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Vor 4 Tagen · The holders of one species of property have thrown a disproportion of taxes on the holders of another species. The lesson we are to draw from the whole is, that where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure.
Vor 4 Tagen · When Sherman's train passed Collierville it came under attack by 3,000 Confederate cavalry and eight guns under James Ronald Chalmers. Sherman took command of the infantrymen in the local Union garrison and successfully repelled the Confederate attack. [117]
Vor 4 Tagen · In the first group, John Langdon of New Hampshire “was strenuous for giving the power to the general government” to control the slave trade. John Dickinson of Delaware, Luther Martin of Maryland, and Madison wanted an end to the slave trade on the grounds of principle. So did James Wilson and Gouverner Morris of Pennsylvania.
Vor 4 Tagen · Compare the Jefferson-Madison exchange over the inclusion of a bill of rights that is consistent with the Constitution drafted by the Framers with Madison’s June 8 speech to Congress and Washington’s First Inaugural Address (1789). ( Jefferson-Madison Exchange (1787-1789) ).
Vor einem Tag · Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman ordered the 2 nd U.S. Cavalry Division, led by General Kenner Garrard, to Roswell on July 4, 1864. Sherman’s instructions included, “Arrest every citizen in the country whom you find likely to prove a spy and keep moving so that your force cannot be computed.” (Charged With Treason, by Michael Hitt and “Military Entrenchments of North Fulton County ...
Vor einem Tag · At Hayes's direction, Sherman ordered John Jay to investigate the New York Custom House, which was stacked with Conkling's appointees. Jay's report suggested that the New York Custom House was so overstaffed with political appointees that 20% of the employees were expendable.
Vor 4 Tagen · Operation Cobra was the combat debut of the 76 mm gun-armed Sherman, in the form of the M4A1(76)W. General George S. Patton's Third Army were initially issued 75 mm M4s and accepted 76 mm-armed M4s only after the Battle of Arracourt against Panther tanks in late September 1944.
