Book/Printed Material The life and political opinions of Martin Van Buren ... Copy 1
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Image 1 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
- Date: 1835
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Image 2 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 3 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 4 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 5 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 6 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 7 of Copy 1 THE L I F E h^ POLITICAL OPINIONS MARTIN VAN BUREN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BY WILLIAM M. HOLLAND, HARTFORD. BELKNAP HAMERSLEY. 1835.- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 8 of Copy 1 L Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1835, by BELKNAP HAMERSLEY, in the Clerk s Office of the District Court of Connecticut. Tr i fet juN a J. HUBBARD...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 9 of Copy 1 PREFACE. Aside from the present relation of Mr. Van Bu- ren to the people of the United States, the fact of his having risen in times of peace, from the ordina- ry...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 10 of Copy 1 viii PREFACE. rather to display the spirit and principles of the republican party in this country, and to exhibit by the history of an individual, the nature of the relation which that...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 11 of Copy 1 PREFACE. ix As the author has had recourse only to sources of hiformation which are accessible to all, he has not thought it necessary to consult Mr. Van Buren with regard to...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 12 of Copy 1 X PREFACE. statesman and philosopher of the present age If by democracy, you understand that progress of industry, art, law, manners, and light, which has now for some centuries, been constantly increas-...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 13 of Copy 1 CONTENTS 25 33 CHAPTER I. The parentage of Mr. Van Buren, and his educa- tion preparatory to the study of law, 13 CHAPTER II. The professional education of Mr. Van Buren be-...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 14 of Copy 1 xii CONTENTS. tering of the Bank of America. Is elected a member of the State Senate, 77 CHAPTER VI. Mr. Van Bur en s course in the Senate of New York in...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 15 of Copy 1 CONTENTS. xiii CHAPTER XI. Mr. Va)i Buren^s course in the Senate of the United States. His views on the subject of Imprisonment for Debt, .207 CHAPTER XII. Mr. Van But^en proposes to...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 16 of Copy 1 xiv CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX. Pernicious effects of the sijstem of incorporated Banking companies in the United States. Op- position of Mr. Van Buren to the extension of this system in the state...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 17 of Copy 1 LIFE MARTIN VAN BUREN- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 18 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 19 of Copy 1 I. I F E M A R TIN VAN B l) K E N r.Il AFTER I \i- no^ 77i«^ parentage oj Mr. Van Bur en, and luslKtrcCTlXion preparatory to the study...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 20 of Copy 1 14 THE LIFE OF The maiden name of the mother of Mr. Van Buren was Hoes she also was of Dutch descent. The name was originally Goes, and will be recog- nized...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 21 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 15 Martin Van Buren is the eldest son of these parents. He was born at Kinderhook, on the 5th day of December, 1782. At an early age he exhibited...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 22 of Copy 1 10 THE LIFE OF Even at that early age, too, Mr. Van Buren represented by those wlio knew him, to have had a spirit of observation, with regard to pubhc events and...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 23 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 17 Brown, He evinces freedom, accuracy and co- piousness in the use of language, yet he had, as we have seen, but a slight acquaintance with any of the...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 24 of Copy 1 18 THE LIFE OF pline, without reference to the peculiar tendencies of his native talents Again, in most of our higlier seminaries the same course of instruction, the same text-books, the same...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 25 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 19 miglit have been inspired with an admiration for regal pomp and aristocratic dignity, uncongenial to the native independence of his mind. From the same fascinating pages, ho miglit...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 26 of Copy 1 20 THE LIFE OF rian law, which, through the perversions of ser- vile historians, has been made a term of reproach and a bye-word of infamy, to frighten reformers withal, for more...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 27 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN DUREN. 21 the ancient languages is indispensable to the high- est degree of excellence in writing and pul)lir speaking. This opinion may he regarded as lit- erary heresy, but it...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 28 of Copy 1 22 THE LIFE OF it is a matter of reasonable doubt whether much is gained, after all, in the business of instruction by these modern, labor-saving machines. It is an undeniable fact...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 29 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 23 ters. As if any higher duty could devolve upon parents than the instruction of those they have brought into existence or any higher honor could be attained, than...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 30 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 31 of Copy 1 CHAPTER II. J fw proj rssional educatiuii of Mr. I uii Bui en before his admission to (he Bar. In the year 1T9G, at the age of fourteen, Mr. Van Buren commenced...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 32 of Copy 1 26 THE LIFE OF attention and care, and often involves the exercise of nice discrimination and sound logic. The period of study preparatory to admission to the bar was seven years, for...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 33 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 27 exercise for the ingenuity and industry of the neophyte lawyer. He could there exercise his ingenuity in the clear and legal statement of facts, derived from the passionate...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 34 of Copy 1 28 THE LIFE OF of Kinderhook with its immediate vicinity, was the theatre of incessant htigation and judicial combat, especially in the local courts. The early indications of ability, as a speaker...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 35 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 29 management of cases he encountered men of age, talent, and high standing in the profession. It can- not be doubted that the utmost stretch of his exer- tions,...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 36 of Copy 1 30 THE LIFE OF as 1800, when only in his eighteenth year, and still a student at law, he was deputed by the Re- publicans in his native town to attend a...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 37 of Copy 1 MARTIN VAN RUREN. 3] attended these discussions, at that time, foresaw and predicted his future eminence at the bar. Mr. Van Ness, as a leading republican in the city of New York,...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 38 of Copy 1- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 39 of Copy 1 CHAPTER HI Mr. J cni Bureii s professional carrer, in KinderJtook, from the period of his admission to the Bar, in 1803, lo his removal to the ci/y of Hudson, in ISOS....- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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Image 40 of Copy 1 34 THE LIFE OF The bar of Columbia County, at that time, embraced some of the most distinguished members of the legal profession in the state of New York. It will not...- Contributor: Holland, William M. (William Moseley)
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