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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.by E. Benjamin Andrews.VOLUME I.NEW YORK.CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.1912.TO MY WIFE.PREFACE.Notwithstanding the number of United States histories already in existence, and the excellence of many of them, I venture to think that
- 1 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.by E. Benjamin Andrews.VOLUME I.NEW YORK.CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.1912.TO MY WIFE.PREFACE.Notwithstanding the number of United States histories already in existence, and the excellence of many of them, I venture to think that
- 2 Cape Ann Settlement. Ma.s.sachusetts Bay. Size. Polity. Roger Williams. His Views. His Exile. Anne Hutchinson. Rhode Island Founded. Settlement of Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield. Saybrook. New Haven. New Hamps.h.i.+re. Maine. New England Confederation. I
- 3 Mrs. Hutchinsons Fate. Deborah Moody. New Haven Refuses Aid. Appeal to Holland. Underhills Exploits. Kieft Removed. Sad Plight of New Netherland. Subsequent Hostilities and Final Peace. PERIOD II ENGLISH AMERICA TILL THE END OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1
- 4 "Devils Authority." The End. CHAPTER IV. THE MIDDLE COLONIES English Conquest of New Netherland. Duke of Yorks Government. Andros. Revolution of 1688. Leisler. Problems which Teased Royal Governors. New Jersey. Its Political Vicissitudes. William Penn.
- 5 Philadelphia Leads in Social Science.CHAPTER VIII. ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA The French in the Heart of the Continent.Groseilliers, Radisson, La Salle.Joliet and Marquette Reach the Mississippi.Baudin and Du Lhut.La Salle Descends to the Gulf."Chicag
- 6 JOHN WINTHROP THE YOUNGER.SIR EDMOND ANDROS.THE CHARTER OAK AT HARTFORD.BOX IN WHICH THE CONNECTICUT CHARTER WAS KEPT.THE MONUMENT AT b.l.o.o.d.y BROOK.GOFFE AT HADLEY.INCREASE MATHER.COTTON MATHER.OLD t.i.tUBA THE INDIAN.LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR STOUGHTON.FAC
- 7 Mr. Edward John Payne is doubtless correct in maintaining, in his "History of the New World called America," that the backwardness of the American aborigines was largely due to their lack of animals suitable for draft or travel or producing milk or fles
- 8 To the day of his death, however, the discoverer of America never suspected that he had brought to light a new continent. Even during this his last expedition he maintained that the coast he had touched was that of Mangi, contiguous to Cathay, and that ni
- 9 [1534]How the French fought for foothold in Florida and were routed by the Spaniards has just been related. So early as 1504, and possibly much earlier, before Cabot or Columbus, French sailors were familiar with the fisheries of Newfoundland. To the Isle
- 10 [1608]A little exporting was immediately begun. So early as May 20, 1608, Jamestown sent to England a s.h.i.+p laden with iron ore, sa.s.safras, cedar posts, and walnut boards. Another followed on June 2d, with a cargo all of cedar wood. This year or the
- 11 [Ill.u.s.tration: First Church in Salem.]So early as 1631 this colony decreed to admit none as freemen who were not also church members. Thus Church and State were made one, the government a theocracy. The Ma.s.sachusetts settlers, though in many things l
- 12 Baltimore adopted vigorous measures. By his orders Stone made a forcible attempt to regain control of the province, but was defeated at Providence and taken prisoner. His life was spared, but four of his men were condemned and executed. Baltimore again in
- 13 [l638]For nearly forty years the New England colonies were not again molested, the merciless vigor with which they had fought making a lasting impression upon their blood-thirsty foes. The cruel slavery to which the surviving natives were subjected, the E
- 14 Under the second Charles Rhode Island fared quite as well as Connecticut. This was remarkable, inasmuch as the little colony of three thousand souls, in their four towns of Providence, Newport, Portsmouth, and Warwick, insisted on "holding forth the live
- 15 CHAPTER III.THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT [1675]The home life of colonial New England was unique. Its like has appeared nowhere else in human history. Mostwise it was beautiful as well. In it religion was central and supreme. The General Court of Plymouth very ear
- 16 The Jersey plantations came of course under Andros, and after his fall its proprietors did not recover their political authority. For twelve years, while they were endeavoring to do this, partial anarchy cursed the province, and at length in 1702 they sur
- 17 [1720][Ill.u.s.tration: Seal of the Proprietors of Carolina.]Locke drew up for the province a minute feudal const.i.tution, but it was too c.u.mbersome to work. Rule by the proprietaries proved radically bad.They were ignorant, callous to wrongs done by t
- 18 [Ill.u.s.tration: Queen Mary.]The learned professions also were best patronized and had the ablest personnel in New England, where all three, but particularly the clergy, were strong and honored. Outside of New England, till 1750, lawyers and physicians,
- 19 [Ill.u.s.tration: The Attack on Schenectady.]The Indian hostilities which heralded King William's War began August 13, 1688. Frontenac prepared to capture Albany and even Manhattan. He did not accomplish so much; but on the night of February 8, 1689-90,
- 20 [Ill.u.s.tration: Montcalm.]From this moment all changes. William Pitt, subsequently Lord Chatham, now became the soul of the British ministry. George III. had dismissed him therefrom in 1757, but Newcastle found it impossible to get on without him. The g
- 21 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. TO THE PRESENT TIME. by E. Benjamin Andrews. VOLUME II. NEW YORK. CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. 1912. CONTENTS. PERIOD III. REVOLUTION AND THE OLD CONFEDERATION. 1763--1789. CHAPTER 1. RESULT
- 22 The Carolinas and Georgia Recovered. Was.h.i.+ngton to Yorktown. French Aid. Cornwallis Surrenders. Effects. CHAPTER VII. PEACE Peace Sentiment in England. Reasons. Ill Conduct of the War. Expense. Vain Concession. France Aids America. Spain too. Lord Nor
- 23 Was.h.i.+ngtons Influence. Continental Sects. Hamiltons Motion for a Stronger Government. Ma.s.sachusettss Motion. Forwardness of Virginia. Of Madison. Origin of Annapolis Convention, 1786. Its Action. Meeting of the Const.i.tutional Convention, 1787. The
- 24 Was.h.i.+ngtons Proclamation of Neutrality. Jeffersons Criticism. Rivess. Arguments for Aiding France. Results of Neutrality. Federalist Leaning toward Great Britain. Att.i.tude of Great Britain. Impressment of our Seamen. War Imminent. Jays Treaty. Fishe
- 25 Burrs Rise. Shoots Hamilton in a Duel. His Treason. His Arrest. Purchase of Louisiana. Immense Increase of Territory. Trouble with the Barbary Powers. Their Insolence. Dales Expedition. Further Successes. CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812 Great Britain Ignores I
- 26 GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN LORD CORNWALLIS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FACSIMILE OF SIGNATURES TO TREATY OF PEACE JOHN PAUL JONES FIGHT BETWEEN THE BON HOMME RICHARD AND THE SERAPIS GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TARLETON AND COLONEL WAs.h.i.+NGTON DeKALB W
- 27 PLAN OF BUNKER HILL MAP OF MANHATTAN ISLAND IN 1776, SHOWING THE AMERICAN DEFENCES, ETC.MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESSIVE ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY BY THE UNITED STATES PERIOD III.REVOLUTION AND THE OLD CONFEDERATION 1763-1789 CHAPTER I.RESULTS OF THE FRENCH AND
- 28 George III.'s policy was therefore wiser legally than politically. This was, in fact, his ministry's capital mistake--like Lord Salisbury's in respect to Ireland in 1888--that it had too great regard for the mere legal aspect of the question, ignoring
- 29 On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, rose in Congress, and, in obedience to the command of his State, moved a resolution "that the united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." John Adams seconded the motion. I
- 30 The fortunes of the American army were now at the lowest ebb, so that had Howe been an efficient general it must have been either captured or entirely destroyed. Through the treason of Adjutant Demont, who had deserted to Lord Percy with complete informat
