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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
oquy to take any step to leave the Union. Are not these the men whom, if the assumption is correct, we Virginians should honor with monuments and hold up to our children as guides and counselors in public affairs? Compare General Lee and General Thomas, Virginians who took opposite sides in the contest; both brave men, each fighting for the cause he thought right. But which was right? If it was better for us to fall, surely it must follow that Thomas was right and Lee wrong. When men risThomas was right and Lee wrong. When men rise up in resistance to an established government, they must establish, or aim at establishing, some better government for their people. If this aim could not have been realized, even had they been successful in their effort, they can have but small claim to the love and honor of the people whom they, however good their intentions, have led to disaster and ruin. If the independence they aimed at was to be a blessing to their people, success or failure should make no difference in our estimate of
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 7: (search)
the place of minister of the marine was conferred on Turgot, whose name was as yet little known at Paris, and whose artlessness made him even less dangerous as a rival than Vergennes. I am told he never goes to mass, said the king, doubtingly, and yet consented to the appointment. In five weeks, Turgot so won upon his sovereign's good will, that he was transferred to the ministry of finance. This was the wish of all the philosophers; of D'Alembert, Condorcet, Bailly, La Harpe, Marmontel, Thomas, Condillac, Morellet, and Voltaire. Nor of them alone. Turgot, said Malesherbes, has the heart of L'Hopital, and the head of Bacon. His purity, moreover, gave him clearsightedness and distinctness of purpose. At a moment when everybody confessed that reform was essential, it seemed a national benediction that Chap. VII.} 1774. July. a youthful king should intrust the task of amendment to a statesman, who preserved his purity of nature in a libertine age, and joined unquestioned probity
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 30: (search)
a narrative which added new falsehoods to those of Smith and Percy. By a temperate answer he might have confused New England; the effrontery of his assertions, made against the clearest evidence, shut out the hope of an agreement. No choice was left to the Massachusetts committee of safety but to drive out the British army, or perish in the attempt; even though every thing conspired to make the American forces incapable of decisive action. There was no unity in the camp. At Roxbury, John Thomas had command, and received encomiums for the good order which prevailed in his division; but Ward, the general who was at Cambridge, had the virtues of a magistrate rather than of a soldier. He was old, unused to a separate military command, and so infirm, that he was not fit to appear on horseback; and he never could introduce exact discipline among free men, whom even the utmost vigor and ability might have failed to control, and who owned no superiority but that of merit, no obedience
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, The American revolution. (search)
aultless in private life, a patriot from the heart. He was followed by David Wooster of Connecticut, an upright old man of sixty five, frugal of his means, but lavish of his life; by William Heath, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, a patriot farmer, who held high rank in the trainbands and had read books on the military art; vain, honest, and incompetent; by Joseph Spencer of Connecticut, a man past sixty, a most respectable citizen, but, from inexperience, not qualified for councils of war; by John Thomas, a physician of Kingston, Massachusetts, the best general officer of that colony; by John Sullivan, a lawyer of New Hampshire, always ready to act, but not always thoughtful of what he undertook; not free from defects and foibles; tinctured with vanity and eager to be popular; enterprising, spirited, and able. The last was Nathaniel Greene, of Rhode Island, who, after Washington, had no superior in natural resources, unless it were Montgomery. At a farewell supper, the members of cong
The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1860., [Electronic resource], Drowned. (search)
Drowned. --John Thomas and family — a wife, a lad and infant — were drowned last Saturday, by the capsizing of his boat in Adams' Creek, near Newbern, N. C. The body of the little child was found floating on the water, dea
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Chicago Rescuers.--arrest of the Rescuers. (search)
ed to Canada; but returning to New York, was employed as porter in a store there. On Monday night he was arrested at the suit of his master's agent, and his employer, a Mr. Vall, immediately got out a writ of habeas corpus for the release of "John Thomas," that being his name. Marshal Rynders responded to it by producing in court the body of a John Thomas, colored man. This J. T., however, was another person, who had been in jail as a witness in a murder case since March last. The Judge decint, and his employer, a Mr. Vall, immediately got out a writ of habeas corpus for the release of "John Thomas," that being his name. Marshal Rynders responded to it by producing in court the body of a John Thomas, colored man. This J. T., however, was another person, who had been in jail as a witness in a murder case since March last. The Judge decided that the writ was satisfied. In the meantime, the Marshal had placed the negro in a back and gotten him safely on board a Richmond steamer.
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Stephens mrs Eliz Stone mrs Jane Stores mrs A A Snow Mrs Mary Swift mrs H B Sibble mrs A Thompson miss M A Thacker miss H D Tunstall miss M C Tabb mrs John Taylor mrs V E Thernton mrs Ann Taylor mrs P J Thornton mrs Wm Thomas mrs S E Timberlake mrs Mary Unshur mrs M L Vantz mrs C C Vaden miss F S Vaden miss M E Wilde mrs C M Washburn mrs A M Watson mrs A Wagner mrs Wm E Walden mrs M E Walthall mrs A G Walker mrs J White miss H F Walton miss Smith Jno Stein Jno Schever Jos Simpson J H Starke P J Southall P T Simoa L Smith & Michedemus Thompson J H3 Thurston J C Taylor Jas Turner Jno W Temble J B Taylor Jno Temple Jno Turner W W Tucker W Tyrer T H Thomas S B Tellander F Taylor E W Tompkins Ed Tarlor R R Tyre R M Thornton Mr Taylor A F Totty J H Underwood J M Varner J D Vanborn J S Vaughan Jno Voorhees J N Venable J Vaughan H Vasben G S Vandsen L Williams W H
The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1860., [Electronic resource], Abrasion of coin. (search)
Marshals Maurice O'Keefe and John Dugan, of New York, who arrived in this city some days since, having in charge the fugitive slave John Thomas, the property of James M. Winer, of Kentucky, are still here, awaiting the arrival of Mr. W. or his agent. These gentlemen have made many friends since their arrival, and are no doubt pleased with their visit.
The Daily Dispatch: November 29, 1860., [Electronic resource], Conclusion of a Poisoning trial. (search)
The New York Fugitive. --The owner of the negro John Thomas arrived here a day or two since from Kentucky, and lost no time in selling John Thomas, who will probably go South. This runaway negro, it will be remembered, was arrested in New York, and brought here by two officers of that city. We record the fact at this time with more gratification, because it furnishes at least one instance of good faith and observance of a constitutional obligation.
The Daily Dispatch: November 29, 1860., [Electronic resource], An opinion from Missouri. (search)
delphia, 1836, note to page 168, 1st volume. (The letter to the King was published 19th December, 1769.) "Yesterday morning, (June 13th, 1770,) about nine o'clock, came on, before Lord Mansfield, in the Court of King's Bench, at Gundhall, the trial of Mr. Woodfall, the original printer of Junius' letter in the Public Advertiser of December 19. Only seven of the special jury attended, viz: William Bond, foreman; Peter Cazalet, Alexander Peter Allen, Frederick Commerell, Herman Meyer, John Thomas and Barrington Buggin. Upon which the following five were taken out of the Dox, viz: William Hannard, Paul Verges, William Sibley, William Willett, and William Davis. The trial was opened by Mr. Wallis. Nathaniel Crowder swore he bought the paper of Mr. Woodfall's publishing servant, whom he named. Mr. Harris proved that the duty for the advertisements and stamps was paid by Mr. Woodfall, and a clerk of Sir John Fielding proved, by a receipt from Mr. Woodfall, his concern in
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