Political Science Quarterly, Volume 11Academy of Political Science., 1896 - Electronic journals Vols. 4-38, 40-41 include Record of political events, Oct. 1, 1888-Dec. 31, 1925 (issued as a separately paged supplement to no. 3 of v. 31-38 and to no. 1 of v. 40). |
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... vote of 99 to 95 , a resolution declaring its opinion . that the government of the United States ought not to be repre- sented at the Congress of Panama except in a diplomatic character , nor ought they to form any alliance , offensive ...
... vote of 99 to 95 , a resolution declaring its opinion . that the government of the United States ought not to be repre- sented at the Congress of Panama except in a diplomatic character , nor ought they to form any alliance , offensive ...
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... vote it would have been defeated . But however this may be , the reason Mr. Clay gave for permitting it to sleep was characteristic of him as a man , and creditable to him . as a statesman . . In the view expressed in the House ...
... vote it would have been defeated . But however this may be , the reason Mr. Clay gave for permitting it to sleep was characteristic of him as a man , and creditable to him . as a statesman . . In the view expressed in the House ...
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... voted against the Panama In 1845 circumstances had changed . In that year Mr. Polk assumed the presidency , committed to a policy that embraced the annexation of Texas at the south , and the maintenance of our claim to the whole of the ...
... voted against the Panama In 1845 circumstances had changed . In that year Mr. Polk assumed the presidency , committed to a policy that embraced the annexation of Texas at the south , and the maintenance of our claim to the whole of the ...
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... vote of twenty - six to twenty - one , Mr. Calhoun , Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Webster voting in the negative . The resolution was referred to the 1 Cong . Globe , 29th Cong . , 1st sess . , p . 197 . committee on foreign relations , but ...
... vote of twenty - six to twenty - one , Mr. Calhoun , Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Webster voting in the negative . The resolution was referred to the 1 Cong . Globe , 29th Cong . , 1st sess . , p . 197 . committee on foreign relations , but ...
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... voted that an empire be established ; that the Archduke Maximilian of Austria , brother of Francis Joseph , should be invited to accept the throne ; and that if he should decline it , the Emperor of the French should be asked to fill ...
... voted that an empire be established ; that the Archduke Maximilian of Austria , brother of Francis Joseph , should be invited to accept the throne ; and that if he should decline it , the Emperor of the French should be asked to fill ...
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Page 2 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 3 - Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same ; which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy ; meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
Page 76 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 79 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 687 - The Inhabitants of the Territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States by this Treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights and immunities of the Citizens of the United States.
Page 2 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 235 - ... be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be adjusted through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar, at all times, in the markets and in the payment of debts; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin.
Page 235 - And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Page 367 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist, by every means in its power, as a willful aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 687 - Louisiana it was provided that 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...