The Life of James Knox PolkJ. M. Alden, 1850 - 395 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة ix
... consideration and action , and that interests of the deepest magnitude were confided to their hands . Mr. Polk could not have said , with Augustus Cæsar , that he found the capital of the republic built of brick , and left it ...
... consideration and action , and that interests of the deepest magnitude were confided to their hands . Mr. Polk could not have said , with Augustus Cæsar , that he found the capital of the republic built of brick , and left it ...
الصفحة xi
... considerations , there is some- thing in the character of Mr. Polk , in his early struggles and in his triumphs , which is worthy of notice , and will challenge admiration . " There is nothing so interesting to me , " says Joanna ...
... considerations , there is some- thing in the character of Mr. Polk , in his early struggles and in his triumphs , which is worthy of notice , and will challenge admiration . " There is nothing so interesting to me , " says Joanna ...
الصفحة 34
... consideration whereof , protection was to be afforded against the Tories , and the spoliations of forag- ing parties . It was never considered to be an impeach- ment of a man's fidelity to the colonial cause , that he " took protection ...
... consideration whereof , protection was to be afforded against the Tories , and the spoliations of forag- ing parties . It was never considered to be an impeach- ment of a man's fidelity to the colonial cause , that he " took protection ...
الصفحة 122
... consideration paid for the Floridas . In my judgment , the country west of the Sa- bine , and now called Texas , was most unwisely ceded away . It is a part of the great valley of the Mississippi , directly connected by its navigable ...
... consideration paid for the Floridas . In my judgment , the country west of the Sa- bine , and now called Texas , was most unwisely ceded away . It is a part of the great valley of the Mississippi , directly connected by its navigable ...
الصفحة 130
... consideration in the Senate of the United States , all the official correspondence between the representatives of the two governments was most un- advisedly made public ; and from this it appeared , that the protracted war in which ...
... consideration in the Senate of the United States , all the official correspondence between the representatives of the two governments was most un- advisedly made public ; and from this it appeared , that the protracted war in which ...
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الصفحة 139 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
الصفحة 147 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
الصفحة 346 - An act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals...
الصفحة 225 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source to the River Iberville...
الصفحة 138 - That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith...
الصفحة 365 - ... political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations...
الصفحة 29 - Resolved, That the delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the delegates of the other Colonies in declaring Independency, and forming foreign alliances...
الصفحة 27 - ... 4. Resolved, that as we now acknowledge the existence and control of no law or legal officer, civil or military, within this county, we do hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of life all, each and every of our former laws — wherein nevertheless the Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authority therein.
الصفحة 153 - That justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country...
الصفحة 390 - An act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue...