Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1861 |
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... Texas were unwilling Such are the grave causes of complaint on the to submit to this usurpation . Resistance to such part of the United States against Mexico - causes tyranny became a high duty . Texas was fully which existed long ...
... Texas were unwilling Such are the grave causes of complaint on the to submit to this usurpation . Resistance to such part of the United States against Mexico - causes tyranny became a high duty . Texas was fully which existed long ...
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... Texas , still stubbornly refused to re- cognize her as an independent nation , she was none the less so on that account . Mexico herself had been recognized as an independent nation by the United States , and by other powers , many ...
... Texas , still stubbornly refused to re- cognize her as an independent nation , she was none the less so on that account . Mexico herself had been recognized as an independent nation by the United States , and by other powers , many ...
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... Texas , which was despatched by the Government of the United gave their assent to the terms of annexation to the States , with instructions from the Secretary of United States , proposed by our Congress , were rep- State , to warn them ...
... Texas , which was despatched by the Government of the United gave their assent to the terms of annexation to the States , with instructions from the Secretary of United States , proposed by our Congress , were rep- State , to warn them ...
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... Texas , I had deemed it proper to order a strong squadron to the coasts of Mexico , and to concentrate an efficient military force on the western frontier of Texas , to protect and defend the inhabitants against the menaced invasion of ...
... Texas , I had deemed it proper to order a strong squadron to the coasts of Mexico , and to concentrate an efficient military force on the western frontier of Texas , to protect and defend the inhabitants against the menaced invasion of ...
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... Texas by conquest . On the contrary , at an early period after the people of Texas had achieved their independence , they sought to be annexed to the United States . At a general election in September , 1836 , they decided with great ...
... Texas by conquest . On the contrary , at an early period after the people of Texas had achieved their independence , they sought to be annexed to the United States . At a general election in September , 1836 , they decided with great ...
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Էջ 256 - ... employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Էջ 256 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Էջ 256 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Էջ 133 - ... characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Էջ 103 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 133 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Էջ 133 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest,...
Էջ 103 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Էջ 430 - Secession ! Peaceable secession ! Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. The dismemberment of this vast country without convulsion ! The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep without ruffling the surface...
Էջ 302 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted, at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...