The Life of James Knox PolkJ. M. Alden, 1850 - 395 من الصفحات |
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... Treaty 161 CHAPTER IX . Opposition of Mexico to the Annexation of Texas - The Question of Boun- dary - American troops ordered to Texas - Attempt to Negotiate - Re- fusal to receive a Minister -- Advance of General Taylor to the Rio ...
... Treaty 161 CHAPTER IX . Opposition of Mexico to the Annexation of Texas - The Question of Boun- dary - American troops ordered to Texas - Attempt to Negotiate - Re- fusal to receive a Minister -- Advance of General Taylor to the Rio ...
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... treaty , that the treaty - making power , and the management of the for- eign relations of the government , belonged exclusively to the President and Senate ; and that the House of Rep- resentatives had no constitutional right to ...
... treaty , that the treaty - making power , and the management of the for- eign relations of the government , belonged exclusively to the President and Senate ; and that the House of Rep- resentatives had no constitutional right to ...
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... treaty , and the expunging res- olutions of Mr. Benton ; and he supported the movement made by the Whigs in Congress , predicated , as they alleged , upon their fears with respect to the union 1834. ] 87 HIS COURSE .
... treaty , and the expunging res- olutions of Mr. Benton ; and he supported the movement made by the Whigs in Congress , predicated , as they alleged , upon their fears with respect to the union 1834. ] 87 HIS COURSE .
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John Stilwell Jenkins. The in the month of April , 1844 , a treaty was concluded under the auspices of President Tyler , between the rep- resentatives of the government of the United States and of the republic of Texas , providing for ...
John Stilwell Jenkins. The in the month of April , 1844 , a treaty was concluded under the auspices of President Tyler , between the rep- resentatives of the government of the United States and of the republic of Texas , providing for ...
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... treaty with Florida , by which the Sabine was fixed on as the western boundary of Louisiana . From the ratifica- tion of the treaty of 1803 with France , until the treaty of 1819 , with Spain , the territory now constituting the Re ...
... treaty with Florida , by which the Sabine was fixed on as the western boundary of Louisiana . From the ratifica- tion of the treaty of 1803 with France , until the treaty of 1819 , with Spain , the territory now constituting the Re ...
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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...