History of American Conspiracies: A Record of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion & C., in the United States of America, from 1760 to 1860J. D. Torrey, 1863 - 579 страница Added t.p. engraved. |
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... suspended until the opinion of the Legislature can be had on the subject . This measure is said to be owing to the immense numbers who are interested in the plot , whose • death , should they all be found guilty and executed.
... suspended until the opinion of the Legislature can be had on the subject . This measure is said to be owing to the immense numbers who are interested in the plot , whose • death , should they all be found guilty and executed.
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... measure of the calamity . A band of Ottawas and Wyandots having been dispatched by Pontiac for the reduc- tion of the post , appeared before the post on the 15th of June . The little band of defenders retired to the strong block house ...
... measure of the calamity . A band of Ottawas and Wyandots having been dispatched by Pontiac for the reduc- tion of the post , appeared before the post on the 15th of June . The little band of defenders retired to the strong block house ...
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... measures adopted to encourage the settlers and others to hunt the Indians the Governor of Pennsylvania issued a proclamation offering a bounty on the scalps of Indian men and women . This act has by some been regarded as a barbarous measure ...
... measures adopted to encourage the settlers and others to hunt the Indians the Governor of Pennsylvania issued a proclamation offering a bounty on the scalps of Indian men and women . This act has by some been regarded as a barbarous measure ...
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... measures might have given the alarm , and , General Washington taking command of the post , might have rendered the whole scheme abortive . Arnold , it is true , had so dispersed the garrison , as to have made a defense diffi- cult ...
... measures might have given the alarm , and , General Washington taking command of the post , might have rendered the whole scheme abortive . Arnold , it is true , had so dispersed the garrison , as to have made a defense diffi- cult ...
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... measure to procure a quantity of specie ; and , at all events , find means to clothe the soldiers belonging to the State by the first of January . " In another letter he said : ( 6 ' Poorly clothed , badly fed and worse paid - some of ...
... measure to procure a quantity of specie ; and , at all events , find means to clothe the soldiers belonging to the State by the first of January . " In another letter he said : ( 6 ' Poorly clothed , badly fed and worse paid - some of ...
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Aaron Burr affairs alarm André arms army Arnold arrest authority became bill body British Brown Burr Burr's Calhoun called Chief citizens Colonel command committee Congress conspiracy Conspirator Constitution Convention Court declared defense delegates democratic Denmark Vesey Detroit dispatched duty election enemy enforce England English excitement Executive Federal Federalists followed force Free French friends garrison Gladwyn Government Governor Harper's Ferry Hartford Convention honor Indians insurrection James Wilkinson Jefferson Judge Kansas Kentucky laws Lecompton Constitution Legislature letter liberty ment military militia Mirò Mississippi Missouri Nat Turner National negroes North nullification officers Ohio Ojibwas once Orleans Ottawa party passed patriotic peace Pennsylvania persons political Pontiac President prisoners proceedings proclamation resolutions resolved river savages secession secure seized Senate session slavery slaves soon South Carolina Southern spirit Territory tion treason trial tribes troops Union United Virginia vote Washington West Whiskey Insurrection Wilkinson Wyandots
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Страница 269 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand, undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Страница 547 - 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...
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Страница 167 - We have errors to correct. We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
Страница 578 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Страница 550 - President, and the President of our choice has assented to and accepted over the friendly strangers. to whom the mild spirit of our country and its laws had pledged hospitality and...
Страница 541 - I never did intend murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection.