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... at Sea To Foriegn Lands To a Historian To Thee Old Cause Eidólons For Him I Sing When I Read the Book Beginning My Studies Beginners To the States On Journeys through the States To a Certain Cantatrice Me Imperturbe Savantism The Ship Starting I Hear America Singing What Place Is Besieged Still though the One I Sing Shut Not Your Doors Poets to Come To...

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... street sweeper did the work of thousands of little old ladies in a single day. Machines plucked and packed the fruits of our orchards eliminating th... ... into southeast Asia for its open door policy for immigrant geniuses. The election of the highly intelligent Barak Obama was not enough to keep all ... ...nd of mine at the California State University joyfully goes to work every day at 85. He is an outstanding teacher and is still coaching an intercoll... ...xercising stroke and other paralysis victims. They work many more hours a day than the live therapists can. So the patients get 6 hours of therapy i... ... protect the child from a diseased child. “In the last century the United States has enacted laws covering child labor, child-abuse, compulso... ...t the child from a diseased child. “In the last century the United States has enacted laws covering child labor, child-abuse, compulsory educ... ... “The clerics in Iran blocked a Parliament passed acceptance of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Wom... ...litical, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.‟ For those states that have signed it, is supposed to make women the political, socia... ... “As you know there are no rights unless a country gives them. The United Nations or other groups may advocate rights for women and children,...

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...rs he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Excellency the Viceroy would open the bridge in state, an archbishop woul...

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...THE DAY’S WORK THE DAY’S WORK THE DAY’S WORK by Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publi... ...y Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Day’s Work by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Day’s Work by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...ner yet no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke... ... no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke an’ ha... ...r the Breslau under young Ban- nister. Y e’ll obsairve there’ d been a new election on the Board. I heard the shares were sellin’ hither an’ yon, an’ ... ...months.’ I might ha’ saved my breath, for the Board was new since the last election, an’ there they sat, the damned deevidend-huntin’ ship-chandlers, ... ...d for a constable! lock him up! “ said that man, adjusting his collar; and unitedly they cast him into the lamp-room, and turned the key, while the dr... ...was great jealousy between the first and second de- tachments, but the men united in adoring Cottar, and their way of showing it was by sparing him al...

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...that Monsieur Phileas Fogg was the most exact and settled gentleman in the United Kingdom, I have come to monsieur in the hope of living with him a tr... ...of English customs relates that, being in one of the rooms of the Bank one day, he had the curiosity to examine a gold ingot weighing some seven or ei... ...- graph said, that the thief did not belong to a professional band. On the day of the robbery a well-dressed gentleman of polished manners, and with a... ...er- ate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing... ...; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing his ta... ...nscribed in an itinerary divided into col- umns, indicating the month, the day of the month, and the day for the stipulated and actual arrivals at eac... ...he Thuggee chief, king of the stran- glers, held his sway. These ruffians, united by a secret bond, strangled victims of every age in honour of the go... ...plest in the world. Instead of sailing directly from England to the United States, like a common villain, he had traversed three quarters of the globe... ...al of disturbance in the streets.” “It was only a meeting assembled for an election.” “The election of a general-in-chief, no doubt?” asked Mr. Fogg. ...

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...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes ...

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... by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley PART I THE ELECTION I ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE BEFORE BEGINNING TO DESCRIBE a... ...ECTION I ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE BEFORE BEGINNING TO DESCRIBE an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur... ... this was a species of domestic pre- monition concerning the result of the elections which were about to take place over the whole surface of France. ... ...n thirty years of age, his electoral succession, in order to make him some day eligible for the peerage. Already a major on the staff and a great favo... ...omise the influence of his family in the arrondissement of Arcis, that old statesman would doubtless propose for candidate some young man who could be... ...one of the chief promoters of the prosecution. That affair divides to this day the arrondissement of Arcis into two parties; one of which declares the... ...when it was desirable to destroy a man, people said, ‘He is a coward.’ T o-day we say, ‘He is a cheat.’” “Poor France! where are they leading you?” cr... ... Historical Mystery.”] The Marions, Grevins, and Giguets were all the more united be- cause the triumph of their political opinions, called “consti- t... ...thful to any secret that concerned you per- sonally.” “ Ah! you are such a united pair,” said Madame de l’Estorade, with a heavy sigh. “I don’t regret...

