The Washington Sketch BookMohun, Ebbs & Hough, 1864 - 273 páginas |
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... hand . And soon came the results , when the wound- ed and the dying and the stragglers from Man- assas came in by thousands , and , for a few days , agony and disorder took the place of parade and drill . People had not yet become accus ...
... hand . And soon came the results , when the wound- ed and the dying and the stragglers from Man- assas came in by thousands , and , for a few days , agony and disorder took the place of parade and drill . People had not yet become accus ...
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Viator. tensely depressed by the long faces and anxious looks they encountered on either hand . Gaz- ing on the unfinished dome , one of them re- marked in a most desponding tone , " I wonder if it will ever be finished ! " " Yes , Ma'am ...
Viator. tensely depressed by the long faces and anxious looks they encountered on either hand . Gaz- ing on the unfinished dome , one of them re- marked in a most desponding tone , " I wonder if it will ever be finished ! " " Yes , Ma'am ...
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Viator. be too great a public pledge to be left in the hands of a single State , and would create so many obstacle to a removal of the Govern- ment , as still further to abridge its necessary in- dependence . " * A great obstacle to the ...
Viator. be too great a public pledge to be left in the hands of a single State , and would create so many obstacle to a removal of the Govern- ment , as still further to abridge its necessary in- dependence . " * A great obstacle to the ...
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... hands of an oppressor ; " and it had come to be considered that one of the surest ways to prevent our capital's becoming the latter , would be to deprive it of the elective franchise . There were obvious reasons why those who lived ...
... hands of an oppressor ; " and it had come to be considered that one of the surest ways to prevent our capital's becoming the latter , would be to deprive it of the elective franchise . There were obvious reasons why those who lived ...
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... hands for purposes of corruption with more facilities and less fear of detection than if obliged to go abroad and operate in other places . The city should never be brand- ed with the name of any one political party , but be regarded as ...
... hands for purposes of corruption with more facilities and less fear of detection than if obliged to go abroad and operate in other places . The city should never be brand- ed with the name of any one political party , but be regarded as ...
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Página 153 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Página 206 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 23 - to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Página 31 - ... him ; and that the question having been lost by a small majority only, it was probable that an appeal from me to the judgment and discretion of some of my friends, might effect a change in the vote, and the machine of government, now suspended, might be again set into motion.
Página 205 - THIS is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling, Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms ; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealing Startles the villages with strange alarms. Ah ! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary, When the death-angel touches those swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies...
Página 74 - Church is intended for national purposes, such as public prayer, thanksgiving, funeral orations etc., and assigned to the special use of no particular Sect or denomination, but equally open to all. It will be likewise a proper shelter for such monuments as were voted by the late Continental Congress for those heroes who fell in the cause of liberty, and for such others as may hereafter be decreed by the voice of a grateful Nation.
Página 36 - Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity ; but a dependence of the members of the General Government on the State comprehending the seat of the Government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the National Councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the Government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the Confederacy.
Página 84 - This Southeast corner-stone of the Capitol of the United States of America, in the City of Washington, was laid on the 18th day of September, 1793, in the thirteenth year of American independence, in the first year of the second term of the presidency of George Washington, whose virtues in the civil administration of his country have been as conspicuous and beneficial, as his military valor and prudence have been useful in establishing her...
Página 168 - Resolved unanimously, (ten States being present,) that an equestrian statue of General Washington be erected at the place where the residence of Congress shall be established.
Página 32 - The discussion took place. I could take no part in it but an exhortatory one, because I was a stranger to the circumstances which should govern it. But it was finally agreed, that whatever importance had been attached to the rejection of this proposition, the preservation of the Union and of concord among the States was more important, and that therefore it would be better that the vote of rejection should be rescinded, to effect which, some members should change their votes.