... seaward, Porter decided to seize the emergency andtake the long chance of running out to windward ofthe Phoebe and the Cherub. He therefore cut the othercable, and the Essex plunged into the ... finish.For a few minutes the two ships plunged ahead so near each other that the rammers ofthe American sailorsstruck the side ofthe Frolic as they drove the shot down the throats of their guns. It ... recommendation to the mercy of the President. The verdict was approved by Madison, but he remitted the execution ofthe sentence because of the CHAPTER I 8 CHAPTER VIII THE LAST CRUISE OFTHE ESSEX The last...
... deterrent to the growth ofthe order in the East was the organization of two Grangesamong the commission men and the grain dealers of Boston and New York, under the aegis of that clause of the constitution ... most ofthe other States ofthe Union and even for the national regulation of railroadsthrough the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Supreme Court ofthe United States was the theater for the ... the incident. The year 1873 is important in the annals ofthe Grange because it marks the retirement ofthe "founders" frompower. In January of that year, at the sixth session of the...
... during the Cold War. e authors note further that the long war, like the Cold War, “takes time,” and whether looking back on the 40 years ofthe Cold War, or further back to World War I (thus ... example ofthe kinds of parallels that may be drawn between the Cold War and the long war. In this book, the authors draw broad lessons for the current conflict from the Cold War, despite the differences ... Unified Quest), on the topic ofthe long war, all of which have high-lighted the difficulty of producing a single term capable of describing the complex nature ofthe situation facing the United States....
... brought with them the books and the habits ofthe reader and scholar of theirday. They were superior to those ofthe second and third generation in the breadth of their ideas and in the vigor and ... their children; they disapproved of the lax Dutch observance of Sunday and saw in the temptations ofthe place a menace to the habits and morals of the younger members ofthe flock, and, in the ... derelictions of duty to the iniquity ofthe times ratherthan to any evil intention ofthe heart. Then declaring that the chief aim ofthe charter was liberty of conscience, the King struck at the very...
... styles of [women's] dress necessitated by the exigencies ofwar gave the crowd a very striking appearance. In singlesuits I saw sleeves of one color, the waist of another, the skirt of another; ... whilemingled with the gurgle ofthe water round the raft beneath was the boom of cannon in the air, solemnlybreaking the silence of night. It drizzled now and then, and the mosquitos swarmed over ... up to the bank out ofthe way of passing gunboats, but they took no notice of us. When we got thirsty,it was found that Max had set the jug of water in the shade of a tree and left it there....
... with one another the weapons of their common stock. The advance was made in the middle ofthe night, but at this season of the year the whole {60} scene was brilliant with the light ofthe midnight ... land offered nothing to their search, the air was moderate and the weather singularly mild. The broad sheet of open water, ofthe very colour ofthe ocean itself, buoyed up their hopes ofthe ... opportunity of alleviating the extremehunger that I suffered with the refuse ofthe table of one of my acquaintances.At the end ofthe month (December 1770), they reached the woods, a thick growth of...
... importance" ofthe implications of this case for the future ofthe Republic, contrasted the frivolity ofthe charges brought against Chase with the magnitude ofthe crimes of which Warren Hastings ... of their posts; and it is "armed with the tremendous weapons" which slay legislation. And if the voice ofthe Church was the voice of God, so the voice ofthe Court is the voice of ... from the doctrine ofthe separation of powers—that, while the function of making new law belongs to the legislative branch of the Government, that of expounding the standing law, of which the...
... perusal ofthe record is the inability of members to appreciate the importance ofthe issues. Much of the tedious and pointless character of their speeches may be ascribed to the lack ofthe personal ... disposition of two state governments, and the efficacy ofthe provisions of their respective laws. And security of other States and the money of all are at the discretion of one. These things ... picked off the gunners until the artillery was silenced; then the Indians rushed in and seized the guns. In the combat there were both conspicuous exploits of valor and disgraceful scenes of cowardice....
... duties of office. The Constitution provides that “in case ofthe removal ofthe President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties ofthe said office, ... from the effects ofthe wound on the 19th of September. Meanwhile, the contest in the New York Legislature continued until the 22d of July when the deadlock was broken by the election of Warner ... message opened with the statement that “ever since the beginning ofthe present session ofthe Senate, the different heads of the departments attached to the executive branch ofthe government have...
... to blame for their behaviour during the day. The sons of liberty broke the windows of prominent loyalists; and the members ofthe Doric Club completelywrecked {72} the office ofthe Vindicator ... Some of the Royals then got into the presbytery and set fire to it. Under cover ofthe smoke the rest ofthe regiment thendoubled up the street to the church door. Gaining access through the ... factors the undisciplinedstate ofthe loyalists, the darkness ofthe night, the vicinity of woods, and the proximity ofthe boundary-line,{92} beyond which he did not allow the pursuit to go. The...
... period in the garret of TomDawes's house. "There they smoke tobacco till you cannot see from one end ofthe garret to the other. Therethey drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose ... toestimate the value of colonies in terms of what they could buy, and not merely, as of old, in terms of whatthey could sell. From this point of view, the superiority ofthe continental over the insular ... till midnight ofthe last day ofthe month of any suchannouncement. The official release date of all Project Gutenberg Etexts is at Midnight, Central Time, of the last day ofthe stated month....
... every boy in the town which means every male of any age. The roar ofthe flames, the hissing ofthe steam, the crash ofthe timber, the shrieks ofthe foremen, the yells of applause or of sarcastic ... shore up the tottering commercial structure. With the miners out of the diggings, matters changed. The red-shirted digger of gold had little idea ofthe value of money. Many of them knew only the ... fascinating one. The whole battery of technical delays was at the command ofthe defendant. If a man had neither the time nor the energy for the finesse that made the interest ofthe game, he could...
... with thewar in Afghanistan, with most ofthe later increase attributable to thewar in Iraq and the continuing cost ofthe occupation in Afghanistan. Appendix Table 1 compares projected the ... structure ofthe Global Insights model, it likely understates the negative impact of military spending relative to other models. The next section of this paper describes the key projections ofthe ... www.cepr.net The Economic Impact ofthe Iraq War and Higher Military Spending 8 By the twentieth year, the number of jobs projected for the high military spending scenario is 673,400 less than in the...