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...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any governmen...

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...Abraham Lincoln V olume 1 of 7 INTRODUCTORY IMMEDIATELY after Lincoln’s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to... ...nt rebellion brought our re- public to a severe test, and the Presidential election, oc- curring in regular course during the rebellion, added not a l... ...during the rebellion, added not a little to the strain…. The strife of the election is but hu- man nature practically applied to the facts in the case... ...better service in the present. In their essentials, the men of the present day are much like the men of the past, and the live issues of the present c... ...d as to be in reality profoundly immoral) which makes a man in this work-a-day world refuse to do what is possible because he cannot accomplish the im... ...ceived a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridi- cule.” On Easter Day, 1865, the world knew how little this ridicule, how much this kindness,... ...s; he read Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim’s Progress, a short history of the United States, and Weems’s Life of Washington. To the town constable’s he w... ...n their claims seemed to him unfair. Presenting his very first case in the United States Circuit Court, the only question being one of authority, he d... ...854. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, opening the Territories of the United States, the heritage of coming generations, to the invasion of slave...

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... sad at heart, in the study of his parsonage at Plumstead Episcopi. On the day subsequent to the dispatch of the message he heard that the Earl of— ha... ...e, as heretofore, twelve old men in Barchester Hospital, each with 1s 4d a day; that there should also be twelve old women, each with 1s 2d a day; tha... ...onger to be the surest claims to promotion with at any rate one section of states- men, and Dr Proudie was one among those who early in life adapted h... ... conception of the work to be done were generally furnished by the liberal statesmen of the day, and the labour of the details was borne by officials ... ...e work to be done were generally furnished by the liberal statesmen of the day, and the labour of the details was borne by officials of a lower rank. ... ...er conversations, and always pleasant as well as great. He took delight in elections, served on committees, opposed tooth and nail all projects of uni... ...able to tell their own minds to each other as any Damon and Phillis, whose united ages would not make up that to which Mr Arabin had already attained....

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...e end it will burn them all. The greatest of the Western Allies is now the United States of America, and the Americans have come into this war simply ... ...this not because it was so, but be- cause we hoped to see it become so. To-day we can say so, because now it is so. In those days, moreover, we said t... ...eague of Nations would have seemed, to the extremest pitch, “Utopian.” T o-day the project has an air not only of being so practicable, but of being s... ...d a number of other writers have been doing what they can—to bring about a united declaration of all the Atlantic Allies in favour of a League of Nati... ...raight- forward account of the American side of the movement by the former United States Minister in Belgium, on the one hand, or in the concluding pa... ...other man, the leader of English political thought throughout the world to-day, President Wilson, in inserting that significant adjec- tive “Free.” We... ...ses. (I will not here go into the preliminary complications that makes the election of a President follow upon a preliminary elec- tion of two Preside... ...sh to complicate the question by any too explicit advocacy of meth- ods of election or the like. In the United States this college which elects the Pr... ...ian princes and leading men. The chief defect of the American Presidential election is that as the old single vote method of election is employed it h...

