Ben Hardin: His Times and Contemporaries, with Selections from His SpeechesCourier-journal job printing Company, 1887 - 640 pages |
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... Parties of Indians would stealthily approach the unsuspecting settlers of the wilderness . Horses would be stolen ... party of Indians stole all of Colonel Hardin's horses , and escaped in safety across the Ohio . This year he was ...
... Parties of Indians would stealthily approach the unsuspecting settlers of the wilderness . Horses would be stolen ... party of Indians stole all of Colonel Hardin's horses , and escaped in safety across the Ohio . This year he was ...
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... party sent a challenge , the challenged party had the right to dictate the terms of the fight . This he did in such a way ( as far as he could ) as to afford himself every advantage over his adversary . Before the meeting each ...
... party sent a challenge , the challenged party had the right to dictate the terms of the fight . This he did in such a way ( as far as he could ) as to afford himself every advantage over his adversary . Before the meeting each ...
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... parties fought , at the distance of twenty yards , with shot - guns . " Did I not know , while in Washington , Barron and Decatur , two of the first men at that period in America , come up in mortal array within sixteen feet of each ...
... parties fought , at the distance of twenty yards , with shot - guns . " Did I not know , while in Washington , Barron and Decatur , two of the first men at that period in America , come up in mortal array within sixteen feet of each ...
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... party opposed the war of 1812 . For this reason , chiefly , that party was charged with " being the friend of Englishmen " during the struggle that ensued . On the suc- cessful issue of the American arms the Federalists , as an organized ...
... party opposed the war of 1812 . For this reason , chiefly , that party was charged with " being the friend of Englishmen " during the struggle that ensued . On the suc- cessful issue of the American arms the Federalists , as an organized ...
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... party in the past or his ability to successfully carry its banner in the future . His services to his country were taken into account , his patriotism , his zeal for the public welfare , and his ability to assist in needed legislation ...
... party in the past or his ability to successfully carry its banner in the future . His services to his country were taken into account , his patriotism , his zeal for the public welfare , and his ability to assist in needed legislation ...
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Page 310 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Page 118 - All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial or delay.
Page 456 - Senate, appoint all officers, whose offices are established by this Constitution, or shall be established by law, and whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for...
Page 434 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page 611 - And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as...
Page 443 - Affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs,1 who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the United States...
Page 272 - My voice is still for war. Gods, can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his thronged legions, and charge home upon him.
Page 121 - All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate ; when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation ; no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
Page 581 - ... a speckled ax was best;" for something, that pretended to be reason, was every now and then suggesting to me that such extream nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that a perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated...
Page 375 - He shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. In case of treason, he shall have power to grant reprieves until the end of the next session of the General Assembly, in which the power of pardoning shall be vested.