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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...or an atheist. He would have about a zero chance of getting elected. Your Republicans seem to really play the God card. Yet it seems that they are th... ...s that have the most arrests for prostitution and corruption. I wonder if Republicans, Papists and terrorists all have their direct lines to the sam... ...vernment. Even with the setbacks in the 2006 Congressional elections, the Republicans owned the executive and judicial branches.‖ --―Yes, our s... ...ry other democracy does, if the Supreme Court had had more Democrats than Republicans, or if Al Gore‘s brother had been the governor of Florida inst... ...r. Jack Kevorkian served 8 years for his second degree murder sentence in Michigan for having allowed people who wanted to die to kill themselves wit... ...an confronting what some legislators believed to be the God based laws of Michigan. ―Dr. Kevorkian had a continued interest in euthanasia, and ... ...ral judges had found him not guilty of murder. In 1992 the legislature of Michigan enacted a law that banned assisting in suicides. In 1994 a 379 ... ... suicides. In 1994 a 379 jury acquitted him of violating the law. The Michigan Court of Appeals struck down the law, but the State‘s supreme cou...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...sisting that there is a plan on foot in La Salle and Bureau to run Douglas Republicans for Congress and for the Legislature in those counties, if they... ...absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another man’s right of property; Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar, but in c... ... adopted by Massachusetts, and whether I am for or against a fusion of the Republicans and other opposition elements for the canvass of 1860, is recei... ...certainly true that if the National House shall fall into the hands of the Republicans, they will have to attend to all the other matters of national ... ...ghbors in Indiana, us who live in Illinois, our neighbors in Wisconsin and Michigan. In that ordinance, drawn up not only for the government of that T... ...ugh with in Indiana, and so with Illinois, and the same substantially with Michigan and Wisconsin. Not only did that Ordinance prevail, but it was con... ...here in Ohio, our neighbors in Indi- ana, we in Illinois, our neighbors in Michigan and Wisconsin, are happy, prosperous, teeming millions of free men... ...nois. The great North- west T erritory, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, was acquired first, I believe, by the British Gov-... .... MY DEAR SIR -I think it is entirely safe to accept a fifth regiment from Michigan, and with your approbation I should say a regiment presented by Co...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 1 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... In his speech opening the campaign of 1858, he spoke of Lincoln, whom the Republicans had dared to advance as their candidate for “his” place in the ... ...d to force a lasting breach in the Democratic party, seriously advised the Republicans of Illinois to give up their opposition to Douglas, and to help... ...e Democrats would have the South. In order to succeed in the election, the Republicans had to win, in addition to the States carried by Fremont in 185... ...d with the energy of genuine enthusiasm on the antislavery side the united Republicans defeated the divided Democrats, and Lincoln was elected Preside... ...artisan- ship reiterated this cry with vociferous vehemence, and even many Republicans grew afraid of the victory they had just achieved at the ballot... ...es January 23, 1841, while discussing the continuation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Mr. Moore was afraid the holders of the “scrip” would lose....

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Spoon River Anthology

By: Edgar Lee Masters

...life here in Spoon River, With its dominant forces drawn from New England, Republicans, Calvinists, merchants, bankers, Hating me, yet fearing my arm.... ...ow in a boat I had been captured near V an Buren Street By pirates on Lake Michigan, And kept in chains, so I could not write her. She cried and kisse... ...came home he told me the silly story Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan And kept in chains so he could not write me. I pretended to believ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...aryland. F . H. Pierpoint, Governor of Virginia. Austin Blair, Governor of Michigan. J. B. Temple, President Military Board of Kentucky. Andrew Johnso... ...I under- stand you now to be willing to accept the help of men who are not Republicans, provided they have “heart in it.” Agreed. I want no others. Bu... ... ol Six reject all I should be advised to reject, I should have none left, Republicans or others not even yourself. For be assured, my dear sir, there... ...ng their faith with their blood, Baker and Lyon and Bohien and Richardson, Republicans, did all that men could do; but did they any more than Kearny a... ...any more than Kearny and Stevens and Reno and Mansfield, none of whom were Republicans, and some at least of whom have been bitterly and repeatedly de... ...ct. The mili- tary and commercial importance of enlarging the Illinois and Michigan Canal and improving the Illinois River is presented in the report ... ...ludes part of Virginia, part of Tennessee, all of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kan- sas, Iowa, Minnesota, and the...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...f the States had, in the first instance, been thought desirable. The young republicans hankered after the separate power and separate name which each ... ...ates. I think that no State had then been admitted, as a free State, since Michigan, in 1836. In 1846 Iowa was admit- ted as a free State, and from th... ...uch rapidity as Chicago, which is considerably to the north of it, on Lake Michigan. Of the great Western cities I regard Chicago as the most remark- ... ...of M’Instry, who, scenting the carrion afar off, had come from Detroit, in Michigan, to St. Louis. M’instry himself had also come from Detroit. In thi... ...ch through various denominations have sprung those who now call themselves Republicans, was Alexander Hamilton. I be- lieve I may say that all the pol... ...have a close and warm sympathy with those Transatlantic anti-monar- chical republicans who are endeavoring to prove to the world that they have at len... ...ment. Mr. Lincoln was then proclaimed as the Republican candidate, and all Republicans were held as bound to support him. When the time came for the c... ...Europe who have read of anything, have read of them. Americans, whether as Republicans they admire Washing- ton and the Adamses, or as Democrats hold ...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...out its protection. Nothing, how- ever, is further from the designs of the republicans of Europe than this course: as many of them owe their hatred of... ...eristics – America has had great parties –They are extinct – Federalists – Republicans – De- feat of the Federalists – Difficulty of creating parties ... ...coming from day to day too vio- lent to be checked or stemmed. In 1801 the Republicans got possession of the Government; Thomas Jefferson was named Pr... ...ues or the talents of their leaders that they had risen to power. When the Republicans attained to that lofty station, their opponents were overwhelme... ... in 1872 there were 60,000 miles of railway.] **In 1832 each inhabitant of Michigan paid a sum equiva- lent to 1 fr. 22 cent. (French money) to the po... ...e rendu de l’administration des Finances,” 1833, p. 623.) Now the State of Michigan only contained at that time 7 inhabitants per square league and Fl... ... but not more European. In the summer of 1831 I happened to be beyond Lake Michigan, at a place called Green Bay, which serves as the extreme fron- ti... ... proportion of five per cent.; whilst that of another, as the territory of Michigan, has increased 250 per cent. Thus the population of Virginia had a... ... proportion of five per cent.; whilst that of another, as the territory of Michigan, has increased 250 per cent. Thus the population of Virginia had a...

