Annual Report and CollectionsState Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1882 After 1855 the society's annual reports were included in its Proceedings. |
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Página 325 - GOD, GIVE US MEN! GOD, GIVE us MEN! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Página 83 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Página 332 - On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
Página 319 - That the provisions of the Constitution are ample for the preservation of the Union, and the protection of all the material interests of the country • that it needs to be obeyed rather than amended...
Página 14 - The State Historical Society, heretofore organized under the incorporation laws of the state, shall be the trustee of the state, and as such shall faithfully expend and apply all money received from the state to the uses and purposes directed by law, and shall hold all its present and future collections and property for the state...
Página 331 - The solid and sober intelligence of the South knows that she is not the favorite of an indulgent and partial Providence. "Heated hot in burning fears And dipped in baths of hissing tears .And battered by the shocks of doom," the Southern people have, with all their cheerfulness, learned that they have to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling, though they have but begun the great work. The thing I desire to suggest for Southern men to consider is whether we do not need to correct our...
Página 144 - ... supply. The little islands of wood, scattered over the boundless plains, were swarming with wild turkeys, so that we had plenty of poultry. At the end of six days we reached our destination safe and sound, taking Mr. Julien's two engages by surprise. My party soon fitted up a temporary shop. Not long after, the Indians came in, made a splendid season's trade, managed for the transportation of my packs of fur by leaving a man to help Mr. Julien's two engages down with their boat. Thus I completed...
Página 122 - Mississippi to the mouth of the Ouisconsing river and up the same to a point which shall be thirty-six miles in a direct line from the mouth of the...
Página 317 - October, 1848, he returned home and entered upon the study of the law in the office of his uncle, Alexander M.
Página 437 - Lewis, under a proper guard, fur trial, presuming it is a course you will approve. " I am much indebted to Mr. Colin Campbell, the interpreter, for his great exertions in bringing this affair to a speedy issue. The delivery of the murderer is to be solely attributed to his influence over the Sussi tongs.