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...ous enough that I should see again. I had heard my Ada crying at the door, day and night; I had heard her calling to me that I was cruel and did not l... ... fast. But now, my sight strengthening and the glorious light coming every day more fully and brightly on me, I could read the letters that my dear wr... ...not come down and take possession of my house, which I vacate for her this day at one o’clock, P .M.,” and then with the utmost seriousness, and in th... ...erson, if you want common sense, respon sibility, and respectability, all united—if you want an exem plary man—Vholes is the man.” We had not known... ...nded upon him, had acquired a grace and self possession of her own, which, united to her pretty face and figure, was uncommonly agreeable. She al rea... ...s whispered abroad that these necessary expenses will, in some two hundred election petitions, be unpleasantly connected with the word bribery, and be... ...s Mr. T ulkinghorn. “It did not prevent him from being very active in this election, though.” Sir Leicester is distinctly heard to gasp before speakin... ...derstand you? Did you say that Mr. Rouncewell had been very active in this election?” “Uncommonly active.” “Against—” “Oh, dear yes, against you. He i... ...ments are made, ground is staked out. Bridges are begun, and their not yet united piers desolately look at one another over roads and streams like bri...

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...of the enormous number of volumes that have been published on the question as to where Hannibal crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the Great Saint-Bernard, and the valley of Aosta....

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...as to where Hannibal crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the ... ...rabesques of hy- pothesis) while the history most important to the present day, that of the Reformation, is full of such obscurities that we are ignor... ..., who lend their pen to popular beliefs precisely as the newspapers of the day, or most of them, ex- press the opinions of their readers. Historical i... ...eeded to possess and to display the rare qualities and precious gifts of a states- man under the mocking fire of the Calvinist press. Those facts are ... ...s,—without patriotism, without conscience; where power has no vigor; where election, the fruit of liberty of will and political liberty, lifts to the ... ...ciated in corporations which limited their number, they were still further united into guilds by the Church. In this way prices were maintained. Also,... ...ation; they desired to es- tablish throughout Europe the government of the United Provinces, which ended by triumphing over the greatest Power of thos... ... while he was plotting a diabolical conspiracy against us! That rascal has united the Protestants of Germany with the heretics of France by reconcilin... ...h the mark of toil. I am the sovereign leader of that people, sovereign by election, not by birth. I guide them onward to a knowledge of the essence o...

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...nstruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legislature? It seems to me he would be hard to beat. What objection could be made to him? What is your Senator Martin saying and doing? What is Webb about?...

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...convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day—or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legislature? It se... ... we win by just two votes. This shows the whole field, on the basis of the election of 1856. Whether, since then, any Buchanan, or Fremonters, have sh... ... most yesterday. I have concluded, however, to speak at your town on Tues- day, August 31st, and have promised to have it so appear in the papers of t... ...l that I have been appointed to speak at Danville on the 22d of Sept.,—the day after Douglas speaks there. My recent expe- rience shows that speaking ... ...of Congress lead you to suppose that the slavery agitation was settled? An election was held in Kansas in the month of August, and the constitution wh... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ... ... all these things are prepared for you by the teachings of history, if the elections shall promise that the next Dred Scott decision and all future de... ...1805, prescribing rules for the subdivision of sections of land within the United States system of surveys, standing unrepealed, in my opinion, is bin...

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...el followed the voices that cried to them: “Christ, the Lord, is born this day.” The man who had said the beneficent words passed on by the wall of th... ...D HOUSE, OLD PEOPLE, OLD CUSTOMS Weary of himself, Godefroid attempted one day to give a meaning to his life, after meeting a former comrade who had b... ...s. T o get out of his condition, to make his fortune (which is regarded to-day as the only social standard), the working-man throws himself into some ... ...which religion permits, on which the angels smile; a friendship which here united these five persons and against which no evil could prevail. This is ... ...how could I, weakling that I am, compare myself to those intellects, those statesmen, those poets, those heroes?” If there were not some real instruct... ...augh- ing; ‘just now he is talking of buying land among the savages in the United States.’ I carried away with me the drop of vinegar which casual gos... ...ng; ‘just now he is talking of buying land among the savages in the United States.’ I carried away with me the drop of vinegar which casual gossip thu... ...t he is. He declared to me that his wife and father-in-law had gone to the United States with sixty of your louis to buy land; that he intended to fol... ...totally unable to pay you.’ ‘You made me miss a fine investment before the election of the First Con- sul,—an investment which would have given me a l...