- 31 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]General Horatio Gates.The next day Burgoyne retreated to Saratoga, followed by Gates. The fine army, which had set out with such high hopes only four months before, was now almost a wreck. Eight hundred were in the hospital. On
- 32 Greene, his force reduced to 1,800, carried the war into South Carolina.Defeated at Hobkirk's Hill, near Camden, and compelled by the approach of General Rawdon to raise the siege of Ninety-Six, he retreated north.Meantime Marion and Lee had brought abou
- 33 AMERICAN MANHOOD IN THE REVOLUTION [1775-1781]It would be foolish to say that the Revolutionary soldiers never quailed. Militia too often gave way before the steady bayonet charge of British regulars, at times fleeing panic-stricken. Troops whose term of
- 34 [Ill.u.s.tration: Coin.]The Franklin Penny."United States" "We Are One""Fugio" "1787" "Mind Your Business"[1783]The war had cost about $150,000,000. In 1783 the debt was $42,000,000--$8,000,000 owed in France and Holland, and the rest at home. T
- 35 He was a senator from that State between 1789 and 1795, and again between 1813 and 1826; and Minister to England from 1796 to 1803, and again after 1826 till his failing health compelled his resignation. He was the federalist candidate for Vice-President
- 36 CHAPTER II.FEDERALISM AND ANTI-FEDERALISM [1790]Early in the life of our Const.i.tution two parties rose, which, under various names, have continued ever since. During the strife for and against adoption, those favoring this had been styled Federalists, a
- 37 From a painting by S. F. B. Morse in the Yale College Collection.[1795]Worst of all, Britain claimed and acted upon the right to press into her naval service British-born seamen found anywhere outside the territory of a foreign State, halting our s.h.i.+p
- 38 Procuring the resolutions, however, proved a crafty political move. The enormity of the despicable acts was advertised as never before, while the endors.e.m.e.nt of them by federalist legislators went upon record.Pet.i.tions for repeal came in so numerous
- 39 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Robert Fulton CHAPTER VIII.SOCIAL CULTURE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY [1800]In 1800 the population of our land was 5,305,482, of whom 896,849 were slaves. New York City had 60,489; Philadelphia, 40,000; Boston, 24,937; Baltimore
- 40 The press was more violently partisan and indecently personal than now.To oppose the federalist United States Gazette the republican National Gazette had been started, which, with brilliant meanness, a.s.sailed not only Was.h.i.+ngton's public acts, but
- 41 From the outset the West proved more loyal than he hoped, and when, at the critical moment, Wilkinson betrayed him, he knew that all was lost.Sinking his chests of arms in the river near Natchez, he took to the Mississippi woods, only to be recognized, ar
- 42 Triumph far more complete might have attended the war but for the perverse and factious federalist opposition to the administration. Some Federalists favored joining England out and out against Napoleon. Having with justice denounced Jefferson's embargo
- 43 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. by E. Benjamin Andrews. VOLUME III. NEW YORK. CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. 1896. CONTENTS. PERIOD II WHIGS AND DEMOCRATS TILL THE DOMINANCE OF THE SLAVERY CONTROVERSY. 1814--1840 CHAPTER I. THE WHIG PARTY AND ITS MISSION. The Word
- 44 Northern. Anti-abolitionist Riots at the North. Murder of Lovejoy. Outrages against Northern Blacks. Colored Schools Closed. Schism among the Abolitionists. The Liberty Party. Ultra-abolitionists Unreason. Why Abolitionism Spread. Ambiguity of the Const.i
- 45 Quincy Adams as an Abolitionist. The First Gag Law. Adamss Opposition. The Second and Third. Their Repeal. Pro-slavery Whigs. Submission to Slavocracy. Its Insolent Demands. Death of Whiggism. Americanism. The Know-Nothings. Revolt from the Democracy at t
- 46 Seizure of United States Property. Floyds Theft. Fort Moultrie Evacuated for Sumter. Fort Pickens. New Orleans Mint. Twiggss Surrender. Theory of Seceding States as to Property Seized. Southern Confederacy. Davis President. His History. Inaugural Address.
