The War with Mexico ReviewedAmerican Peace Society, 1850 - 298 strán (strany) Contains historical criticism of the Mexican-American War. |
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Strana 57
... command , " positions on or near the east bank of the Rio del Norte , " as soon as it could be conven- iently done . How little this measure was necessary for the protection of Texas , or to ward off any threatened or sus- pected ...
... command , " positions on or near the east bank of the Rio del Norte , " as soon as it could be conven- iently done . How little this measure was necessary for the protection of Texas , or to ward off any threatened or sus- pected ...
Strana 88
... command to his troops in his General Orders on the day preceding the battle of Palo Alto in saying , " he wishes to enjoin upon the bat- talions of Infantry that their main dependence must be on the bayonet ; " but it shows the manual ...
... command to his troops in his General Orders on the day preceding the battle of Palo Alto in saying , " he wishes to enjoin upon the bat- talions of Infantry that their main dependence must be on the bayonet ; " but it shows the manual ...
Strana 90
... command left by Colonel Harney at the Presidio crossing , having been fired upon by the Mexicans with the loss of one killed and two wounded , set fire to the public stores they were left to protect , and retreated to San Antonio ...
... command left by Colonel Harney at the Presidio crossing , having been fired upon by the Mexicans with the loss of one killed and two wounded , set fire to the public stores they were left to protect , and retreated to San Antonio ...
Strana 142
... commands them , ) that negroes in a state of insurrection would hardly be guilty of . The women have been repeat- edly violated , ( almost an every day affair , ) houses are broken open , and insults of every kind have been offered to ...
... commands them , ) that negroes in a state of insurrection would hardly be guilty of . The women have been repeat- edly violated , ( almost an every day affair , ) houses are broken open , and insults of every kind have been offered to ...
Strana 143
... command- ing general , touching depredations alleged to have been committed near Marin and Ramos , by troops and armed parties passing on the road . The general is therefore under the necessity of calling the attention of all officers ...
... command- ing general , touching depredations alleged to have been committed near Marin and Ramos , by troops and armed parties passing on the road . The general is therefore under the necessity of calling the attention of all officers ...
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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.