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Babbitt

By: Sinclair Lewis

...yor of Zenith on an alarming labor ticket. To oppose him the Democrats and Republicans united on Lucas Prout, a mattress-manufacturer with a perfect r... ...voice which once had roused them to cheer defiance at rooters from Ohio or Michigan or Indiana, whooped, “Come on, you wombats! All together in the lo... ...that there would some day be a Third Party which would give trouble to the Republicans and Democrats. Escott shook hands with Babbitt three times, at ...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...s, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners—five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation’s ... ... lost track of Delta 1989, and even ordered fighter aircraft from Ohio and Michigan to intercept it. The flight never turned off its transponder. NEAD... ...who fakes a war to distract public attention from a domestic scandal. Some Republicans in Congress raised questions about the timing of the strikes. B...

...w from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this report without dissent....

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...against him. Up in those regions which are watered by the great lakes—Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario—and by the St. Lawrence, the ... ... stated what is the course of this line. It runs from the Western State of Michigan to Portland, on the Atlantic, in the State of Maine, sweeping the ... ...; but from such broad waters as those of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Michigan, the shores shelve very gradually, and have none of the materials ... ...of Lake Erie have come down in their courses from the broad basins of Lake Michigan, Lake Su- perior, and Lake Huron; that these waters fall into Lake... ...ave these Western States. The list is as follows: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min- nesota, Iowa, Kansas to which I would add Missour... ... by the general tenor of my book. The American and the Englishman are both republicans. The governments of the States and of England are probably the ... ... very many such Americans. 230 North America V ol. 1 They call themselves republicans, and sneer at the idea of a limited monarchy, but they declare ... ...d as a minister, even by one of his own party. The Radical or Abolitionist Republicans all abused him. The Conservative or Anti-abolition Republicans,... ...nd other godly Protestants, they will submit to religious teaching, but as republicans they will have no priestcraft. The French at their revolution h...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...as to not be of some general benefit. Take, for instance, the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Con- sidered apart from its effects, it is perfectly local.... ...ilitary tail you Democrats are now engaged in dovetail- ing into the great Michigander [Cass]. Yes, sir; all his bi- ographies (and they are legion) h... ...sed his great surprise at the change in the sentiments of the Senator from Michigan, who had been regarded as the great champion of freedom in the Nor... ...west, of which he was a distinguished ornament. Last year the Senator from Michigan was understood to be de- cidedly in favor of the Wilmot Proviso; a... ...ot upon the public enemy, but upon the public treasury. He was Governor of Michigan terri- tory, and ex-officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs, from... ... or deny that the Judge’s mode of coercing them is not as good as any. The Republicans can fall in with it without taking back any- thing they have ev... ...d. But in all this it is very plain the Judge evades the only question the Republicans have ever pressed upon the De- mocracy in regard to Utah. That ... ...gging it in from the opposition to the Dred Scott deci- sion. He finds the Republicans insisting that the Declara- tion of Independence includes all m... ...case affords a strong test as to which party most favors amalgamation, the Republicans or the dear Union-saving Democracy. Dred Scott, his wife, and t...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

... Sackett’s Harbor, New Y ork. In April following I was ordered to Detroit, Michigan, where two years were spent with but few important incidents. The ... ...with but few important incidents. The present constitution of the State of Michigan was rati- fied during this time. By the terms of one of its provis... ...siding within the State at the time of the ratification became citizens of Michigan also. 102 Personal Memoirs During my stay in Detroit there was an... ...not offer mine, however, as I did not wish to consider myself a citizen of Michigan. This was Mr. Chandler’s first entry into politics, a career he fo... ...not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the “wide awakes” —Republicans—in their rooms, and su- perintended their drill. It was evident... ...RRENDER OF CLARKSVILLE—THE ADVANCE UPON CHATTANOOGA— SHERIDAN COLONEL OF A MICHIGAN REGIMENT MY POSITION at Corinth, with a nominal command and yet no... ...the country all aglow. This was the first great political campaign for the Republicans in their canvass of 1864. It was followed later by Sheridan’s c...

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