History of the Polk AdministrationG.P. Putnam, 1850 - 512 strani |
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Stran 60
... regiment of Valladolid , my native city . It is well known , that the individuals who serve in those troops receive no pay . The mili- tary profession was not the principal object of my pursuit . I possessed an independence , and ...
... regiment of Valladolid , my native city . It is well known , that the individuals who serve in those troops receive no pay . The mili- tary profession was not the principal object of my pursuit . I possessed an independence , and ...
Stran 136
... General Taylor issued a call upon the Gover- * Dispatch of General Taylor , April 26th , 1846 , Executive docu- ments , second Session , 29th Congress . † Ibid . nor of Texas for two regiments of mounted troops , 136 THE HISTORY OF.
... General Taylor issued a call upon the Gover- * Dispatch of General Taylor , April 26th , 1846 , Executive docu- ments , second Session , 29th Congress . † Ibid . nor of Texas for two regiments of mounted troops , 136 THE HISTORY OF.
Stran 137
Lucien Bonaparte Chase. nor of Texas for two regiments of mounted troops , and two of infantry , and upon the Governor of Louisana for four regiments of infantry , for the pur- pose of prosecuting the war with energy , and carry- ing it ...
Lucien Bonaparte Chase. nor of Texas for two regiments of mounted troops , and two of infantry , and upon the Governor of Louisana for four regiments of infantry , for the pur- pose of prosecuting the war with energy , and carry- ing it ...
Stran 148
... regiments , which , with a battalion from the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , numbered in all about 23,000 effective men , to serve for the period of twelve months , or * Letter of General Scott to the Secretary of War ...
... regiments , which , with a battalion from the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , numbered in all about 23,000 effective men , to serve for the period of twelve months , or * Letter of General Scott to the Secretary of War ...
Stran 153
... regimental commander to see that timely requisi- tions be made . Now , if those officers failed to have what was necessary to the efficiency of their commands , let General Taylor hold them accountable . The Quartermaster's department ...
... regimental commander to see that timely requisi- tions be made . Now , if those officers failed to have what was necessary to the efficiency of their commands , let General Taylor hold them accountable . The Quartermaster's department ...
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1st session 29th advance Agua Nueva American amount annexation appointed army authority battle bill boundary cents Chihuahua citizens city of Mexico cloth Colonel command commenced Congressional Globe Constitution convention Cruz December Department dispatch dollars duty edition enemy established Executive favor force foreign gilt honor House of Representatives Illustrated important interest Jalapa January June Lake Chalco land letter March ment Mexican Republic Monterey nation necessary negotiations New-York officers operations opinion Oregon party passed peace Polk ports possession present President principles produce protection Puebla purpose question received regiments resolution result revenue Rio Bravo Rio Grande river Santa Anna Scott Secretary Secretary of War Senate session 29th Congress Spain Tampico tariff tariff of 1842 Taylor territory Texas tion trade treasury treaty Trist troops Union United Vera Cruz volunteers vote War Department Washington WASHINGTON IRVING
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Stran 272 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Stran 42 - ... the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st. degree of west longitude (of the same meridian) ; and, finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st. degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the Russian and British possessions on the continent of America to the north-west.
Stran 104 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas...
Stran 284 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Stran 454 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Stran 284 - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea : from thence up the middle of that river...
Stran 99 - Red river ; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington ; then crossing the said Red river, and running thence...
Stran 17 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Stran 454 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Stran 17 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution...