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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays 12 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 12 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 12 0 Browse Search
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist 10 0 Browse Search
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States. 10 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 10 0 Browse Search
Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 10 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 10 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 10 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- (search)
Professor Hart has written the following essay on the history and the outlook of this section: There can be no doubt that the French settlers in the Mississippi Valley will (without timely precaution) greatly effect both the trade and safety of these his Majesty's plantations. This warning, uttered by Governor Spotswood, of Virginia, in 1718, is perhaps the earliest statement of the intimate relation between coast and interior, and of the importance of the Mississippi Valley to Anglo-Saxon civilization; and after 180 years the trade and safety of the United States are still powerfully effected. As a land, as a long-contested region, and as the scene of a great immigration, the Mississippi Valley yields to no region in the world in interest, in romance, and in promise for the future. Here, if anywhere, is the real America—— the field, the theatre, and the basis of the future civilization of the Western World. The history of the Mississippi Valley is the history of the United
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indian problem, the (search)
By favor of the government, generally freely granted, the missionary was allowed to establish a church, or Christian philanthropy to plant a school. But as an educated Indian was rather impeded than aided in the tribal community by education, neither the church nor the school could do more than save individuals from a population shut up by law to the general conditions of barbarism. No courts sat in these reservations; no law was administered by those judicial methods familiar to the Anglo-Saxon; no warrants from local courts outside could be executed; no Indian, if wronged, could appeal to any court for redress. Such law as existed was administered by an Indian agent, a person of ill-defined, and to the Indian mind, of illimitable power. He was as nearly an absolute despot as can be conceived existing on American soil. He was sometimes an intelligent and beneficent despot, sometimes an ignorant and incompetent one; but in either case a despot. Thus there has grown up in Amer
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jews and Judaism. (search)
Passover bread has been revived, in order to infuriate the populace; despite the fact that popes, ecclesiastics, and hosts of Christian professors have declared the accusation to be purely imaginary and malignant. The false charge that a Jewish officer in France Place where the John Adams was destroyed. had betrayed secrets of his government was sufficient to unloosen the most savage attacks upon the Jews which the modern world has seen. Among the few bright spots on the world's chart are those countries inhabited by the Anglo-Saxon race. Anti-Semitism is unknown in England (though the attempt has been made to fix the blame for the Boer war on the Jews) and the institutions of the United States have up till now prevented the entrance here of the disease, though in the mild form of social anti-Semitism which debars Jewish children from private schools and Jewish people from clubs and summer hotels, it has insinuated itself into some of the Eastern cities, notably into New York.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Juries. (search)
Juries. Trial by jury was introduced into England during the Saxon heptarchy, six Welsh and six Anglo-Saxon freemen being appointed to try causes between Englishmen and Welshmen of property, and made responsible with their whole estates, real and personal, for false verdicts. By most authorities the institution is ascribed to Alfred about 886. In Magna Charta, juries are insisted on as a bulwark of the people's liberty. An act for trial by jury in civil cases in Scotland was passed in 1815. The constitution of 1791 established trial by jury in France. An imperial decree abolished trial by jury throughout the Austrian Empire, Jan. 15, 1852. Trial by jury began in Russia, Aug. 8, 1866; in Spain, 1889. In Scotland, Guernsey, Jersey, and France juries decide by a majority; in France, since 1831, a majority of twothirds is required. Under the original Constitution of the United States provision is made for the trial of criminal cases by jury, but not of civil cases. This
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Magna Charta, (search)
Magna Charta, The Great Charter, whose fundamental parts were derived from Saxon charters, continued by Henry I. and his successors. On Nov. 20, 1214, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the barons met at St. Edmondsbury. On Jan. 6, 1215, they presented demands to King John, who deferred his answer. On May 19 they were censured by the pope. On May 24 they marched to London, and the King had to yield. The charter was settled by John at Runnymede, near Windsor, June 15, 1215, and often confirmed by Henry III. and his successors. The last grand charter was granted in 1224 by Edward I. The original manuscript charter is lost. The finest manuscript copy, which is at Lincoln, was reproduced by photographs in the National manuscripts, published by the British government, 1865. For the complete text see Great charter.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry manifest-destiny- (search)
Manifest destiny. In a lecture delivered at the Royal Institute of Great Britain in May, 1880, on the subject of The manifest destiny of the Anglo-Saxon race, Prof. John Fiske recalled the story of the three Americans, each of whom proposed a toast. Here's to the United States, said the first speaker— bounded on the north by British America; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico; on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The second speaker said: Here's to the United States—bounded on the north by the North Pole, on the south by the South Pole, on the east by the rising, and on the west by the setting sun. Emphatic applause greeted the aspiring prophecy. But here arose the third speaker —a very serious gentleman from the Far West. If we are going, said this truly patriotic American, to leave the historic past and present, and take our manifest destiny into the account, why restrict ourselves within the narrow limits assigned by our fellow-countryma<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), March, Francis Andrew 1825- (search)
1873-74 and 1895-96; of the Spelling Reform Association in 1876-99; and of the Modern Languages Association in 1891-93. He is author of The relation of the study of Jurisprudence to the origin and progress of the Baconian Philosophy; Hamilton's theory of perception and Philosophy of the conditioned; A method of Philological study of the English language; A Parser and Analyzer for Beginners; Comparative grammar of the Anglo-Saxon language; Anglo-Saxon readers. He is author of Latin hymns, etc.1873-74 and 1895-96; of the Spelling Reform Association in 1876-99; and of the Modern Languages Association in 1891-93. He is author of The relation of the study of Jurisprudence to the origin and progress of the Baconian Philosophy; Hamilton's theory of perception and Philosophy of the conditioned; A method of Philological study of the English language; A Parser and Analyzer for Beginners; Comparative grammar of the Anglo-Saxon language; Anglo-Saxon readers. He is author of Latin hymns, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phillips, Wendell 1811-1884 (search)
leon, in his treatise on the English constitution, calls it the gem of English institutions. Lieber says that the habeas corpus, free meetings like this, and a free press are the three elements which distinguish liberty from despotism. All that Saxon blood has gained in the battles and toils of 200 years are these three things. But today, Mr. Chairman, every one of them —habeas corpus, the right of free meeting, and a free press—is annihilated in every square mile of the republic. We live t the war powers of Congress. That despotism can change the social arrangement of the Southern States, and has a right to do it. Now, this government, which abolishes my right of habeas corpus—which strikes down, because it is necessary, every Saxon bulwark of liberty—which proclaims martial law, and holds every dollar and every man at the will of the cabinet—do you turn round and tell me that this same government has no rightful power to break the cobweb—it is but a cobweb— which bin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Witanagemot, (search)
Witanagemot, The name of the great Anglo-Saxon council or parliament, constituting the highest court of judicature in the kingdom.
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