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..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ ......................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: ... ...he only city of the Union that has been in an enemy’s possession since the United States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, a... ...lief in McClellan seemed to be slipping away. One felt that it was so from day to day, though it was impossible to define how or whence the feeling ca... ...velous after all that had so lately occurred. Then came Mr. Sumner’s field day. Mr. Charles Sumner is a Senator from Massachusetts, known as a very ho... ...ditary, nor is it for life. They are elected, and sit for six years. Their election is not made by the people of their States, but by the State legisl... ...on to be brought to an end. It is quite within rule that the Senator of to-day should be the Representative of to- morrow. Mr. Crittenden, who was Sen... ...nist, was elected by the abolitionists; and when, as a consequence of that election, secession was threatened, no step which he could have taken would... ... but its spirit can be understood comparatively but by few. As regards the election of the Senators, I believe that it has been fairly made by the leg...

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... hear distinctly what a speaker says, and consequently it is important that as profound silence be preserved as possible. While I was at the hotel to-day, an elderly gentleman called upon me to know whether I was really in favor of producing a perfect equality between the negroes and white people. While I had not proposed to myself on this occasion to say much on that subj...

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... as profound silence be preserved as possible. While I was at the hotel to-day, an elderly gentleman called upon me to know whether I was really in fa... ...can be made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such th... ...; which, if ac- cepted by the Convention and ratified by the people at the election for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that the... ... this: “Would it have been possible to ratify the land propositions at the election for the adoption of the constitution, unless such an election was ... ...sion. He asks you how it is possible to ratify the land proposition at the election for the adoption of the constitution, if there was no election to ... ...nning,” we will say. Does Douglas say that is a forgery? Let him say it to-day, and we will have a subsequent examination upon this subject. Trumbull ... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, if it is said that this i... ...ritings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Four “Judge Douglas, however, on the same day and in the same debate, probably recollecting or being reminded of the ...

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...hen known to geography , or recognised by the muse of History—than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made cond... ...re it is not perceived, but like the distinctions of geography—existing to-day, forgotten to-morrow—and abolished by a stroke of the pen, or a trick o... ... the Gaul admitted within thy walls; on whom OEmathia, more fatal than the day of Allia,—Collina, more dismal than Cannæ,—had in- flicted such deep me... ... a ferocity in his character, and a touch of the devil in him, very rarely united with the same tranquil intrepidity. But for Cæsar, the all-accomplis... ...e witnessed a blunder about as gross. The present Chancellor, in his first election- eering contest with the Lowthers, upon some occasion where he was... ...ery worst of her fears. He was then going to stand his chance in a popular election for an office of dignity, and to launch himself upon the storms of... ...- dicted, and even with circumstances of studied incivility. In the public elections, he gave his vote like any private citizen; and, when he happened... ... as it were, rose in a body with one voice, and apparently with one heart, united by mere force of in- dignant sympathy, to put him down, and “abate” ... ...to a saloon, where (as in every where else) the silence of night prevails, united with the silence of fear and whispering expectation. All are seated—...

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...: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good ...

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...vy,” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have ... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ...’S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the publi... ... necessity to de- clare martial law. This was accordingly done on the 25th day of April, 1862. Slavery and martial law in a free country are altogethe... ...tions from those of police regu- lations in armies and camps. On the sixth day of March last, by special message, I rec- ommended to Congress the adop... ...ted States to be affixed. Done at the city of W ashington, this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-tw... ...ur own States. Beat them 85 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six at elections, as you have overwhelmingly done, and, nothing daunted, they stil... ...sented in the Congress of the United States by members cho- sen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified vot- ers of such State shall ... ...l avail- able ways give the people a show to express their wishes at these elections. Follow law, and forms of law, as far as convenient, but at all e...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the l...

