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... Mexico and the States beyond.- Democratic Review , vol . XXIII , p . 106 , 1848 . RHETT ( S. C. ) : The Court declares that the territories belong to the United States . They are tenants in common , or joint proprietors and co ...
... Mexico and the States beyond.- Democratic Review , vol . XXIII , p . 106 , 1848 . RHETT ( S. C. ) : The Court declares that the territories belong to the United States . They are tenants in common , or joint proprietors and co ...
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... Mexico and Oregon and Nebraska are admitted as States , then the majority in the Senate will be against us . The power will be with them to harass , annoy , and oppress . it is a law of power to exert itself , as universal as it is a ...
... Mexico and Oregon and Nebraska are admitted as States , then the majority in the Senate will be against us . The power will be with them to harass , annoy , and oppress . it is a law of power to exert itself , as universal as it is a ...
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... Mexico . The great crisis and panic , speculation collapses . Van Buren for the " independent " or " sub - treasury . " E. P. Lovejoy murdered . First proposal to annex Texas . Michigan admitted as a State . 1838. Continued troubles on ...
... Mexico . The great crisis and panic , speculation collapses . Van Buren for the " independent " or " sub - treasury . " E. P. Lovejoy murdered . First proposal to annex Texas . Michigan admitted as a State . 1838. Continued troubles on ...
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... Mexico seized . The so - called free - trade tariff passed . The " Wilmot - Proviso " proposed . Howe in- vents the sewing machine . Iowa admitted as a state . 1847. Victories over Mexico . Renown of Taylor and Scott . Lincoln first ...
... Mexico seized . The so - called free - trade tariff passed . The " Wilmot - Proviso " proposed . Howe in- vents the sewing machine . Iowa admitted as a state . 1847. Victories over Mexico . Renown of Taylor and Scott . Lincoln first ...
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... . 75 Purchase of Florida .. 103 Annexation of Texas 129 California and New Mexico 153 California and Oregon 177 Alaska and Hawaii .. 201 Porto Rico and The Philippines . 229 PREFACE NEW questions have been more fundamental F in American.
... . 75 Purchase of Florida .. 103 Annexation of Texas 129 California and New Mexico 153 California and Oregon 177 Alaska and Hawaii .. 201 Porto Rico and The Philippines . 229 PREFACE NEW questions have been more fundamental F in American.
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Page 21 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 60 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 20 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 168 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 64 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary " The motion for postponing was seconded by Mr.
Page 21 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line, provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line, drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Page 247 - Lawrence; 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.
Page 42 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Page 99 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 20 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.