The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States: Embracing a View of Their Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, Slave and Free Labor, Slavery Institutions, Products, Etc., of the South : Together with Historical and Statistical Sketches of the Different States and Cities of the Union : Statistics of the United States Commerce and Manufactures, from the Earliest Periods, Compared with Other Leading Powers : the Results of the Different Census Returns Since 1790, and Returns of the Census of 1850, on Population, Agriculture and General Industry, Etc. : with an Appendix, Volym 2Office of De Bow's review, 1852 |
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... never been equal to the requisitions of com- course of two miles . Even over these , boats merce , and it is only by dint of the most enor- pass in high water . But they have been ob- mous application of steam power , and plough- viated ...
... never been equal to the requisitions of com- course of two miles . Even over these , boats merce , and it is only by dint of the most enor- pass in high water . But they have been ob- mous application of steam power , and plough- viated ...
Sida 13
... never abrades the convex bank , and defensive works cannot be needed under any view , save on the concave side . The old Remedies and their Defects . - In all attempts to remedy the evils arising from the defective condition of the ...
... never abrades the convex bank , and defensive works cannot be needed under any view , save on the concave side . The old Remedies and their Defects . - In all attempts to remedy the evils arising from the defective condition of the ...
Sida 16
... never threw in their way again . Indeed , if a fair estimate could be made , it would be found that the losses consequent upon the radii , or by centralizing the current . The refusal to adopt , or the procrastination of new ...
... never threw in their way again . Indeed , if a fair estimate could be made , it would be found that the losses consequent upon the radii , or by centralizing the current . The refusal to adopt , or the procrastination of new ...
Sida 20
... never more than six inches in a mile . This uniformity is explained by the fact , that the moment the river reaches its banks it overflows , and so the velocity , which is only four miles an hour , is instanlly checked . The debris ...
... never more than six inches in a mile . This uniformity is explained by the fact , that the moment the river reaches its banks it overflows , and so the velocity , which is only four miles an hour , is instanlly checked . The debris ...
Sida 34
... never appeared there , and Capt . Minor con- tinued to exercise the duties of that office . Harmony having been thus restored , Lieuten- ant Pope had retired with his command to the more healthy position at Washington , as above related ...
... never appeared there , and Capt . Minor con- tinued to exercise the duties of that office . Harmony having been thus restored , Lieuten- ant Pope had retired with his command to the more healthy position at Washington , as above related ...
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The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States, Volym 2 James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States ..., Volym 2 James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States ..., Volym 2 James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
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Sida 241 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Sida 197 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Sida 210 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Sida 210 - It / is the order of nature and of God, that the being of superior faculties and knowledge, and therefore of superior power, should control and dispose of those who are inferior. It is as much in the order of nature, that men should enslave each other, as that other animals should prey upon each other.
Sida 175 - A school or schools shall be established in each county by the legislature for the convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters paid by the public as may enable them to instruct youth at low prices: And all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more universities.
Sida 259 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Sida 241 - Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Sida 440 - We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of Congreve's ricochet rockets, as trust themselves to the mercy of such a machine going at such a rate.
Sida 390 - They know better than any other people upon earth how to value, at the same time, these three great advantages — religion, commerce and liberty.
Sida 83 - ... the passage of a law, by the Congress of the United States, directing the Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Navy, to make annual contracts for the transportation of the mails, troops, and military and naval...