Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Missouri: With an Appendix, Containing Biographical Sketches of Nearly All of the Judges and Lawyers who Have Passed Away, Together with Many Interesting and Valuable Letters Never Before Published of Washington, Jefferson, Burr, Granger, Clinton, and Others, Some of which Throw Additional Light Upon the Famous Burr ConspiracyF. H. Thomas and Company, 1878 - 611페이지 |
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... Legislature , but , upon the breaking - out of the War of 1812 , joined the army and became aid - de - camp to General Jackson , and continued with him until the unfortunate rencounter between them , in which his brother , Jesse ...
... Legislature , but , upon the breaking - out of the War of 1812 , joined the army and became aid - de - camp to General Jackson , and continued with him until the unfortunate rencounter between them , in which his brother , Jesse ...
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... legislature convened and elected David Barton and Colonel Benton United States senators . Colonel Benton was too prominent a man to escape strong opposition , and he was elected by only one vote ; Judge John B. C. Lucas , Judge John D ...
... legislature convened and elected David Barton and Colonel Benton United States senators . Colonel Benton was too prominent a man to escape strong opposition , and he was elected by only one vote ; Judge John B. C. Lucas , Judge John D ...
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... Legislature could be elected without a pledge to vote for his reëlection . This pledge was exacted upon all occasions , and a refusal to give it was death to the aspirant for legislative honors . There was no personal magnetism in ...
... Legislature could be elected without a pledge to vote for his reëlection . This pledge was exacted upon all occasions , and a refusal to give it was death to the aspirant for legislative honors . There was no personal magnetism in ...
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... Legislature , and stopping at the Stone Hotel , on the bank of the ' river , he became incensed at one of his comrades , a senator , and getting the distinguished represen- tative in a condition which offered no resistance , he led him ...
... Legislature , and stopping at the Stone Hotel , on the bank of the ' river , he became incensed at one of his comrades , a senator , and getting the distinguished represen- tative in a condition which offered no resistance , he led him ...
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... Legislature , which then sat at St. Charles . In 1824 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court , which position he held till 1845 , when he was compelled to retire by a constitutional provision which prohibited any per- son from ...
... Legislature , which then sat at St. Charles . In 1824 he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court , which position he held till 1845 , when he was compelled to retire by a constitutional provision which prohibited any per- son from ...
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ability acquaintance admitted afterwards Allen appointed attended attorney Bates became bench Benton County born brother Bryan Mullanphy Callaway County called Chariton County Charles Circuit Court Cole County Colonel Benton commenced the study Congress County criminal death Democratic died duties early Easton Edward Bates elected entered father fond Franklin Franklin County friends gave gentleman Geyer give Governor greatly habits Hayden honor Howard County Jackson Jefferson City John Judge Mullanphy jurist jury Kentucky knew labor Lafayette County Lawless lawyer learned Legislature Leonard Louis bar Louis County Major Wright married memory ment mind Missouri never obtained occasion party political Polk Primm profession professional Ray County received reputation residence Senate settled soon speaker speech studied law success Supreme Court territory tion took trial Trusten Polk United United States senator Virginia Washington Whig widow witness young
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232 페이지 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich ; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
348 페이지 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
238 페이지 - One equal undivided third of all my property, real, personal and mixed, I leave to the City of St. Louis, in the state of Missouri, in trust, to be and constitute a fund to furnish relief to all poor emigrants and travelers coming to St. Louis on their way, bona fide, to settle in the West.
463 페이지 - A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie ; he is not to produce what he knows to be a false deed ; but he is not to usurp the province of the jury and of the judge, and determine what shall be the effect of evidence, what shall be the result of legal argument.
486 페이지 - The people of the country to which we are going, are prepared to receive us. Their agents, now with Burr, say, that if we will protect their religion, and will not subject them to a foreign power, that in three weeks all will be settled. The gods invite to glory and fortune; it remains to be seen whether we deserve the boon.
29 페이지 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
307 페이지 - There is no death ! What seems so is transition : This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
224 페이지 - O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
234 페이지 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...