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...ndividuals, in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the staircase) in the centre of which reclines the noble and most pathetic figure of the Dying Gladiator, just sinking into his death-swoon. Around the walls stand...

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...pened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the stair- ca... ...tone steps, descending alongside the antique and massive foundation of the Capitol, towards the battered triumphal arch of Septimius Severus, right be... ...same party of friends, whom we have seen at the sculp- ture-gallery of the Capitol, chanced to have gone together, some months before, to the catacomb... ... so resonant; and Hilda with her slender scream, piercing farther than the united uproar of the rest—began to shriek, halloo, and bel- low, with the u... ...age of us in this respect. The slender thread of silk or cotton keeps them united with the small, familiar, gentle interests of life, the continually ... ... of the avenues, and crowned them with busts of that multitude of worthies—statesmen, heroes, artists, men of letters and of song—whom the whole world... ...me a commission to carve the one-and-thirty (is that the num- ber?) sister States, each pouring a silver stream from a sepa- rate can into one vast ba... ...ire,” remarked an English artist, “you could set those same one-and-thirty States to cleansing the national flag of any stains that it may have incurr... ... shuddering. “We know it well.” “None,” repeated Miriam, also shuddering. “United—mis- erably entangled with me, rather—by a bond of guilt, our union ...

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................................................................................................................ 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .................................................................... 185 CHAPTER X: THE GOVERNMENT ...................................................................................................................

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..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ .............................. 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ....................................................................... ......................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: ... .................. 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: THE FIN... ...afe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might be central alike to all the States. It was presumed, when Washington was founded, that these three adva... ...he only city of the Union that has been in an enemy’s possession since the United States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, a... ...ocks, you will be out of the reach of humanity. The unfinished dome of the Capitol will loom before you in the distance, and you will think that you a... ...eally inhabited cluster round that half of it which runs westward from the Capitol. The eastern end, running from the front of the Capitol, is again a... ...cated. It may truly be called “a mighty maze, but not without a plan.” The Capitol was intended to be the center of the city. It faces eastward, away ...

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...: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good ...

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...vy,” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have ... ...proved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the aut... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ... officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services a... ...’S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the publi... ...R OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the public print... ...ate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o’c...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the l...

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...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ...on, all of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever... ... of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever devise... ...oroughly desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- p... ...y desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- preserva... ...gress in the centre of the city, and have given it the pompous name of the Capitol. The several States of the Union are every day planning and 534 De...

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...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, ... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ... proper ones. Iowa, having an entire Union delegation, will be one of the States the attempt will be made, if upon any. The Gover- nor doubtless has... ...uant to the comity deemed to be due to friendly powers, any tobacco in the United States belonging to the government either of France, Austria, or any... ...nformation concerning them and in relation to the Washington Aqueduct, the Capitol, and other matters of local interest to the report of the Secretary... ...ate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at twe...

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... fully as to remind me vaguely—I hardly know why—of the great slope of the Capitol, beside the Ara Coeli, at Rome. The view of that part of the castle... ...s which are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune ... ... are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune of an o... ...al good faith which is not the commonest feature of French art, and which, united as it is in this case with exceeding knowledge and a remarkable sens... ...st be confessed, is less pictorial than the word, in spite of the Place du Capitole, in spite of the quay of the Garonne, in spite of the curious cloi... ...the well- advised traveller will repair stands in a corner of the Place du Capitole, which is the heart and centre of Toulouse, and which bears a vagu... ...tion” with the establishment across the way, al- though the two places are united (if old Carcassonne may be said to be united to anything) by a vague...

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...e it bore but a sec- ondary rank among what were then considered the great States of the Confederacy. Massachusetts, proper and singly , then outnumbe... ...rk has none of this adventitious aid. Both of the Governments, that of the United States and that of the State, have long been taken from her, leaving... ...none of this adventitious aid. Both of the Governments, that of the United States and that of the State, have long been taken from her, leaving her no... ...nt provinces, and the Thames was crowded with shipping which be- longed to states that the emperor supposed to be under his control. As to the notion ... ... No one thinks of the place as belonging to a particular State, but to the United States. The revenue paid into the treasury , at this point, comes in... ...he T er- ritories belong to the States, instead of the Gov- ernment of the United States; and the celebrated doctrine of the equilibrium, for which we... ...etter in the streets of New Y ork, as has been done around the bell of the Capitol at Albany , and strictly among its rural population, directly benea...

