Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society, Issue 16Illinois State Historical Society., 1913 - Illinois |
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... tion of $ 5,000.00 to erect a monument in Edwardsville , the county seat , to the memory of Governor Edwards , Governor Coles , and the pioneers who took part in the border warfare , when Fort Russell , near the present Edwardsville ...
... tion of $ 5,000.00 to erect a monument in Edwardsville , the county seat , to the memory of Governor Edwards , Governor Coles , and the pioneers who took part in the border warfare , when Fort Russell , near the present Edwardsville ...
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... tion as to legalize holding human beings in bondage , she had the right to do so . Never was there so long and bitter and acrimonious a struggle as was that in Illinois upon the slavery question . It lasted for more than a year and a ...
... tion as to legalize holding human beings in bondage , she had the right to do so . Never was there so long and bitter and acrimonious a struggle as was that in Illinois upon the slavery question . It lasted for more than a year and a ...
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... tion . There was a majority of 1,668 against slavery , which , considering how small was the population of the State at that time , was extra- ordinary . I wish it were possible for me to name all the splendid men who were active in ...
... tion . There was a majority of 1,668 against slavery , which , considering how small was the population of the State at that time , was extra- ordinary . I wish it were possible for me to name all the splendid men who were active in ...
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... tion of the interlacing of the history of the whole Mississippi Valley . In the westward movement of our population we are familiar with the fact that the outlying communities of one generation act as the nurseries for more remote ...
... tion of the interlacing of the history of the whole Mississippi Valley . In the westward movement of our population we are familiar with the fact that the outlying communities of one generation act as the nurseries for more remote ...
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... tion , Gorham A. Worth , from whose letters we gain many of the facts of Sloo's history for the next ten years.2 The year 1819 , however , was marked by great financial disaster for nearly every leading citizen of Cincinnati . By 1820 ...
... tion , Gorham A. Worth , from whose letters we gain many of the facts of Sloo's history for the next ten years.2 The year 1819 , however , was marked by great financial disaster for nearly every leading citizen of Cincinnati . By 1820 ...
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Page 81 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 87 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 71 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 15 - History of the first New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution.
Page 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 71 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 71 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Page 80 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 15 - The Siege of Charleston by the British fleet and army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, which terminated with the Surrender of that Place on the 12th of May, 1780.
Page 71 - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.