Proceedings and CollectionsNebraska State Historical Society, 1885 |
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Σελίδα 27
... majority were in- clined to recede . I was consulted as the senior . My reply was , " On , Stanley , on , ' we are this far , let us see the elephant . " Had my family been along , my decision might have been different . I have always ...
... majority were in- clined to recede . I was consulted as the senior . My reply was , " On , Stanley , on , ' we are this far , let us see the elephant . " Had my family been along , my decision might have been different . I have always ...
Σελίδα 55
... majority . He leaves eight children , respected , highly esteemed young men and women , to mourn his death . No man who ever lived in Washington county was more thought of or more highly respected by his neighbors and acquaintances than ...
... majority . He leaves eight children , respected , highly esteemed young men and women , to mourn his death . No man who ever lived in Washington county was more thought of or more highly respected by his neighbors and acquaintances than ...
Σελίδα 142
... majority of nearly 5,000 , the vote standing in his favor 12,375 and for his opponent 7,967 . In his congressional course Mr. Taffe was a faithful worker in the interest of the state of his adoption , energy and zeal being the predom ...
... majority of nearly 5,000 , the vote standing in his favor 12,375 and for his opponent 7,967 . In his congressional course Mr. Taffe was a faithful worker in the interest of the state of his adoption , energy and zeal being the predom ...
Σελίδα 171
... majority less than two - thirds in each house would avail , as the president was bitterly hostile to the proposition . A bill was intro- duced in the senate , however , and passed that body , admitting the state in accordance with the ...
... majority less than two - thirds in each house would avail , as the president was bitterly hostile to the proposition . A bill was intro- duced in the senate , however , and passed that body , admitting the state in accordance with the ...
Σελίδα 172
... majority . In this crisis they received an accession in the person of Hascall , of Douglas , a long- time democrat , who abandoned his fellows at the critical period . Among the pilgrims who used to go to Washington during the terms of ...
... majority . In this crisis they received an accession in the person of Hascall , of Douglas , a long- time democrat , who abandoned his fellows at the critical period . Among the pilgrims who used to go to Washington during the terms of ...
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Σελίδα 200 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Σελίδα 171 - That the Legislature of said State, by a Solemn Public Act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the said fundamental condition...
Σελίδα 171 - Approved, April 19th, 1864. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect except upon the fundamental condition, that within the state of Nebraska, there shall be no denial •of the elective franchise, or of any other right, to any person, by reason of race or color, •excepting Indians not taxed...
Σελίδα 34 - to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate to appoint ambassadors...
Σελίδα 183 - Pekitanoui, following the account which the Indians have given me; for from them I learn that advancing up this river for five or six days, you come to a beautiful prairie twenty or thirty leagues long, which you must cross to the northwest. It terminates at another little river on which you can embark, it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie. This second river runs southwest for ten or fifteen leagues, after which it enters a small lake...
Σελίδα 171 - ... the assent of the said state to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the president of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said act, upon the receipt whereof the president, by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of said state into the Union shall be considered as complete...
Σελίδα 183 - As we were discoursing of them, sailing gently down a beautiful, still, clear water, we heard the noise of a rapid into which we were about to fall. I have seen nothing more frightful ; a mass of large trees...
Σελίδα 183 - I learn that advancing up this river for five or six days, you come to a beautiful prairie twenty or thirty leagues long, which you must cross to the northwest. It terminates at another little river on which you can embark, it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie. This second river runs southwest for ten or fifteen leagues, after which it enters a small lake, which is the source of another deep river, running to the west, where it empties into the sea....
Σελίδα 199 - Their masters have no other riches nor substance; of them they eat, they drink, they apparel, they...
Σελίδα 183 - I have seen nothing more frightful; a mass of large trees, entire, with branches, real floating islands, came rushing from the mouth of the river Pekitanoui, so impetuously, that we could not, without great danger, expose ourselves to pass across.