Life and Public Services of Thomas A. Hendricks: With Selected Speeches and WritingsCarlon and Hollenbeck, 1886 - 637 pages |
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... CONGRESS - FIRST TERM . The turning point in our history - The historic trio - Clay's compromises— " Popular sovereignty " -Nominated for Congress - The campaign- Uncle Tom's Cabin - The election - The old Capitol - Prominent party ...
... CONGRESS - FIRST TERM . The turning point in our history - The historic trio - Clay's compromises— " Popular sovereignty " -Nominated for Congress - The campaign- Uncle Tom's Cabin - The election - The old Capitol - Prominent party ...
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... Congress immediately on the admission of the State into the Union , and took his seat in that body as the first Representative from Indiana . The horseback journey over the moun- tains , in company with his courageous wife , he ...
... Congress immediately on the admission of the State into the Union , and took his seat in that body as the first Representative from Indiana . The horseback journey over the moun- tains , in company with his courageous wife , he ...
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... Congress was concerned , for many years , until a new compromise was rendered necessary , which was deemed by the later statesmen to have repealed the old restriction in spirit , if not in express terms . Now , in his sympathy with all ...
... Congress was concerned , for many years , until a new compromise was rendered necessary , which was deemed by the later statesmen to have repealed the old restriction in spirit , if not in express terms . Now , in his sympathy with all ...
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... Congress . Posey , in former years , had resigned his seat in the Federal Senate to become the Executive of the wild Territory of Indiana . Yet to Governor Hendricks the change must have seemed anything else than a promotion . Wash ...
... Congress . Posey , in former years , had resigned his seat in the Federal Senate to become the Executive of the wild Territory of Indiana . Yet to Governor Hendricks the change must have seemed anything else than a promotion . Wash ...
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... Congress had set apart five per cent . of the net proceeds of the public lands in Indiana which should be sold after the following Ist of December , for the purpose of constructing roads and canals . Three - fifths of this amount was to ...
... Congress had set apart five per cent . of the net proceeds of the public lands in Indiana which should be sold after the following Ist of December , for the purpose of constructing roads and canals . Three - fifths of this amount was to ...
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Life and Public Services of Thomas A. Hendricks: With Selected Speeches and ... John W. Holcombe No preview available - 2016 |
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Popular passages
Page 557 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 551 - Whose lonely columns stand sublime, Flinging their shadows from on high, Like dials, which the wizard, Time, Had raised to count his ages by...
Page 104 - And be it resolved, That the governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to each of our senators and representatives in congress.
Page 624 - The constitution of our country, in its most interesting and vital parts, is to be considered; the conflicting powers of the government of the Union and of its members, as marked in that constitution, are to be discussed; and an opinion given, which may essentially influence the great operations of the government. No tribunal can approach such a question without a deep sense of its importance, and of the awful responsibility involved in its decision.
Page 205 - ... exclusive power to determine for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits.
Page 224 - ... if the Cotton States shall become satisfied that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace.
Page 458 - To carry out the plan of colonization may involve the acquiring of territory, and also the appropriation of money beyond that to be expended in the territorial acquisition.
Page 158 - We arraign this bill as a gross violation of a sacred pledge; as a criminal betrayal of precious rights; as part and parcel of an atrocious plot to exclude from a vast unoccupied region immigrants from the Old World and free laborers from our own States, and convert it into a dreary region of despotism, inhabited by masters and slaves.
Page 270 - SENATOR. who shall inquire into the condition of the States which formed the so-called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or any of them are entitled to be represented in either House of Congress...
Page 549 - It shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to form a penal code, (bunded on the principles of reformation, and not of vindictive justice: And also to provide one or more farms, to be an asylum for those persons who, by reason of age, infirmity, or other misfortunes, may have a claim upon the aid and beneficence of society...