Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... adopted as may be necessary to vindicate the honor of the country , and insure ample reparation to our injured citizens . " The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives made a similar recommenda- tion . In their ...
... adopted as may be necessary to vindicate the honor of the country , and insure ample reparation to our injured citizens . " The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives made a similar recommenda- tion . In their ...
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... adopted , and which was approved by the Mexican confederacy , asserted that they were " free and independent of the other Mexican Unit- ed States , and of every other power and dominion whatsoever ; " and proclaimed the great principle ...
... adopted , and which was approved by the Mexican confederacy , asserted that they were " free and independent of the other Mexican Unit- ed States , and of every other power and dominion whatsoever ; " and proclaimed the great principle ...
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... adopted as the line of the east bank of the Rio Grande . Subsequently , boundary between the two powers . Up to that Congress passed an act " establishing certain post period , no considerable colonization had been routes , " extending ...
... adopted as the line of the east bank of the Rio Grande . Subsequently , boundary between the two powers . Up to that Congress passed an act " establishing certain post period , no considerable colonization had been routes , " extending ...
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... adopted . They have been demonstrated also by the United States acting as the trustee of the Chicka- saw tribe of ... adoption of the graduation policy by the United States , in all the States in which they are the owners of large bodies ...
... adopted . They have been demonstrated also by the United States acting as the trustee of the Chicka- saw tribe of ... adoption of the graduation policy by the United States , in all the States in which they are the owners of large bodies ...
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... adoption of the constitution by a majority of the qualified electors at the time and in the manner prescribed in the ... adopted by a con- vention of delegates assembled in Iowa City , on the 18th day of May , A. D. 1846 , in pursu- ance ...
... adoption of the constitution by a majority of the qualified electors at the time and in the manner prescribed in the ... adopted by a con- vention of delegates assembled in Iowa City , on the 18th day of May , A. D. 1846 , in pursu- ance ...
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Էջ 260 - ... 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 260 - 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 260 - 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 34 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Էջ 108 - 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 137 - Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations...
Էջ 260 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is, to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings, which spring from these misrepresentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Էջ 107 - 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 432 - Sir, he who sees these States, now revolving in harmony around a common centre, and expects to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe.
Էջ 265 - The accounts of the abundance of gold in that territory are of such an extraordinary character as would scarcely command belief were they not corroborated by the authentic reports of officers in the public service who have visited the mineral district and derived the facts which they detail from personal observation.