The War with Mexico ReviewedAmerican Peace Society, 1850 - 298 strán (strany) Contains historical criticism of the Mexican-American War. |
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Strana 11
... Union have been in their enterprize , zeal for freedom , and moral and religious character , wherever their sons have pitched the tents of their wanderings , yet the truth compels us to say , that in some portions of the East , the ...
... Union have been in their enterprize , zeal for freedom , and moral and religious character , wherever their sons have pitched the tents of their wanderings , yet the truth compels us to say , that in some portions of the East , the ...
Strana 16
... Union . The Southern States owning a slave population were deep- ly interested in preventing that country from having the power to annoy them ; and the navigating and manufactur- ing interests of the North , were equally interested in ...
... Union . The Southern States owning a slave population were deep- ly interested in preventing that country from having the power to annoy them ; and the navigating and manufactur- ing interests of the North , were equally interested in ...
Strana 19
... Union . " It would be easy to quote by chapter and verse , from the official documents of the time , many passages of a similar import . But as Mr. Calhoun has said , " I may now right- fully and indisputably claim to be the author of ...
... Union . " It would be easy to quote by chapter and verse , from the official documents of the time , many passages of a similar import . But as Mr. Calhoun has said , " I may now right- fully and indisputably claim to be the author of ...
Strana 20
... Union , would be indispen- sable both to her safety and ours . I saw that it was impos- sible that she could stand as an independent power between us and Mexico , without becoming the scene of intrigue of foreign Powers , alike ...
... Union , would be indispen- sable both to her safety and ours . I saw that it was impos- sible that she could stand as an independent power between us and Mexico , without becoming the scene of intrigue of foreign Powers , alike ...
Strana 22
... Union , by the solemn sanctions of the Federal Constitution . " The N. H. Patriot , May , 1844 , avowed , that " Slavery and the defence of slavery , form the controlling considera- tions urged in favor of the treaty ( of annexation ) ...
... Union , by the solemn sanctions of the Federal Constitution . " The N. H. Patriot , May , 1844 , avowed , that " Slavery and the defence of slavery , form the controlling considera- tions urged in favor of the treaty ( of annexation ) ...
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Strana 264 - 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. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Strana 164 - WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.
Strana 290 - 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.
Strana 273 - 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.
Strana 207 - Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood. Wisdom doth live with children round her knees...
Strana 5 - 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.
Strana 71 - 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.
Strana 3 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Strana 221 - 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.
Strana 207 - The more I am acquainted with agricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them; insomuch, that I can no where find so great satisfaction as in those innocent and useful pursuits. In indulging these feelings; I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an undebauched mind, is the task of making improvements on the earth, than all the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it, by the most uninterrupted career of conquests.