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... President . [ Letter to Colonel Robert Allen , 21 June 1836. ] Dear Colonel : I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known ...
... President . [ Letter to Colonel Robert Allen , 21 June 1836. ] Dear Colonel : I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known ...
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... President's statements . After this , all Mexico , includ- ing Texas , revolutionized against Spain ; and still later Texas revolutionized against Mexico . In my view , just so far as she carried her resolution by obtaining the actual ...
... President's statements . After this , all Mexico , includ- ing Texas , revolutionized against Spain ; and still later Texas revolutionized against Mexico . In my view , just so far as she carried her resolution by obtaining the actual ...
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... President may do this - I expect to gain some votes , in con- nection with the war , which , without his so doing , will be of doubtful propriety in my own judgment , but which will be free from the doubt if he does so . But if he ...
... President may do this - I expect to gain some votes , in con- nection with the war , which , without his so doing , will be of doubtful propriety in my own judgment , but which will be free from the doubt if he does so . But if he ...
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... President is resolved under all circumstances to have full territorial indemnity for the expenses of the war ; but he forgets to tell us how we are to get the excess after those expenses shall have sur- passed the value of the whole of ...
... President is resolved under all circumstances to have full territorial indemnity for the expenses of the war ; but he forgets to tell us how we are to get the excess after those expenses shall have sur- passed the value of the whole of ...
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... President seems never to have thought of . As to the mode of terminating the war and securing peace , the President is equally wandering and indefinite . First , it is to be done by a more vigorous prosecution of the war in the vital ...
... President seems never to have thought of . As to the mode of terminating the war and securing peace , the President is equally wandering and indefinite . First , it is to be done by a more vigorous prosecution of the war in the vital ...
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