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... authority of his most intimate friend , that he took possession of his seat on the bench with extreme reluctance , being fully aware of his want of legal knowledge , and much fearing to do great public injury by his decisions . His ...
... authority of his most intimate friend , that he took possession of his seat on the bench with extreme reluctance , being fully aware of his want of legal knowledge , and much fearing to do great public injury by his decisions . His ...
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... of that contempt of lawful authority , and that unconquerable obstinacy , which have been the most prominent characteristics * See all the public prints . of the man ever since . No circumstances can justify 24 LIFE OF JACKSON .
... of that contempt of lawful authority , and that unconquerable obstinacy , which have been the most prominent characteristics * See all the public prints . of the man ever since . No circumstances can justify 24 LIFE OF JACKSON .
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... authority of major Eaton . Seeing a male infant clinging to the cold bosom of its dead mother , he caused it to be brought away , and afterwards carried it to Ten- nessee . When it had arrived at a proper age , he bound it apprentice to ...
... authority of major Eaton . Seeing a male infant clinging to the cold bosom of its dead mother , he caused it to be brought away , and afterwards carried it to Ten- nessee . When it had arrived at a proper age , he bound it apprentice to ...
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... allow no agent or trader to come among them , unless sanctioned by the legal authorities of the United States . They were further required to cede a large portion of their territory ; but to this article they made a CHAPTER VI. ...
... allow no agent or trader to come among them , unless sanctioned by the legal authorities of the United States . They were further required to cede a large portion of their territory ; but to this article they made a CHAPTER VI. ...
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... authorities , and received comfort and countenance from them . In this the governor of * Minutes of the treaty by colonel Hawkins , which do not agree with the account Mr. Jackson himself gave his biographer . Florida was not singular ...
... authorities , and received comfort and countenance from them . In this the governor of * Minutes of the treaty by colonel Hawkins , which do not agree with the account Mr. Jackson himself gave his biographer . Florida was not singular ...
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Page 158 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 161 - 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 61 - You will exact no terms of a conquered people, but such as they should accede to. Whatever they may be, it would now be madness and folly to oppose them.
Page 214 - The fullest discretion was left with me in the selection and application of means to effect the specifical legitimate objects of the campaign; and for the exercise of a sound discretion on principles of policy am I alone responsible.
Page 215 - That the President of the United States, as Commander in Chief of the Army, is authorized to make such regulations, governing the prohibition of alcoholic liquors in or near military...
Page 60 - I would have raised my corn on one bank of the river, and fought them on the other ; but your people have destroyed my nation. You are a brave man : I rely upon your generosity.
Page 177 - ... than as an instrument created solely for the service of the people. Corruption in some and in others a perversion of correct feelings and principles divert government from its legitimate ends, and make it an engine for the support of the few at the expense of the many.
Page 45 - ... hundred men of the eastern division. The term of service of most of these had nearly expired, and they claimed their discharge as due on the 14th of December. " The Governor of Tennessee had ordered a levy of twenty-five hundred men from the second division, to assemble at Fayetteville on the 28th of January, to serve for a period of three months. General Cocke was also required to furnish his quota. General Roberts brought two hundred men to Fort Strother, but these stipulated that they should...
Page 211 - States ; and that no officer, non-commissioned officer, or private, of the militia, shall be compelled to serve more than three months after his arrival at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, nor more than in due rotation with every other able-bodied man of the same rank in the battalion to which he belongs.
Page 119 - Jackson, which may be found in his general orders commanding the execution of these men, is, ' that it is an established principle of the law of nations, that any individual of a nation making war against the citizens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate.