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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
About the only voice raised in Congress against the robbery on our southern border was that of the venerable ex-Presi-ident, J. Q- Adams, then a member of the House of Representatives. But what could a young and weak Territory, with no voice in Congress but that of a delegate without a vote, do against a powerful State with some nineteen votes?
The literal English of "Tuebor" is: "I will defend. " It means somewhat as if we would say, "We will defend even unto killing—unto death. "
"Si qumris peninsulam ammnam circumspice, " literally translated, is: "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around, " or thus: "If you are looking for or in search of a beautiful peninsula, look around you, —here it is. "
Yours truly,
JOHN J. ADAM.
Civil War
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