The United States Democratic Review, 42. köideLloyd & Campbell, 1858 Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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... Palermo , being suspected of having letters on her person . The moment Tuscany began to taste freedom of the press , these severities were carried to an incredible extreme . In Sicily , events have accustomed men to silence and ...
... Palermo , being suspected of having letters on her person . The moment Tuscany began to taste freedom of the press , these severities were carried to an incredible extreme . In Sicily , events have accustomed men to silence and ...
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... Palermo the hated Monsigneur Pignatelli as Governor of the city , and he made his entrance in the midst of the hisses and insults of the people . The scandal was great , but who could blame the people for reviling a man of blood ...
... Palermo the hated Monsigneur Pignatelli as Governor of the city , and he made his entrance in the midst of the hisses and insults of the people . The scandal was great , but who could blame the people for reviling a man of blood ...
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... Palermo it was a crime to have a portrait or a medal of Pius IX . on the person , or in the house . Such is the boasted veneration of Catholic tyrants for the Head of the Catholic Church . To undertake a history of the scenes of ...
... Palermo it was a crime to have a portrait or a medal of Pius IX . on the person , or in the house . Such is the boasted veneration of Catholic tyrants for the Head of the Catholic Church . To undertake a history of the scenes of ...
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... Palermo what Landi was at Meɛ- sina and Nunziante at Reggio . Two hundred suspected per- sons were arrested at night , sent on board vessels , and in the darkness transported to the inhospitable rocks of Favignano , Pantelleria , and ...
... Palermo what Landi was at Meɛ- sina and Nunziante at Reggio . Two hundred suspected per- sons were arrested at night , sent on board vessels , and in the darkness transported to the inhospitable rocks of Favignano , Pantelleria , and ...
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... Palermo . At this crisis the English Ambassador presented a com- mand to the Neapolitan Government , demanding the reason why the public burdens on the island of Sicily had been so enormously increased without a convocation of ...
... Palermo . At this crisis the English Ambassador presented a com- mand to the Neapolitan Government , demanding the reason why the public burdens on the island of Sicily had been so enormously increased without a convocation of ...
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Page 104 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 104 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 115 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy and Slavery.
Page 372 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 278 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 382 - It must be by his death : and, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general. He would be crown'd : — How that might change his nature, there's the question : It is the bright day that brings forth the adder ; And that craves wary walking.
Page 136 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 450 - ... with, any state or people for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming, or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 449 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 96 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.