- 47 WEBSTERS HOME AT MARSHFIELD, Ma.s.s. DANIEL WEBSTER. (From a picture by Healy at the State Department, Was.h.i.+ngton). THE HOUSE IN WHICH HENRY CLAY WAS BORN. THE SCHOOL-HOUSE OF THE SLASHES. HENRY CLAY. (From a photograph by Rockwood of an old daguerreo
- 48 JOHN BROWN.WILLIAM H. SEWARD. (From a photograph by Brady).ELIAS HOWE.THE VANDALIA. THE PIONEER PROPELLER ON THE LAKES.OLD STONE TOWERS OF THE NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE.THE NEW IRON TOWERS OF THE NIAGARA BRIDGE.BIRTHPLACE OF S. F. B. MORSE, AT CHARLESTOWN
- 49 But to drive home fatally the wedge between "democratic" and "national"Republicans, required Jackson's quarrel with Adams and Clay in 1825, when, the election being thrown into the House, although Jackson had ninety-nine electoral votes to Adams's e
- 50 It was a delicate question after the Louisiana purchase how much territory it embraced east of the Mississippi. Louisiana had under France, till 1762, reached the Perdido, Florida's western boundary at present, and was "retroceded" by Spain to France i
- 51 [1830]Nearly all the southern Legislatures consequently denounced the tariff as unjust and as hostile to our fundamental law. Most of them were, however, prudent enough to suggest no illegal remedies. Not so with fiery South Carolina, where a large party,
- 52 CHAPTER VI.THE FIRST WHIG TRIUMPH [1837]Partly Jackson's personal influence, partly his able aides, partly favoring circ.u.mstances had, during his administrations, brought the Democracy into excellent condition, patriotic, national in general spirit, wi
- 53 As part of the same general stir we may perhaps register the anti-masonic movement. One William Morgan, a Mason residing in Western New York, was reported about to expose in a publication the secrets of that order. The Masons were desirous of preventing t
- 54 [Ill.u.s.tration: Locomotive, tender and two cars.]Boston & Worcester Railroad, 1835.From 1832 the railway system grew marvellously. The year 1833 saw completed the South Carolina Railroad between Charleston and the Savannah River, one hundred and thirty-
- 55 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Wendell Phillip.The destruction of colored people's houses became for a time an every-day occurrence in many northern cities. For some years the condition of the free blacks and their friends was hardly better north than south
- 56 To pierce the city was even now by no means easy. The approach was by two roads, one entering the Belen gate, the other the San Cosme. General Quitman advanced toward the Belen, but at the entrance was stopped by a destructive cannonade from the citadel i
- 57 Thus was first voiced by a public authority Judge Douglas's new and taking heresy of "squatter sovereignty," that Congress, though possessing by Article IV., Section iii., Clause 2 of the Const.i.tution, general authority over the Territories, is not p
- 58 CHAPTER VII.THE CRISIS [1850]The repeal of the Missouri Compromise was politically a remarkable epoch. It not only consolidated old anti-slavery men, but cooled, to say the least, many "silvergray," or conservative Whigs, as well as many "hards" and
- 59 Birthplace of S. F. B. Morse, at Charlestown, Ma.s.s. Built 1775.[Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]S. F. B. Morse.We now come to an improvement of which the preceding period knew nothing, the magnetic telegraph, introduced by Professor Morse in 1844.In this yea
- 60 Champions of the northern side deemed it the less necessary to expatiate upon this question, since, admitting the South's basal contention, the right in question depended upon sufficiency of grievance. As, in the South's view, the case was one of sovere
- 61 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Alexander H. Stephens.By the last of April all the seceded States had ratified this const.i.tution. The other slave States were taken in as fast as they withdrew from the Union. The Southern Confederacy, now fairly launched, se
- 62 Upon the secession of Virginia the Confederate capital was removed to Richmond. The main armies of both sides were now encamped on Old Dominion soil, and at no great distance apart; but the commanders were busy drilling their raw troops, so that for a tim
- 63 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. by E. Benjamin Andrews. VOLUME IV. NEW YORK. CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. 1912. CONTENTS. PERIOD IV. CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION. (Continued) 1860--1868 CHAPTER V. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY Three Great Lines of Camp
- 64 Views of the War Abroad. Englands Hostility. Causes. The Trent Affair. Sewards Reasoning. Great Britains Breach of Neutrality. Louis Napoleons Hypocrisy. Invasion of Mexico. Maximilian. War Expenditure. How Met. Duties. Internal Revenue. Loans. Bonds. Tre
