The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in the Administrations: From the Monarchic Colonial Days to the Present Times, Volum 11Fairbanks and Palmer Publishing Company, 1888 |
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... Tennessee . " His law business became quite extensive and profitable , and , although mainly practicing alone , at different times he had associated with him some of the most considerable men of the profession , among whom were Aaron ...
... Tennessee . " His law business became quite extensive and profitable , and , although mainly practicing alone , at different times he had associated with him some of the most considerable men of the profession , among whom were Aaron ...
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... Tennessee was brought forward by Mr. Polk during this term of service in the Legislature , and through his exertions passed . In a community where dueling was fashionable , or , at least , tolerable , this was a daring step , and espe ...
... Tennessee was brought forward by Mr. Polk during this term of service in the Legislature , and through his exertions passed . In a community where dueling was fashionable , or , at least , tolerable , this was a daring step , and espe ...
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... Tennessee , destined to become distin- guished in national affairs , and especially in connec- tion with Mr. Polk , took his seat in the House in 1829 , with the introduction of Andrew Jackson's Admin- istration . This was Cave Johnson ...
... Tennessee , destined to become distin- guished in national affairs , and especially in connec- tion with Mr. Polk , took his seat in the House in 1829 , with the introduction of Andrew Jackson's Admin- istration . This was Cave Johnson ...
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... Tennessee substituted another representa- tive for the good - hearted backwoodsman , Crockett , who did no little in making her famous , as also the Lower House of Congress . But it was , unfortu- nately , a kind of fame which that body ...
... Tennessee substituted another representa- tive for the good - hearted backwoodsman , Crockett , who did no little in making her famous , as also the Lower House of Congress . But it was , unfortu- nately , a kind of fame which that body ...
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... Tennessee again returned David Crockett to Congress , one of the most remarkable men who ever sat in the House of Representatives . He was instrumental in doing more , perhaps , than any man of his day in turning the acts , habits , and ...
... Tennessee again returned David Crockett to Congress , one of the most remarkable men who ever sat in the House of Representatives . He was instrumental in doing more , perhaps , than any man of his day in turning the acts , habits , and ...
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Side 543 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Side 561 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Side 560 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. South by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Side 553 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Side 544 - ... Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States...
Side 529 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Side 87 - Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Side 204 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Side 542 - The boundary line established by this article shall be religiously respected by each of the two republics, and no change shall ever be made therein, except by the express and free consent of both nations, lawfully given by the general government of each, in conformity with its own constitution.
Side 552 - The officers shall be daily furnished, by the party in whose power they are, with as many rations and of the same articles as are allowed, either in kind or by commutation, to officers of equal rank in its own army, and all others shall be daily furnished with such ration as is allowed to a common soldier in its...