Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... whole island of Manhattan . Across the Hudson and the East River , which join at the city end of the island , lie the great suburbs of Jersey City and Brooklyn - Birkenheads , so to speak , to the New World Liverpool . So much for the ...
... whole island of Manhattan . Across the Hudson and the East River , which join at the city end of the island , lie the great suburbs of Jersey City and Brooklyn - Birkenheads , so to speak , to the New World Liverpool . So much for the ...
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... it forms little over one per cent . of the whole . At the hotels , and in wealthy private houses , the servants are frequently black , but in the streets there are few negroes visible . Here , as elsewhere 14 NEW YORK .
... it forms little over one per cent . of the whole . At the hotels , and in wealthy private houses , the servants are frequently black , but in the streets there are few negroes visible . Here , as elsewhere 14 NEW YORK .
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... whole place , materially as well as morally . On the contrary , I was never in a town where externally , at any rate , show was so much sacrificed to solid comfort . The ferries , the cars , the street railroads , and the houses , are ...
... whole place , materially as well as morally . On the contrary , I was never in a town where externally , at any rate , show was so much sacrificed to solid comfort . The ferries , the cars , the street railroads , and the houses , are ...
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... whole street with destruction . But the engines were too hard at work to give the fire a chance ; the river lay fortunately near at hand ; and there was a perfect crowd of volunteers ready to work the pumps with might and main . There ...
... whole street with destruction . But the engines were too hard at work to give the fire a chance ; the river lay fortunately near at hand ; and there was a perfect crowd of volunteers ready to work the pumps with might and main . There ...
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... whole expense and labour of the service are borne by the men themselves . There is a great esprit de corps amongst the different companies , and admis- sion into them is sought for eagerly . At every engine- house a certain number of ...
... whole expense and labour of the service are borne by the men themselves . There is a great esprit de corps amongst the different companies , and admis- sion into them is sought for eagerly . At every engine- house a certain number of ...
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Página 122 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 213 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same govem1nent. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
Página 213 - ... passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrary, it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at the prospect held up.
Página 122 - Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as -well on situation and circumstances as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved...
Página 213 - But it was found that the public mind would not yet bear the proposition, nor will it bear it even at this day. Yet the day is not distant when it must bear and adopt it, or worse will follow. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Página 190 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 148 - State thus disadvantageously circumstanced of its most useful inhabitants ; its wealth, and its consequence in the scale of the confederated States would sink of course.