—A case of slaves liberated by British authorities while on the voyage from one American port to another, 409 ; brig bound from Richmond to New Orleans, mutiny and massacre by the slaves, 409 ; affidavit of the master at Nassau, N. P.—proceedings at Nassau, 410 , 411 ; this was the fifth of such outrages, 411 ; the Caroline affair still unatoned for, 411 ; call upon the President for information, 411 ; remarks of Mr. Calhoun on moving a reference to the Committee on Foreign relations, 411 ; despatch of the Secretary of State, 412 ; approved in the Senate, 413 ; allusion to the mission of Lord Ashburton, 413 .
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

I have heard my friend, F. C. Foster, a resident of Morgan county, often mention that what were before the war the rich and poor sides of that county have become interchanged; where most of the large slave-owners lived was the rich, but now is the poor side; and the other, where there were but few slaves, is now the rich side.
— from The Brothers' War by John C. (John Calvin) Reed

At the same time I thought I had detected [Pg 176] a yellow streak in Huyliger, and I figured that he would not want to take the risk of my carrying out my threat, even though he believed there was but a small chance of my doing so.
— from Outwitting the Hun: My Escape from a German Prison Camp by Pat O'Brien

But a bare recommendation—founded, as I am satisfied it must be, on the artful suggestions of those fireside patriots who seek in a failure of the expedition an excuse for their own supineness, and upon the misrepresentations of the discontented from the army, who wish it to be believed that the difficulties which overcame their patriotism are wholly insurmountable—would afford me but a feeble shield against the reproaches of my country or my conscience.
— from Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. by George Cary Eggleston

There are duties from which I can not release myself—duties which I owe to the United States, and above all to France; nor can I consent to any act which shall derogate from the rights of my country over my person.
— from Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing

Suppose, for example, you are alarmed by portents of evil, you must say to yourself “These portents threaten my body, or my goods, or my reputation, or my children, or my wife; but they do not threaten me .”
— from Silanus the Christian by Edwin Abbott Abbott

I rest my claim to the remembrance of my country on my published works, and to the remembrance of my friends upon their experience of me in addition thereto.
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

The farmer said "Good morning," and the rattle of milk cans once more filled the road as his horse set off at a gallop towards home.
— from Women of the Country by Gertrude Bone

MENTAL HEALTH One of the most significant health achievements during my Administration was the recent passage of the Mental Health Systems Act, which grew out of recommendations of my Commission on Mental Health.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Jimmy Carter