History of the Polk AdministrationG.P. Putnam, 1850 - 512 էջ |
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... officers , were some of the most distin- guished statesmen in the Union , and in their selec- tion he exhibited a thorough knowledge of those men , whose great abilities and remarkable energy greatly assisted in erecting that splendid ...
... officers , were some of the most distin- guished statesmen in the Union , and in their selec- tion he exhibited a thorough knowledge of those men , whose great abilities and remarkable energy greatly assisted in erecting that splendid ...
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... officers of the army made to him , were generally characterized by frankness and urbanity , and it was only in his response to the charges made by General Scott against the admin- istration and the War Department , that he in- dulged in ...
... officers of the army made to him , were generally characterized by frankness and urbanity , and it was only in his response to the charges made by General Scott against the admin- istration and the War Department , that he in- dulged in ...
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... officers of the Navy . His judgment was sound and discriminating , and without obtaining as much char- acter for energy and industry as the other members of the Cabinet , still his grasp of intellect and 28 HISTORY OF THE.
... officers of the Navy . His judgment was sound and discriminating , and without obtaining as much char- acter for energy and industry as the other members of the Cabinet , still his grasp of intellect and 28 HISTORY OF THE.
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... officers sent out from Spain ; there was a natural antipathy , then , between this body and the natives of Mexico . Finding the remonstrances ineffectual , which they urged against the course of the ayunta- miento , the audiencia seized ...
... officers sent out from Spain ; there was a natural antipathy , then , between this body and the natives of Mexico . Finding the remonstrances ineffectual , which they urged against the course of the ayunta- miento , the audiencia seized ...
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... officers of his army at Iguala , and presented them a set of propositions for the institution of a national government , which are termed in the history of that country , " the plan of Iguala . " It proposed that Mexico should form an ...
... officers of his army at Iguala , and presented them a set of propositions for the institution of a national government , which are termed in the history of that country , " the plan of Iguala . " It proposed that Mexico should form an ...
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Էջ 272 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Էջ 42 - ... the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st. degree of west longitude (of the same meridian) ; and, finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st. degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the Russian and British possessions on the continent of America to the north-west.
Էջ 104 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas...
Էջ 284 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Էջ 454 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Էջ 284 - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea : from thence up the middle of that river...
Էջ 99 - Red river ; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington ; then crossing the said Red river, and running thence...
Էջ 17 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Էջ 454 - 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 17 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution...