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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
the regular wants and infirmities of the human system, would be likely of themselves to be repeated; and, as for inventions and arts, they only offer new sources for measuring the capacity of human invention in its barbarous or semi-civilized state. It is chiefly on supposed analogies of customs and of language, that the lost tribes of Israel, who took II. Esdras, c XIII. v. 40-45 counsel to go forth into a farther country, where never mankind dwelt, have been discovered, now in the Boudinot, &c bark cabins of North America, now in the secluded Adair valleys of the Tennessee, and again, as the authors of Aglio's Antiquities of Mexico, vol. VI. culture, on the plains of the Cordilleras. We cannot tell the origin of the Goths and Celts; proud as we are of our lineage, we cannot trace our own descent; and we strive to identify, in the most western part of Asia, the very hills and valleys among which the ancestors of Chap. XXII.} our red men had their dwellings! Humanity has
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Confederate Congress. (search)
s lying next of the Wilmington Railroad beyond the lines of our army. Agreed to, and the amendment, as amended, adopted. The bill was then read a third title and please — ayes, $6; noes, 14. Mr. Batson, of Ark, announced the presence of Mr. Boudinot, delegate from the Cherokees nation, and moved that he be allowed the privileges of a member of this floor. Mr. Foote moved to amend the motion by inviting the delegate to a seat on the floor, and referring the question of privilege to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Agreed to. [Mr. Boudinot is an intelligent, shrewd-looking man, youthful in appearance, with features denoting Indian lineage] Mr. Hanly, of Ark., from the Committee on Indian Affairs, offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the Secretary of War to furnish the House with a copy of the treaty lately concluded between the Confederate States and the tribe of Cherokee Indians. The House concurred in the Senate amendments to the bill making a
The Daily Dispatch: April 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], Congress yesterday. (search)
s laid on the table. The bill allowing the Comptroller of the Treasury the privilege of obtaining the legal advice of the Attorney General was postponed indefinitely; also the bill to provide for transportation of persons who have been mustered into service for the war; organizing Military Courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said Courts. Adjourned. Very little business of public interest was yesterday transacted in the House of Representatives. A resolution was adopted that the House meet tomorrow in the Hall of the House of Delegate of Virginia. On motion of Mr. Boteler, of Va., a resolution was adopted authorizing certain parties to withdraw their papers from the Committee on Claims. Two bills introduced by Mr. Boudinot, the delegate from the Cherokee Nation, were referred. The House, under a resolution offered by Mr. Lyons, of Va., drew for seats in the new House, after which they adjourned.
The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ffect of Quakers, of New York city, presented by Mr. Lawrence, of New York. Mr. Hartly, of Pennsylvania, seconded by Mr. White, of Virginia, moved the reference of the first petition, which was opposed by Messrs. Stone, of Maryland; Smith, Tucker and Burke, of South Carolina; Baldwin and Jackson, of Georgia, who were in favor of its going to the table. Messrs. Fitzsimmons and Hartly, of Pennsylvania; Parker, Madison and Page, of Virginia; Lawrence, of New York; Sedgwick, of Massachusetts; Boudinot, of New Jersey; Sherman and Huntington, of Connecticut, favored a reference. Those who opposed it expressed the fear that action indicating an interference with this kind of property would sink it in value and be injurious to a great number of citizens, particularly of the Southern States.--They deprecated the disposition of the class represented by the petitioners to meddle with concerns with which they had something to do. On the next day, a memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for