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Page 223
As a wise precau“ Commander - in - Chief of the army and tionary measure ,
therefore , the reinforcing navy of the United States , and of the mi . our
squadrons in the Gulf could but be litia when called into the service of the
applauded , since it ...
As a wise precau“ Commander - in - Chief of the army and tionary measure ,
therefore , the reinforcing navy of the United States , and of the mi . our
squadrons in the Gulf could but be litia when called into the service of the
applauded , since it ...
Page 248
He was the faith of the United States was there . appointed , on the 11th of July ,
1836 , the by pledged . agent of the United States , to assert and Whatever might
have been the charac- prosecute their claim to the legacy ; and ter of the trust ...
He was the faith of the United States was there . appointed , on the 11th of July ,
1836 , the by pledged . agent of the United States , to assert and Whatever might
have been the charac- prosecute their claim to the legacy ; and ter of the trust ...
Page 456
Again : “ New States lawfully con of the precedents furnished by the acquistituted
or established within the United sitions of Louisiana and Florida . These States . ”
In the original resolution , there- purchases , which the ablest statesmen fore ...
Again : “ New States lawfully con of the precedents furnished by the acquistituted
or established within the United sitions of Louisiana and Florida . These States . ”
In the original resolution , there- purchases , which the ablest statesmen fore ...
Page 554
If the people of the United States whereby a party majority shall have the meant
to be understood , in electing Mr. right to dispose at pleasure of the interPolk , as
declaring that “ our title to the est and happiness of others . whole of the territory ...
If the people of the United States whereby a party majority shall have the meant
to be understood , in electing Mr. right to dispose at pleasure of the interPolk , as
declaring that “ our title to the est and happiness of others . whole of the territory ...
Page 556
Meantime , the appearances are , United States — the great power of this that the
party which professes the great . Continent , with all its sympathies natuest
respect for the doctrine of the right of rally enlisted in behalf of a neighboring self
...
Meantime , the appearances are , United States — the great power of this that the
party which professes the great . Continent , with all its sympathies natuest
respect for the doctrine of the right of rally enlisted in behalf of a neighboring self
...
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