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... France , absolutely prophetic . They laid down a policy for the orderly and erect independence of Mexico ; such a policy as would give us the commercial and other results of annexation , without its troubles and dangers . If the ...
... France , absolutely prophetic . They laid down a policy for the orderly and erect independence of Mexico ; such a policy as would give us the commercial and other results of annexation , without its troubles and dangers . If the ...
Page 106
... cases growing out of the treaties with Great Britain , France , and other countries , that there can be no rendition of any one from one State to another , except in pursuance of some treaty or law 106 EIGHT YEARS IN CONGRESS .
... cases growing out of the treaties with Great Britain , France , and other countries , that there can be no rendition of any one from one State to another , except in pursuance of some treaty or law 106 EIGHT YEARS IN CONGRESS .
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... France , Spain , and Mexico . We have endeavored to add other territory , which the jealousy of France , Spain , and especially of England , has prevented . It is not my purpose now to rehearse our history in this regard . We may have ...
... France , Spain , and Mexico . We have endeavored to add other territory , which the jealousy of France , Spain , and especially of England , has prevented . It is not my purpose now to rehearse our history in this regard . We may have ...
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... France are re- viving the slave trade to cheapen tropical produce . His second objection is more salient . I quote it entire : " If we had Cuba , we could not make more than two or three slave States there , which would not restore the ...
... France are re- viving the slave trade to cheapen tropical produce . His second objection is more salient . I quote it entire : " If we had Cuba , we could not make more than two or three slave States there , which would not restore the ...
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... France . The Senate of the United States dare not confirm such a treaty . The present Executive will not present it . The present Secre- tary of State will not sanction it . Does England want Honduras , Yucatan , the Belize ? What are ...
... France . The Senate of the United States dare not confirm such a treaty . The present Executive will not present it . The present Secre- tary of State will not sanction it . Does England want Honduras , Yucatan , the Belize ? What are ...
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