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...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...on, all of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever... ...oroughly desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- p... ...y of conditions is more complete in the Christian countries of the present day than it has been at any time or in any part of the world; so that the e... ...arid land was the cradle of those English colonies which were destined one day to become the United States of America. The centre of power still remai... ...io, and throughout the central valley, there are frequently found, at this day, tumuli raised by the hands of men. On exploring these heaps of earth t... ...setts, vol. i. p. 410. The selectmen draw up the lists of electors for the election of the Governor, and transmit the result of the ballot to the Secr... ... ingly solicited to grant the former than the latter, they ac- cede to the election of the magistrate, and leave him inde- pendent of the judicial pow... ... Thus, if the selectmen omit to fulfil the legal formalities usual at town elections, they may be condemned to pay a fine;* but when the public office...

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...ty. I wish you to give special attention to this region, particularly on election day. Prevent violence from whatever quarter, and see that the sol... ...ish you to give special attention to this region, particularly on election day. Prevent violence from whatever quarter, and see that the soldiers the... ...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...will really support the Government in the war. If the result shall be the election of himself as Speaker, let him serve in that position. If not, le... ... almost certain that violence will be used at some of the voting places on election day un- less prevented by his provost-guards. He says that at som... ...ertain that violence will be used at some of the voting places on election day un- less prevented by his provost-guards. He says that at some of thos... ...uant to the comity deemed to be due to friendly powers, any tobacco in the United States belonging to the government either of France, Austria, or any... ...ich tobacco was purchased and paid for by such government prior to the 4th day of March, 1861, may be exported from any port of the United States unde...

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... lent painful uncertainty to the rents. The lion had hardly three francs a day left for food, amusements, and gambling. He very often dined out, and b... ... son of the soil. Amedee wanted to achieve a good marriage by proving some day that his farms were not mortgaged, and that he had some savings. He wan... ...e from two strains. She was so severe to her Rosalie, that she replied one day to the Archbishop, who blamed her for being too hard on the child, “Lea... ...d their antagonism had no doubt had the result of tightening the bond that united them. Rodolphe was the natural son of a man of rank, who was carried... ...eciousness of the one we love; but a trifle—the perfect touch of two souls united dur- ing a walk perhaps by a single word, by some unlooked-for proof... ...should meet with no oppo- sition, but find myself alone to canvass for the election. The people of the Comte will not meet the outsider? The outsider ... ...who had come forward as witnesses. In short, the Court and the public were united in their admiration. I managed to save the examining magistrate’s pr... ...one: I have done a service to one of the most influential men who work the elections. Like the critics, who make other men’s reputations but can never... ...aged me more; but, like Sixtus V., I shall be young again the day after my election. I shall enter on my true life, my own sphere. Shall we not then s...

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...as contributed to her prosperity and continued ascendency , long after the day when rival ports are carrying away her fleets and commerce. She is a pr... ...rk has none of this adventitious aid. Both of the Governments, that of the United States and that of the State, have long been taken from her, leaving... ...n rather than of American rea- soning. If the same opinion were uttered to-day , it would meet with more respect. Buildings now stand in Broadway that... ... No one thinks of the place as belonging to a particular State, but to the United States. The revenue paid into the treasury , at this point, comes in... ...he T er- ritories belong to the States, instead of the Gov- ernment of the United States; and the celebrated doctrine of the equilibrium, for which we... ...in 1789, and the redemptioners were rapidly increasing in numbers. In that day , it looked as if this speculative importation of laborers from Europe ... ...al executive power that spares the turmoil, ex- pense, and struggles of an election, and which an- swers all the purposes of the real authorities of t... ...rulers for the time being. It has often been predicted that the periodical elections of the 26 New Y ork chief magistrate of this country will, at no... ...ed nations. We entertain very little doubt that the cost of a presidential election fully equals the ex- penditures of the empire of Great Britain, li...