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Page 243 - WHEREAS, Such an exhibition should be of a national and international character, so that not only the people of our Union and this Continent, but those of all nations as well, can participate...
Page 252 - To provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.
Page 258 - Republic ; to strengthen the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy formed by companionship in arms; to advance the best interests of the soldiers and sailors of the United States, especially of those associated as members of this order, and to extend all possible relief to their widows and children; to foster the cultivation of military and naval science ; to enforce...
Page 86 - Smith, by his coolness and bravery at Fort Donelson, when the battle was against us, turned the tide and carried the enemy's outworks. Make him a major-general. You can't get a better one. Honor him for this victory, and the whole country will applaud.
Page 70 - Washburne offered a series of resolutions, pledging the people to support the Government in maintaining the integrity of the Union and the supremacy of the flag, recommending the immediate formation of military companies, ready for any call, and, concluding: "Finally, we solemnly resolve, that having lived under the Stars and Stripes, by the blessing of God we propose to die under them!
Page 86 - Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River, and Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River.
Page 70 - States in the performance of all its constitutional duties in this crisis, and will assist it to maintain the integrity of the American flag whenever and wherever assailed. 2. That we recommend the immediate formation of two military companies in this city to respond to any call that may be made by the governor of the state.
Page 243 - Commissioners shall be appointed within one year from the passage of this Act by the President of the United States, on the nomination of the Governors of the States and Territories respectively.
Page 52 - ... the Bodleian Library (8 vols., 1871). Cardinal Newman in his Apologia attributes to him the chief share in his conversion to the Roman Obedience. BUSSELL, DAVID ALLEN (1820-64). An American soldier, born at Salem, NY He graduated at West Point in 1845, and fought in the Mexican War. At the beginning of the Civil War he entered the volunteer service as colonel of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, which he led through the Peninsular campaign. In 1862 he became a brigadier-general of volunteers,...
Page 42 - In 1824 he was elected a member of the lower house of the Legislature from his county, and was continued by successive elections for five years.