The War with Mexico ReviewedW. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1850 - 298 psl. Contains historical criticism of the Mexican-American War. |
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... treaty of 1817 with Spain , reported that twenty - seven slave - vessels arrived in Havana in 1833 , thirty - three in 1834 , fifty in 1836 , and in 1835 , that * See note on preceding page . † Journal of Session , 1832 . 29th Congress ...
... treaty of 1817 with Spain , reported that twenty - seven slave - vessels arrived in Havana in 1833 , thirty - three in 1834 , fifty in 1836 , and in 1835 , that * See note on preceding page . † Journal of Session , 1832 . 29th Congress ...
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... Treaty of Annexation , then under nego- tiation , he wrote to the British Minister , on the 27th , that " It was made necessary in order to preserve domestic insti- tutions , placed under the guaranty of their ( United States * 28th ...
... Treaty of Annexation , then under nego- tiation , he wrote to the British Minister , on the 27th , that " It was made necessary in order to preserve domestic insti- tutions , placed under the guaranty of their ( United States * 28th ...
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... Treaty of Annexation , May 22 , 1844 ; Sir , besides the apprehension that England will , by treaty or influence , induce Texas to emancipate her slaves , besides this , there is not even the pretence of a reason for this war ( by the ...
... Treaty of Annexation , May 22 , 1844 ; Sir , besides the apprehension that England will , by treaty or influence , induce Texas to emancipate her slaves , besides this , there is not even the pretence of a reason for this war ( by the ...
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... Treaty offered to the Senate for confirma- tion by President Tyler . In his Message of April 22 , 1844 , he said : " At the same time , the Southern and the South- Western States will find , in the fact of annexation , protec- tion and ...
... Treaty offered to the Senate for confirma- tion by President Tyler . In his Message of April 22 , 1844 , he said : " At the same time , the Southern and the South- Western States will find , in the fact of annexation , protec- tion and ...
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... treaty ( of annexation ) , by those who have been engaged in its negotiations . " Mr. Preston , of South Carolina , in a speech at Baltimore , quoted in the National Intelligencer , Oct. 31 , 1844 , says : " Annexation was desired , for ...
... treaty ( of annexation ) , by those who have been engaged in its negotiations . " Mr. Preston , of South Carolina , in a speech at Baltimore , quoted in the National Intelligencer , Oct. 31 , 1844 , says : " Annexation was desired , for ...
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264 psl. - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
273 psl. - Governments, in the name of those nations, do promise to each other that they will endeavor, in the most sincere and earnest manner, to settle the differences so arising, and to preserve the state of peace and friendship in which the two countries are now placing themselves, using, for this end, mutual representations and pacific negotiations.
237 psl. - But the noble Mexic women still their holy task pursued, Through that long, dark night of sorrow, worn and faint and lacking food ; Over weak and suffering brothers, with a tender care they hung, And the dying foeman blessed them in a strange and Northern tongue.
71 psl. - It is expected that, in selecting the establishment for your troops, you will approach as near the boundary line — the Rio Grande — as prudence will dictate. With this view the President desires that your position, for a part of your forces at least, should be west of the river Nueces.
5 psl. - If that the heavens do not their visible spirits Send quickly down to tame these vile offences, It will come, Humanity must perforce prey on itself, Like monsters of the deep.
237 psl. - Spake the mournful Mexic woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. Look forth once more, Ximena! "Like a cloud before the wind...
264 psl. - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
221 psl. - Then if they die unprovided, no more is the King guilty of their damnation than he was before guilty of those impieties for the which they are now visited. Every subject's duty is the King's, but every subject's soul is his own.
13 psl. - Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys...
129 psl. - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.