- 65 And a.s.sa.s.sination. The Guiteau Trial. Civil Service Reform. Under Grant. Under Hayes. Need of it. Credit Mobilier Scandal. The Pendleton Act Pa.s.sed. Its Nature and Operation. Recovery of Power by the Democracy. Election of Cleveland. The Civil Servi
- 66 Statistics of Immigration. CHAPTER VI. THE EXPOSITION OF 1876. Origin of the Plan. Organization. Financial Basis. Conclusion to Make it a World Affair. To be at Philadelphia. Building. Opening Exercises. The Main Building. Arrangement and Contents. The Am
- 67 GENERAL JOHN POPE. GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. THE BATTLE OF THE RAMS AT MEMPHIS, JUNE 6, 1862. FARRAGUT IN THE MAIN-RIGGING. (From the original by William Page). GENERAL HENRY W. HALLECK. GENERAL WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS. GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS. GENERAL JO
- 68 THE AMERICAN LINE STEAMs.h.i.+P ST. LOUIS, LAUNCHED FROM THE CRAMPS DOCKS, NOVEMBER 12, 1894. (554 feet long, 11,000 tons, and 20,000 horse-power).CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.THE BIG LOOP ON THE GEORGETOWN BRANCH OF THE UNION PACIFIC, COLORADO.CHARLES F. BRUSH.M
- 69 Grant marched at once to invest Donelson, and sat down before it on the 12th with 15,000 men. The stronghold stood upon a bluff 100 feet high.On the east it was protected by the c.u.mberland River; on the north and south by two flooded creeks. Along a cre
- 70 Famine began to threaten the city, Porter's fleet blockading the water front. Flour sold for $1,000 a barrel in Confederate money. Mule flesh became the chief meat. Rats were hung up for sale in the market. The inhabitants sought protection from the sh.e
- 71 [footnote: The March to the Sea, by Major-General J. D. c.o.x. Campaigns of the Civil War. Scribners.]At the start Sherman was uncertain just where he should strike the coast. The blockade vessels were asked to be on the lookout for him from Mobile to Cha
- 72 General Winfield S. Hanc.o.c.k.On the Confederate right no action took place till late in the day.Burnside then attacked and gained some slight advantage. But re-enforcements from Harper's Ferry came up and were put in against him, forcing him back to th
- 73 CHAPTER VIII.COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY [1864]Gettysburg was the last general engagement in the East during 1863. The next spring, as we have noticed, Grant was appointed Lieutenant-General, with command of all the northern armies, now numbering over 600
- 74 General Lee Signing the Terms of Surrender at Appomattox Court-House.While all loyal hearts were rejoicing over the news of Lee's surrender, recognized as virtually ending the war, a pall suddenly fell upon the land. On the evening of April 14th, while P
- 75 The forts being safely pa.s.sed, the Confederate gunboats advanced to the attack. One of these was captured, the other two escaped. The powerful iron-clad Tennessee now moved down upon the Union fleet. It was 209 feet long, with armor from five to six inc
- 76 There were about 3,000 slaves in the District. Upon the day of their emanc.i.p.ation they a.s.sembled in churches and gave thanks to G.o.d. In June slavery in the Territories--that bone of contention through so many years--was forever prohibited. In July
- 77 CHAPTER I.POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE LAST TWO DECADES [1868]The presidential election of 1868 was decided at Appomattox. General Grant was borne to the White House on a floodtide of popularity, carrying twenty-six out of the thirty-four voting States. Schuy
- 78 During the campaign of 1872, the Democrats charged several prominent Congressmen with having taken bribes, in 1867-68, to vote for legislation desired by the Union Pacific Railroad. At the request of the accused, an examination was had by a House committe
- 79 The American case further claimed damages for national expense in chasing the cruisers, and for the prospective earnings of the lost merchantmen, but these claims, along with those explicitly denounced as indirect, were rejected.The tribunal awarded $15,5
- 80 Nor could any except doctrinaires or the stupid have expected that the whites would long submit to such a regime. If the South was to become again genuine part and parcel of this Union, it could not, nor would the North consent that it should, be permanen
- 81 1885. 1890. 1880 1893 1880 1889 1880 1889.California 3,044 4,356 364 639 829,677 608,382 890,158 1,062,578 Colorado 2,884 4,176 90 298 130,608 187,881 12,800,120 18,375,551 Dakotas, 2877 66 159,920 54,770 North Dakota 2,003 139 South Dakota 2,470 269 149,
- 82 The interest-bearing legal tender notes were first paid off. Greenbacks, or non interest-bearing legal tenders were still, October 1, 1894, outstanding to the amount of $346,681,000; yet this division of the debt, too, had been vastly reduced, having stoo
- 83 [Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Charles F. Brush.[Ill.u.s.tration: Portrait.]Moses G. Farmer.[1875-1878]The lighting of large s.p.a.ces by electricity in a profitable manner may be dated from 1875. The possibility of producing a brilliant light with this flui
- 84 END OF THE PERIOD [1890]It is a long way that we have taken the reader, from the days of Columbus to where we can espy the dawn of the twentieth century. Yet, in comparison with the times which our narrative has here reached, those of three decades earlie
- 85 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.by E. Benjamin Andrews.VOLUME V.NEW YORK.CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.1912.CONTENTS PERIOD VI EXPANSION 1888--1902 CHAPTER I. DRIFT AND DYE IN LAW--MAKING General Revision and Extension of State Const.i.tutions.Introduction of
- 86 W. J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall Nominated.Sketch of William J. Bryan.Thomas Watson Nominated for Vice-President by Populist Convention.National or Gold Democratic Ticket.Speeches Made by Candidates.Result of the Election.CHAPTER XI. MR. MCKINLEY'S ADMI
- 87 American Rule Awakens Hostility. First Philippine Commission. Philippine Congress Votes for Peace. Revolution. Treachery of Filipinos. General Frederick Funston Captures Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo Swears Allegiance to the United States. The Const.i.tution and t
- 88 Anarchists. Anti-Anarchist Law. Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt Succeeds to the Presidency. LIST OF ILl.u.s.tRATIONS PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY. (From a copyright photograph, 1899, by Pach Bros., New York). A NEW YORK POLLING PLACE, SHOWING BOOTHS ON TH
- 89 BICYCLE PARADE, NEW YORK, FANCY COSTUME DIVISION. HATCHERY ROOM OF THE FISH COMMISSION BUILDING AT WAs.h.i.+NGTON, D. C., SHOWING THE HATCHERY JARS IN OPERATION. WILLIAM BOOTH. (From a photograph by Rockwood, New York). GROVER CLEVELAND. (From a photograp
- 90 CAPTAIN CHARLES E. CLARK.AFTERDECK ON THE OREGON, SHOWING TWO 13-INCH, FOUR 8-INCH, AND Two 6-INCH GUNS. (Copyright photograph, 1899, by Strohmeyer & Wyman).BLOCKHOUSE ON SAN JUAN HILL.ADMIRAL CERVERA, COMMANDER OF THE SPANISH SQUADRON.MAJOR-GENERAL WILLI
- 91 TEMPLE OF MUSIC BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.GROUP OF BUFFALOS--PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.ELECTRIC TOWER AT NIGHT.TRIUMPHAL BRIDGE AND ENTRANCE TO THE EXPOSITION, SHOWING ELECTRIC DISPLAY AT NIGHT.THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING.PRESIDENT McKINLEY AT NIAGARA--ASCENDING THE S
- 92 The North, once ablaze with zeal for the civil and political rights of the southern negro, heard the march of this exultant southern crusade with equanimity, with indifference, almost with sympathy. Perfunctory efforts were made in Congress to secure inve
- 93 "The Chinese must go!"Denis Kearney addressing the working-men on the night of October 29, on n.o.b Hill, San Francisco.A law pa.s.sed in 1881 provided that Chinese immigration might be regulated, limited, or suspended by the United States. A bi
- 94 President Harrison's quadrennium was a milestone between two generations. Memorials on every hand to the heroes of the Civil War shocked one with the sense that they and the events they molded were already of the past. Logan, Arthur, Sheridan, and Ha
- 95 For a long time after their settlement in the "Great American Desert,"as it was then called, Mormons repudiated United States authority.Gentile pioneers and recreant saints they dealt with summarily, witness the Mountain Meadow ma.s.sacre of 185
- 96 Save the Art Building, the structures at the Fair were designed to be temporary, and they were superfluous when the occasion which called them into being had pa.s.sed. The question of disposing of them was summarily solved. One day some boys playing near
- 97 MR. CLEVELAND AGAIN PRESIDENT [1893-1895]In the special session beginning August 7, 1893, a Democratic Congress met under a Democratic President for the first time since 1859. The results were disappointing. Divided, leaderless, in large part at bitter va
- 98 [1887-1902]In March, 1894, bands of the unemployed in various parts of the West, styling themselves "Commonweal," or "Industrial Armies," started for Was.h.i.+ngton to demand government relief for "labor." "General"
- 99 [1895]The reader of this history is already aware how forces and events after the Civil War gradually evolved a New South, unlike the contemporary North, and differing still more, if possible, from ante-bellum Dixie. By 1900 this interesting situation had
- 100 "Until such agreement can be obtained, the existing gold standard must be preserved." Senator Teller, of Colorado, moved a subst.i.tute favoring "the free, unrestricted, and independent coinage of gold and silver at our mints at the ratio o