A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... Constitution of the United States . CHAPTER XI . [ page 154 . Don Gardoqui's propositions to Mr. John Brown - Apology for Kentucky Statesmen --- Court and Country parties in Convention - Wilkinson's memorial to the Governor of Louisiana ...
... Constitution of the United States . CHAPTER XI . [ page 154 . Don Gardoqui's propositions to Mr. John Brown - Apology for Kentucky Statesmen --- Court and Country parties in Convention - Wilkinson's memorial to the Governor of Louisiana ...
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... constitution of June 29th , 1776 , to the extreme boundaries of dominion , under the charter granted by James the first of Great Britian . " Within these limits she asserted the exclusive right of purchasing the soil from the aborigines ...
... constitution of June 29th , 1776 , to the extreme boundaries of dominion , under the charter granted by James the first of Great Britian . " Within these limits she asserted the exclusive right of purchasing the soil from the aborigines ...
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... constitution of Virginia , to a representation in the legislature , as well as to a judicial and military arrange- ment . Clark and his associate having obtained these impor- tant benefits for the country , were preparing to come again ...
... constitution of Virginia , to a representation in the legislature , as well as to a judicial and military arrange- ment . Clark and his associate having obtained these impor- tant benefits for the country , were preparing to come again ...
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... constitution of the State , were to be thenceforth entitled to two representatives of their own choosing . They were also entitled to have a county court of civil jurisdiction of matters in both law and iniquity - justices of the peace ...
... constitution of the State , were to be thenceforth entitled to two representatives of their own choosing . They were also entitled to have a county court of civil jurisdiction of matters in both law and iniquity - justices of the peace ...
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... constitutional Union . That there is exaggeration of practical grievances may be admitted ; for what orator can deign to restrain his imagina- tion within a vulgar and sterile state of facts ? What painter will always touch after nature ...
... constitutional Union . That there is exaggeration of practical grievances may be admitted ; for what orator can deign to restrain his imagina- tion within a vulgar and sterile state of facts ? What painter will always touch after nature ...
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Seite 138 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Seite 308 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Seite 287 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming as to itself, the other party: That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Seite 285 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Seite 287 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Seite 287 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Seite 313 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Seite 341 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Seite 19 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Seite 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...