The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Volume 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 - Oregon |
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... say the man is alive , full grown , and listening to what I say , who will yet see the Asiatic commerce traversing the North Pacific ocean - entering the Oregon river - climbing the western slope of the Rocky Mountains - issuing from ...
... say the man is alive , full grown , and listening to what I say , who will yet see the Asiatic commerce traversing the North Pacific ocean - entering the Oregon river - climbing the western slope of the Rocky Mountains - issuing from ...
Page xxvii
... say ? " " Why say , ' Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! ' " " My men grow mutinous day by day ; My men grow ghastly wan and weak . " The stout mate thought of home ; as spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek . " What shall I say ...
... say ? " " Why say , ' Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! ' " " My men grow mutinous day by day ; My men grow ghastly wan and weak . " The stout mate thought of home ; as spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek . " What shall I say ...
Page xxxvii
... says in his account of it , that they " found a very copious and soundable river on the banks of which were very large ashes , brambles , and other trees of Castile ; and wishing to enter it the current would not permit it . " The same ...
... says in his account of it , that they " found a very copious and soundable river on the banks of which were very large ashes , brambles , and other trees of Castile ; and wishing to enter it the current would not permit it . " The same ...
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... Oh , modest Captain Gray of the ship Columbia ( says Mrs. Victor ) , the end is not yet , nor will it be , until all the vast territory , rich with · every production of the earth , which is drained 16 THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON.
... Oh , modest Captain Gray of the ship Columbia ( says Mrs. Victor ) , the end is not yet , nor will it be , until all the vast territory , rich with · every production of the earth , which is drained 16 THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON.
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... says : " We discovered a very large country of Asia . " And , like Columbus , after giving to the world all the riches of America , he died a poor man , passing away at Seville in 1512 . But how came Vespucius to receive the great honor ...
... says : " We discovered a very large country of Asia . " And , like Columbus , after giving to the world all the riches of America , he died a poor man , passing away at Seville in 1512 . But how came Vespucius to receive the great honor ...
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Page 640 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land ; and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 614 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Page 182 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 153 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants.
Page 218 - ... that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other power or state to any part of the said country, the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 181 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page xxvii - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! " Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson:
Page 265 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution.
Page 614 - Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in that aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned and disinherited, Cries protest to the Judges of the World, A protest that is also prophecy.
Page 640 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.