History of the Polk AdministrationG.P. Putnam, 1850 - 512 էջ |
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... vote of 148 to 116. This was re- garded as a test vote , the Van Buren men going in a mass against it . The first ballot resulted in the following vote : Van Buren , 146 ; Cass , 83 ; Johnson , 24 ; Buchanan , 4 ; Woodburý , 2 ; Stuart ...
... vote of 148 to 116. This was re- garded as a test vote , the Van Buren men going in a mass against it . The first ballot resulted in the following vote : Van Buren , 146 ; Cass , 83 ; Johnson , 24 ; Buchanan , 4 ; Woodburý , 2 ; Stuart ...
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... votes . The friends of both the candidates 8. That the separation of the moneys of the government from banking institutions is indispensable for the safety of the funds of the government , and the rights of the people . Resolved , That ...
... votes . The friends of both the candidates 8. That the separation of the moneys of the government from banking institutions is indispensable for the safety of the funds of the government , and the rights of the people . Resolved , That ...
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... votes . * On the 4th of March , 1845 , the President elect of the United States delivered his Inaugural Ad- dress in the presence of the assembled representa- tives of the American people , the Supreme Court of the United States , the ...
... votes . * On the 4th of March , 1845 , the President elect of the United States delivered his Inaugural Ad- dress in the presence of the assembled representa- tives of the American people , the Supreme Court of the United States , the ...
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... voting in the affirmative , and 54 in the negative . Of the affirmative votes , 124 were democrats , and 39 were whigs : 38 whigs voted in the negative , and 16 democrats . It will * " Joint resolution of notice to Great Britain to ...
... voting in the affirmative , and 54 in the negative . Of the affirmative votes , 124 were democrats , and 39 were whigs : 38 whigs voted in the negative , and 16 democrats . It will * " Joint resolution of notice to Great Britain to ...
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... vote of 30 to 24 , and , as amended , they passed the Senate on the 16th of April , 1846. Forty Senators voting in the affirmative and fourteen in the negative . * It will be discovered that there was a striking difference between the ...
... vote of 30 to 24 , and , as amended , they passed the Senate on the 16th of April , 1846. Forty Senators voting in the affirmative and fourteen in the negative . * It will be discovered that there was a striking difference between the ...
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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...