New Viewpoints in American HistoryMacmillan, 1922 - 299 страница |
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... vote buying , and similar practices became so notorious that a probe committee of Congress declared in 1860 : " It is well known to the American people that stupendous frauds have been perpetrated in the election of 1856 , in Pennsyl ...
... vote buying , and similar practices became so notorious that a probe committee of Congress declared in 1860 : " It is well known to the American people that stupendous frauds have been perpetrated in the election of 1856 , in Pennsyl ...
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... candidate for president , had good reason to believe that he would win the Irish vote when an indiscreet supporter lost the election for him by prominently identifying his name with 16 NEW VIEWPOINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
... candidate for president , had good reason to believe that he would win the Irish vote when an indiscreet supporter lost the election for him by prominently identifying his name with 16 NEW VIEWPOINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
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... votes for assumption . ( By this assumption measuresHamil- ton aimed to consolidate behind the new national government the support of all the men who in past years had invested their money in the securities of the state governments ...
... votes for assumption . ( By this assumption measuresHamil- ton aimed to consolidate behind the new national government the support of all the men who in past years had invested their money in the securities of the state governments ...
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... voting strength the support of the pioneer farmers of the Northwest . How this was done is a record of shrewd political strategy that can be only lightly touched on here . In the campaign of 1844 the South won the support of the ...
... voting strength the support of the pioneer farmers of the Northwest . How this was done is a record of shrewd political strategy that can be only lightly touched on here . In the campaign of 1844 the South won the support of the ...
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... vote was nowhere bestowed upon all men , only on such white adult men as possessed stated amount of property ; and in most provinces they must in addition subscribe to certain religious tenets . For fear that the ease of acquiring land ...
... vote was nowhere bestowed upon all men , only on such white adult men as possessed stated amount of property ; and in most provinces they must in addition subscribe to certain religious tenets . For fear that the ease of acquiring land ...
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Страница 25 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Страница 136 - The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.
Страница 24 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Страница 98 - All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
Страница 137 - In the covenant of marriage she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming to all intents and purposes her master — the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement.
Страница 46 - But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property.
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Страница 160 - The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations.
Страница 129 - I have retrenched every superfluous expense in my table and family; tea I have not drank since last Christmas, nor bought a new cap or gown since your defeat at Lexington; and, what I never did before, have learned to knit, and am now making stockings of American wool for my servants, and this way do I throw in my mite for the public good.
Страница 176 - Oh, Mr. Adams, what great things have you and your colleagues done for us! We can never be grateful enough to you. There are no Courts of Justice now in this Province, and I hope there never will be another.