wandered from tribe to tribe for several years before reaching a Spanish settlement in Mexico . Yet the misfortunes of Narvaez did not suppress the spirit of adventure , and Florida ( the name then applied to ...
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... four hundred miles . To the Cabots , father and son , belong the imperishable honor of first discovering the coast of the United States , through at least ten degrees of lati- tude . Italy may claim the glory of having given birth to ...
... four hundred miles . To the Cabots , father and son , belong the imperishable honor of first discovering the coast of the United States , through at least ten degrees of lati- tude . Italy may claim the glory of having given birth to ...
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Page 639 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 637 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterward the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Page 610 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 632 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 642 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend...
Page 639 - ... purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 635 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish 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...
Page 606 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 640 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 643 - The considerations which respect the right to hold this conduct, it is not necessary on this occasion to detail. I will only observe that according to my understanding of the matter, that right ,so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all.