The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1AMS Press, 1972 - New York (State) |
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Page 97
... Texas in the care of her honorable and excellent senators , I must be allowed to think that their con- sent to this bill betrays a want of confidence in her claims or in the justice of Congress . A just claim ought not to need an unjust ...
... Texas in the care of her honorable and excellent senators , I must be allowed to think that their con- sent to this bill betrays a want of confidence in her claims or in the justice of Congress . A just claim ought not to need an unjust ...
Page 313
... Texas , together with all the country lying between the Nueces and the lower Rio Grande , and thus to save what would remain of New Mexico , than to leave the whole to be wrested from us by Texas . Sir , I apprehend that Texas will , in ...
... Texas , together with all the country lying between the Nueces and the lower Rio Grande , and thus to save what would remain of New Mexico , than to leave the whole to be wrested from us by Texas . Sir , I apprehend that Texas will , in ...
Page 319
... Texas has acquired no rights since the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , then that the proviso stipulates to reserve no rights . And why ? Because Congress would not be presumed to use a form of expression which would be absurd . They will ...
... Texas has acquired no rights since the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , then that the proviso stipulates to reserve no rights . And why ? Because Congress would not be presumed to use a form of expression which would be absurd . They will ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
Copyright | |
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