The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Količina 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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Stran xi
... Senator , at St. Louis , October 10 , 1844 , eighteen months after his fellow citizens of Missouri had started to Oregon with their wives , children and ox teams to take the country from the British . ) The settlement of Old Oregon ...
... Senator , at St. Louis , October 10 , 1844 , eighteen months after his fellow citizens of Missouri had started to Oregon with their wives , children and ox teams to take the country from the British . ) The settlement of Old Oregon ...
Stran 59
... senate a resolution requesting the President to give notice to the British government of an intention to terminate the treaty of joint occupancy of Oregon under the treaty of 1827 . Senator Linn's proposed act of congress furthermore ...
... senate a resolution requesting the President to give notice to the British government of an intention to terminate the treaty of joint occupancy of Oregon under the treaty of 1827 . Senator Linn's proposed act of congress furthermore ...
Stran 60
... senator from Missouri , and a great and good friend of Oregon ; and that excused Fremont's shortcomings to the Mis- sourians in Oregon , and made him a national figure under the title of the " Path Finder , " and upon which capital he ...
... senator from Missouri , and a great and good friend of Oregon ; and that excused Fremont's shortcomings to the Mis- sourians in Oregon , and made him a national figure under the title of the " Path Finder , " and upon which capital he ...
Stran 61
... Senator Nesmith forcibly states the fact , for this trifling service Fremont achieved the fame of " The Path Finder , " and was rewarded thereafter with the nomination for president of the United States . It has always been claimed by ...
... Senator Nesmith forcibly states the fact , for this trifling service Fremont achieved the fame of " The Path Finder , " and was rewarded thereafter with the nomination for president of the United States . It has always been claimed by ...
Stran 83
... Senator Borah , of Idaho , showing that the Nez Perce Indians were a strong and powerful tribe of Indians occupying a large tract of territory amounting to many millions of acres in the states of Oregon , Washing- ton , Idaho , Montana ...
... Senator Borah , of Idaho , showing that the Nez Perce Indians were a strong and powerful tribe of Indians occupying a large tract of territory amounting to many millions of acres in the states of Oregon , Washing- ton , Idaho , Montana ...
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Stran 640 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land ; and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Stran 614 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Stran 182 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Stran 153 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants.
Stran 218 - ... that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other power or state to any part of the said country, the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Stran 181 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Stran xxvii - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! " Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson:
Stran 265 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution.
Stran 614 - Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in that aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned and disinherited, Cries protest to the Judges of the World, A protest that is also prophecy.
Stran 640 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.