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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... seem to have been understood as preventing colonists from bringing their slaves with them . The national constitution of Mexico adopted in 1824 and continuing in force up to the time of the Texas revolution contained no provision on the ...
... seem to have been understood as preventing colonists from bringing their slaves with them . The national constitution of Mexico adopted in 1824 and continuing in force up to the time of the Texas revolution contained no provision on the ...
الصفحة 31
... seem just . The fact , however , which makes the " conspiracy " theory completely illogical is that the political leaders in the slave states were not united in support of the southwest- ward movement , nor those in the free states ...
... seem just . The fact , however , which makes the " conspiracy " theory completely illogical is that the political leaders in the slave states were not united in support of the southwest- ward movement , nor those in the free states ...
الصفحة 36
... seems to have been occupied only during the years 1809 , 1810. That region was far away from the commercial centres of the United States ; the fur- trade , profitable though it might be , was attended with many risks ; and the merchants ...
... seems to have been occupied only during the years 1809 , 1810. That region was far away from the commercial centres of the United States ; the fur- trade , profitable though it might be , was attended with many risks ; and the merchants ...
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... seems to have paid little attention to the incident , which was , in fact , only a passing ebullition . Scarcely had the veto been promulgated before negotiations were on foot for an agreement be- tween the president and the majority in ...
... seems to have paid little attention to the incident , which was , in fact , only a passing ebullition . Scarcely had the veto been promulgated before negotiations were on foot for an agreement be- tween the president and the majority in ...
الصفحة 62
... seems to have gone no further than to meet his objection to local discounts , leaving out of account the more weighty question of constitutionality . Webster and Ewing were appointed by the presi- dent to confer with Berrien and ...
... seems to have gone no further than to meet his objection to local discounts , leaving out of account the more weighty question of constitutionality . Webster and Ewing were appointed by the presi- dent to confer with Berrien and ...
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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...