The United States Democratic Review, Volume 5J.& H.G. Langley, 1839 - United States 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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... circulation might otherwise probably be confined . Short and simple as it is , it is a book that we should like to see cross every threshold , and become an inmate under every roof in our broad and beautiful land . After a few opening ...
... circulation might otherwise probably be confined . Short and simple as it is , it is a book that we should like to see cross every threshold , and become an inmate under every roof in our broad and beautiful land . After a few opening ...
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... circulation are actually effected , so far as public opinion can do it . Separation of banking business from affairs of State remains to be accomplished by law , while a fortunate convulsion has established it in fact . The last and ...
... circulation are actually effected , so far as public opinion can do it . Separation of banking business from affairs of State remains to be accomplished by law , while a fortunate convulsion has established it in fact . The last and ...
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... circulation in 1837 , have effected the object designed . To secure its eventual accomplishment , an entire change in the tactics of the warfare which has been unremittingly waged against the political rights of the people and the ...
... circulation in 1837 , have effected the object designed . To secure its eventual accomplishment , an entire change in the tactics of the warfare which has been unremittingly waged against the political rights of the people and the ...
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... circulation . Whoever possesses the power of making payments in a currency which costs nothing will never pay in a valuable and expensive medium . Wherever paper currency is permit- ted 152 [ February , The Credit System .
... circulation . Whoever possesses the power of making payments in a currency which costs nothing will never pay in a valuable and expensive medium . Wherever paper currency is permit- ted 152 [ February , The Credit System .
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... circulation , a multitude of pre- posterous speculations were inflated in every section of the Union , as well as a vast influx of importations induced from abroad . The immense amount of public lands purchased on speculation , and the ...
... circulation , a multitude of pre- posterous speculations were inflated in every section of the Union , as well as a vast influx of importations induced from abroad . The immense amount of public lands purchased on speculation , and the ...
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Page 498 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 497 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples, plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars chosen by His hand...
Page 544 - I expected to find a contest between a government and a people — I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state : I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races...
Page 193 - The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder ; for when the wind blows out of the south their dismal roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off.
Page 497 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun • And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The...
Page 104 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community; and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single man, family, or set of men, who are a part only of that...
Page 249 - I feel it a duty to express my profound and solemn conviction, derived from my intimate opportunity of observing and appreciating the views of the Convention, collectively and individually, that there never was an assembly of men, charged with a great and arduous trust, who were more pure in their motives, or more exclusively or anxiously devoted to the object committed to them...
Page 492 - Frighting the wide heaven; And in regions far, Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came , And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our North...
Page 88 - The greatest truths are wronged if not linked with beauty, and they win their way most surely and deeply into the soul when arrayed in this their natural and fit attire. Now no man receives the true culture of a man in whom the sensibility to the beautiful is not cherished; and I know of no condition in life from which it should be excluded.
Page 216 - Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding.