Westward Extension, 1841-1850Harper & Brothers, 1906 - 366 من الصفحات A vivid portrait of a turbulent & crowded decade. Although the emphasis is on expansion, the book is largely a history of the U.S. during the years covered. Also discussed are party struggle & the domestic problems of the Tyler & Polk administrations. Illus. |
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... less can enter into the ideal of the conscientious writer with a just conception of his office ; he must " paint the thing as he sees it , " but ever mindful that the permanent value of his work lies in presenting " things as they are ...
... less can enter into the ideal of the conscientious writer with a just conception of his office ; he must " paint the thing as he sees it , " but ever mindful that the permanent value of his work lies in presenting " things as they are ...
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... less than one hundred and fifty thousand ; 1 and while no exact figures are avail- able for the years 1775-1820 , the total was relative- ly small . The institutions which had been inherited from England were therefore carried into the ...
... less than one hundred and fifty thousand ; 1 and while no exact figures are avail- able for the years 1775-1820 , the total was relative- ly small . The institutions which had been inherited from England were therefore carried into the ...
الصفحة 10
... less than 5000. The difference between the 1 U. S. Twelfth Census ( 1900 ) , Statistical Atlas , 37 , and Plate 16 ; location estimated from data given in U. S. Census Bureau , Negroes in the United States ( Bulletin No. 8 ) , 24 , 25 ...
... less than 5000. The difference between the 1 U. S. Twelfth Census ( 1900 ) , Statistical Atlas , 37 , and Plate 16 ; location estimated from data given in U. S. Census Bureau , Negroes in the United States ( Bulletin No. 8 ) , 24 , 25 ...
الصفحة 11
... less completely overcome the particularism that was so strong be- fore the War of 1812. After 1830 , however , the states gradually separated into two great groups , a northern and a southern , with antagonistic in- terests and ideals ...
... less completely overcome the particularism that was so strong be- fore the War of 1812. After 1830 , however , the states gradually separated into two great groups , a northern and a southern , with antagonistic in- terests and ideals ...
الصفحة 12
... it was but natural for the weaker South , even if there had been far less historical justifica- tion for its attitude , to fall back on the defen- - sive theory of state rights . The political struggle which 12 [ 1789 WESTWARD EXTENSION.
... it was but natural for the weaker South , even if there had been far less historical justifica- tion for its attitude , to fall back on the defen- - sive theory of state rights . The political struggle which 12 [ 1789 WESTWARD EXTENSION.
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الصفحة 211 - ... it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy that no future European colony or dominion shall with our consent be planted or established on any part of the North American continent.
الصفحة 204 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted, even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil.
الصفحة 324 - But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator of the universe. We are his stewards, and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable degree their happiness.
الصفحة 322 - MR. PRESIDENT, — I wish to speak to-day, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man, but as an American, and a member of the Senate of the United States.
الصفحة 79 - States hereby agree to refer the report or reports of the said Commissioners to some friendly Sovereign or State to be then named for that purpose, and who shall be requested to decide on the differences which may be stated in the said report or reports or upon the report of one Commissioner together with the grounds upon which the other Commissioner shall have refused declined or omitted to act as the case may be.
الصفحة 322 - The North has only to will it to accomplish it— to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory, and to do her duty by causing the stipulations relative to fugitive slaves to be faithfully fulfilled— to cease the agitation of the slave question...
الصفحة 324 - The Constitution regulates our stewardship ; the Constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. " But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
الصفحة 107 - ... beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence up the principal stream of said river to its source, thence due north to the forty-second degree of north latitude, thence along the boundary line as defined in the treaty between the United States and Spain, to the beginning...
الصفحة 145 - A controlling majority of the people and a large majority of the States have declared in favor of immediate annexation. Instructions have thus come up to both branches of Congress from their respective constituents in terms the most emphatic. It is the will of both the people and the States that Texas shall be annexed to the Union promptly and immediately.
الصفحة 315 - By awaiting their action, all causes of uneasiness may be avoided, and confidence and kind feeling preserved. With a view of maintaining the harmony and tranquillity so dear to all, we should abstain from the introduction of those exciting topics of a sectional character which have hitherto produced painful apprehensions in the public mind ; and I repeat the solemn warning of the first and most illustrious of my predecessors, against furnishing "any ground for characterizing parties by geographical...