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...e aware, however, of the claims to economic and other consideration of the United States, and that this quarter of the globe offered a vast field for ... ..., however, of the claims to economic and other consideration of the United States, and that this quarter of the globe offered a vast field for study. ... ...e shimmer. Moreover he was by no means sure that he should be happy in the United States, where doubtless he should find himself soon enough disembark... ...er. Moreover he was by no means sure that he should be happy in the United States, where doubtless he should find himself soon enough disembarked. He ... ...ce. The ship was heavily laden with German emigrants, whose mission in the United States differed considerably from Count Otto’s. They hung over the b... ... ship was heavily laden with German emigrants, whose mission in the United States differed considerably from Count Otto’s. They hung over the bulwarks... ...n to take me to some other place. I believe it’s a literary party near the Capitol. Ev- erything seems so separate in Washington. Mrs. Steuben’s going... ... his race, that the ladies had gone out to pay some visits and look at the Capitol. Pandora apparently had not hitherto examined this monument, and ou... ...b- ably only a question of leaving cards—and bring her young friend to the Capitol at the hour when the yellow after- noon light would give a tone to ...

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...ght expensive ties “and could pay cash for ‘em, too, by golly;” and at the United Cigar Store, with its crimson and gold alertness, he reflected, “Won... ...ollars—bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at ... ...bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at the top... ...his evening and, after an adequate sketch of the day’s progressive weather-states, his four-hundred- and-fifty-dollar fee, his lunch with Paul Rieslin... ... is flat, that the English are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that the United States is a de- mocracy. At that moment the steel and cement town wh... ...t, that the English are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that the United States is a de- mocracy. At that moment the steel and cement town which com... ...it-room were plans of the new suburbs of Sparta, pictures of the new state capitol, at Galop de Vache, and large ears of corn with the label, “Nature’... ...d by the Dodsworths, best-known pio- neer family of Zenith. He built state capitols, skyscrapers, railway terminals. He was a heavy-shouldered, big-ch... ... only by Tanis and Carrie but presently by new ancient friends, Jennie and Capitolina and Toots. If for a moment he had seen Tanis as withering and se...

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...y ignorance incredible. “Now, how would it be in one of your South-Western States?”—that’s his favourite way of opening conversation. Fancy me giving ... ...y of opening conversation. Fancy me giving an account of the South-Western States! I tell him he had better ask mamma—a little to tease that lady, who... ...it was not for this country that I had educated her. If she marries in the United States it is, of course, my intention that my son-in-law shall accom... ...not for this country that I had educated her. If she marries in the United States it is, of course, my intention that my son-in-law shall accompany us... ...e young lady was very fond of paying visits. Another person, the wife of a United States senator, informed me 31 Henry James that if I should go to W... ... to look at his machines, while I walked about the streets and visited the Capitol! The human machine is what in- 40 The Point of View terests me mos... ...ined with little red houses where nothing ever passes but the tramway. The Capitol—a vast structure, false classic, white marble, iron and stucco, whi... ...r’s skin; their liberty over here is the liberty of bears. You go into the Capitol as you would into a railway station; you walk about as you would in...

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...up his mind to pull out for Washington, and just go to the President of the United States and make a clean breast of the whole thing, not keeping ba... ...mind to pull out for Washington, and just go to the President of the United States and make a clean breast of the whole thing, not keeping back an a... ...ident’s house with his letter, and they told him the President was up to the Capitol, and just going to start for Philadelphia — not a minute to lose ... ... his chance. He rushes out and shouts: “A half a dollar if you git me to the Capitol in half an hour, and a quarter extra if you do it in twenty minut... ...k Finn, I would jump over. Seen it on the map! Huck Finn, did you reckon the States was the same color out of doors as they are on the map?” “T om Saw... ...don’t it?” “No, it don’t.” “All right, then; if it don’t, there ain’t no two States the same color. You git around that if you can, T om Sawyer.” He ... ...here’d the human race be, do you reckon? That flea would be President of the United States, and you couldn’t any more prevent it than you can prevent ... ... ‘long! we ain’t much more than fairly started across this Desert yet. The United States is a pretty big country, ain’t it? Ain’t it, Huck?” “Yes,” ...

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...umulating, not from the ranks of the half-freed colored people of the free states, but from the very depths of slavery itself; the indestructible equa... ...rgan of the downtrodden, edited and published by one of themselves, in the United States. 13 Frederick Douglas The result of this visit was, that on ... ... the downtrodden, edited and published by one of themselves, in the United States. 13 Frederick Douglas The result of this visit was, that on his ret... ... Frederick Douglas The result of this visit was, that on his return to the United States, he established a newspaper. This proceeding was sorely again... ...ick Douglas The result of this visit was, that on his return to the United States, he established a newspaper. This proceeding was sorely against the ... ...f his paper, may be estimated by the fact, that anti-slavery papers in the United States, even while organs of, and when supported by, anti-slavery pa... ...t attention to the speaker, as the grandest scene he ever witnessed in the capitol. Among those whose eyes were riveted on the speaker full two hours ...

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...ave called forth the actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm is often united with the utmost tenderness of heart, the very appreciation of suffer... ...pus was killed by lightning, and the two sisters re- turned to Thebes. The united armies of the seven chiefs against Thebes came on, led by Polynices.... ...Caspian to the Red Sea, was marshalling his forces against the little free states that nestled amid the rocks and gulfs of the Eastern Mediterranean. ... ...mpire was about to launch his countless host against the little cluster of states, the whole of which together would hardly equal one prov- ince of th... ...as held at the Isthmus of Corinth, and attended by depu- ties from all the states of Greece to consider of the best means of defense. The ships of the... ...ast blow that drove the Persians ingloriously from Greece. The Greeks then united in doing honor to the brave war- riors who, had they been better sup... ...ho came near them. Above the buildings of the city rose steep and high the Capitoline Hill, with the Temple of Jupiter on its summit, and the strong w... ...e strong wall in which was the chief strong- hold and citadel of Rome, the Capitol, the very centre of her strength and resolution. When a war was dec... ..., carried all the provisions they could collect into the stronghold of the Capitol, and resolved to hold out there till the last, in hopes that the sc...

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...er mistaken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a st... ...aken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a stronger ... ...Prejudiced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest i... ...ced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest in the c... ...t the Custom—house above all others would do well to take example from the United States and render itself somewhat less odious and offensive to forei... ...ustom—house above all others would do well to take example from the United States and render itself somewhat less odious and offensive to foreigners. ... ...t half past six that evening, and had upon the way a beautiful view of the Capitol, which is a fine building of the Corinthian or der, placed upon a ... ...uggish water. American Notes – Dickens 125 The principal features of the Capitol, are, of course, the two houses of Assembly. But there is, besides,... ...n, where it stands. There is a very pleasant and commodious library in the Capitol; and from a balcony in front, the bird’s eye view, of which I have ...

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...rom the gods. Both warriors; that by all the world’s allowed. Both of them united with strength of body an equal vigor mind; and of the two most famou... ...st and sacrifice, which he called Panathenaea, or the sacrifice of all the united Athenians. He instituted also another sacrifice, called Metoecia, or... ...e Pitthean maid, To your town the terms and fates, My father gives of many states. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the... ...actions of his former life. Theseus was now fifty years old, as Hellanicus states, when he carried off Helen, who was yet too young to be married. Som... ...But Romulus seemed rather to act by counsel, and to show the sagacity of a statesman, and in all his dealings with their neighbors, whether relating t... ...m Antigonus is one. And Simylus, the poet, who thinks Tarpeia betrayed the Capitol, not to the Sabines, but the Gauls, having fallen in love with thei... ...She, for the love of the besieging Gaul, Betrayed the city’s strength, the Capitol. And a little after, speaking of her death:— The numerous nations o... ... bones were removed, and so it lost her name, except only that part of the Capitol which they still call the Tarpeian Rock, from which they used to ca... ...our brothers, and countrymen, that time, having now by the strictest bonds united us to those we once mortally hated, has made it impossible for us no...

