The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 120
... admission of New Mexico at the hazard of her admission being forever lost . The amendment of the senator from Maine ... admitted . The delay , thus designed , is inconsistent with the interests and with the rights of the people of New ...
... admission of New Mexico at the hazard of her admission being forever lost . The amendment of the senator from Maine ... admitted . The delay , thus designed , is inconsistent with the interests and with the rights of the people of New ...
Page 121
... admitted into the United States as a territory , or as a part of the state of Texas or of any other existing state in the Union ; but it is that it shall be admitted as a state . The treaty contains no provision whatever for bringing ...
... admitted into the United States as a territory , or as a part of the state of Texas or of any other existing state in the Union ; but it is that it shall be admitted as a state . The treaty contains no provision whatever for bringing ...
Page 123
... admitted . New Mexico fulfils all the conditions which you have ever required on the admission of a state into the Union . There is only one condition which the Constitution recog- nizes ; and that is , that she shall present a ...
... admitted . New Mexico fulfils all the conditions which you have ever required on the admission of a state into the Union . There is only one condition which the Constitution recog- nizes ; and that is , that she shall present a ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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