A History of the American People, Volumen7Harper & brothers, 1918 |
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... established a fort , now included within the city limits , but the city was not laid out until 1848 , after the discovery of gold . The thousands of gold - seekers who arrived in the country came up the river to Sacramento in steamers ...
... established a fort , now included within the city limits , but the city was not laid out until 1848 , after the discovery of gold . The thousands of gold - seekers who arrived in the country came up the river to Sacramento in steamers ...
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... establish an independent government would not be countenanced by the Executive of the United States , and advised them to migrate beyond the Mississippi or to submit to the laws of those States . " Life on the frontier had left him no ...
... establish an independent government would not be countenanced by the Executive of the United States , and advised them to migrate beyond the Mississippi or to submit to the laws of those States . " Life on the frontier had left him no ...
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... establish it had been duly fought out then , as it were at the very founding of the government . Both Congress and the Executive had accepted the conclusions of Mr. Hamilton in the matter , and rejected the conclusions of Mr. Jefferson ...
... establish it had been duly fought out then , as it were at the very founding of the government . Both Congress and the Executive had accepted the conclusions of Mr. Hamilton in the matter , and rejected the conclusions of Mr. Jefferson ...
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... established by men of the party which they were now trying in all things to supplant , the men who had turned away from General Jackson and followed Mr. Clay . It was part of the old , suspected , aristocratic order which the new democ ...
... established by men of the party which they were now trying in all things to supplant , the men who had turned away from General Jackson and followed Mr. Clay . It was part of the old , suspected , aristocratic order which the new democ ...
Página 84
... established , panic shaken off . But the Democrats gained nothing by the circumstance as a national party . They seemed to have lost initiative when they lost General Jackson . Mr. Van Buren had handled such diplomatic matters as fell.
... established , panic shaken off . But the Democrats gained nothing by the circumstance as a national party . They seemed to have lost initiative when they lost General Jackson . Mr. Van Buren had handled such diplomatic matters as fell.
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Página 273 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirtysix degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited.
Página 313 - ... it intersects the first branch of the river Gila (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same) ; thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado, thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean.
Página 233 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Página 316 - 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 elected...
Página 318 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Página 190 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FOR5IED.
Página 166 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Página 194 - The Constitution of the United States then forms a government, not a league, and whether it be formed by compact between the states, or in any other manner, its character is the same.
Página 309 - 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.
Página 209 - Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority, and should not be regarded as deciding questions of constitutional power except where the acquiescence of the people and the States can be considered as well settled.