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...er has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and f... ...e in the New Orleans ‘Times Democrat,’ based upon reports of able engineers, states that the river annually empties four hundred and six million tons ... ...te man who ever saw the Mississippi River, saw it in 1542, is a remark which states a fact without interpreting it: it is something like giv ing the ... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ..., he promptly resented even the merest sugges tions. Indeed, the law of the United States forbade him to listen to commands or suggestions, rightly c... ...ould get a pilot’s license for him by signing an application directed to the United States Inspector. Noth ing further was needed; usually no questio... ...ifications, no compromises, no half way measures. The magnolia trees in the Capitol grounds were lovely and fragrant, with their dense rich foliage a... ...ers, or wrecks in his road. Sir Walter Scott is probably responsible for the Capitol building; for it is not conceivable that this little sham castle ... ...d to upwards of $52,000,000. He has a custom house, and is building a costly capitol to replace the one recently burned—for he is the capital of the S...

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...iate exponent, in the illimitable city itself—that Rome, whose centre, the Capitol, was immovable as T eneriffe or Atlas, but whose circumference was ... ... a ferocity in his character, and a touch of the devil in him, very rarely united with the same tranquil intrepidity. But for Cæsar, the all-accomplis... ...ed with the same tranquil intrepidity. But for Cæsar, the all-accomplished statesman, the splendid orator, the man of elegant habits and polished tast... ...oke it to the sense,”) is pretty evident, from his conduct on reaching the capitol. For, without any appeal to the senate or the people, but send- ing... ... as it were, rose in a body with one voice, and apparently with one heart, united by mere force of in- dignant sympathy, to put him down, and “abate” ... ...the excesses of the autocrat. Even in the bloody despotisms of the Barbary States, there has always existed in the religious prejudices of the people,... ...to a saloon, where (as in every where else) the silence of night prevails, united with the silence of fear and whispering expectation. All are seated—... ...fully to leave them, saying, “Surge tandem, carnifex.” It is the remark of Capitoline, that “gladiatoria spectacula omnifariam temperavit; temperavit ... ...m faster than they could arise.* And thus the great original sin of modern states, that heel of Achilles in which they are all vulnerable, and which (...

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...y cohorts. And when now all the cities on this side of the river Ebro also united their forces together under his command, his army grew great, for th... ...magogues and the orators in Thebes and Athens, and thus inciting those two States to hostility against Sparta. Having passed the Hellespont, he marche... ... ascendant which he had over Crassus; for he, the wealthiest among all the states- men of his time, and the most eloquent and greatest too, who had lo... ...d in the administration of justice, In deciding controversies of kings and States; and where he himself could not be present in person, he gave commis... ...ies in their hands, to be carried privately in the night and placed in the capitol. Next morning, when some saw them bright with gold and beauti- full... ...en to be, and what a multitude of them appeared and came shouting into the capitol. Many, when they saw Marius’s likeness, cried for joy, and Caesar w... ... now succeeded in making up, and by this means strengthened himself by the united power of both, and so under the cover of an action which carried all... ...g it would not take, rose up, and ordered the crown to be carried into the capitol. Caesar’s statues were afterwards found with royal diadems on their... ...whole course of so long a life never knew but the one woman to whom he was united in his first and only marriage. In the war of the slaves, which took...

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... the chang- ing conditions of literary intercourse between England and the United States had up to then left unaltered. It is a long novel, and I was ... ...ang- ing conditions of literary intercourse between England and the United States had up to then left unaltered. It is a long novel, and I was long in... ...here—you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve bee... ...u had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve been there... ...or. Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with h... .... Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with her it w... ... while Isabel sat down on a prostrate column near the founda- tions of the Capitol. She wanted a short solitude, but she was not long to enjoy it. Kee... ...declare that Michael Angelo’s dome suffered by comparison with that of the Capitol at Washington, she addressed her protest chiefly to Mr. Bantling’s ... ...day after the visit to the opera she encountered him in the gallery of the Capitol, where he stood before the lion of the collec- tion, the statue of ...

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... there—you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve b... ...you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve been the... ...erior. Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with... ...Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with her it... ...ve brought over my native costume!” Lord Warburton had travelled through the United States and knew much more about them than Isabel; he was so good a... ...ght over my native costume!” Lord Warburton had travelled through the United States and knew much more about them than Isabel; he was so good as to sa... ...rone while Isabel sat down on a prostrate column near the foundations of the Capitol. She wanted a short solitude, but she was not long to enjoy it. K... ...o declare that Michael Angelo’s dome suffered by comparison with that of the Capitol at Washington, she addressed her protest chiefly to Mr. Bantling’s... ...d day after the visit to the opera she encountered him in the gallery of the Capitol, where he stood before the lion of the collection, the statue of ...