"President Van Buren" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "resistance to these dangerous and wicked agitators in the North had reached a point beyond law and above law." A bill, in 1836, for closing the mails to abolitionist literature, another defiance of the Constitution, Amendment I., secured engrossment in the Senate by the casting vote of Vice-President Van Buren; Wright, Tallmadge, and Buchanan also favoring; but failed to pass, nineteen to twenty-five, because Benton, Clay, and Crittenden had the patriotism to ...
— History of the United States, Volume 3 (of 6) • E. Benjamin Andrews
... generally known to the family connection, was obliged to be absent from home, these entertainments took place just the same, presided over by his sister, Mrs. Robert P. Parrott. Indeed, I recall that during a tour of Europe Mr. Kemble made with ex-President Van Buren these Saturday dinner parties were continued for at ...
— As I Remember - Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century • Marian Gouverneur
... mean time President Van Buren ordered the U. S. schooner Grampus, Lieut. John S. Paine, to repair to New Haven, to be in readiness to convey the Africans to Havana, should such be the decision of the Court. But the Court decided that the Government of the ...
— Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the Unied States • William H. Seward
... puritanical young woman is much disturbed at the enthusiastic reception given President Van Buren at New Rochelle, and ...
— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper |
