DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources, Volume 14J. D. B. De Bow, 1853 - Industries |
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... capital with destruction , was a political difficulty adjusted by a convention amongst the disputants . The decree of Santa Anna , defining his own powers , was illegal ; but the Con- gress , which owed its authority to his re ...
... capital with destruction , was a political difficulty adjusted by a convention amongst the disputants . The decree of Santa Anna , defining his own powers , was illegal ; but the Con- gress , which owed its authority to his re ...
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... capital , and blockaded her coast . In accordance with the terms of a treaty , under which Mexico ceded away nearly half her actual territory , the in- vading army was withdrawn , and peace was declared . During this war the efficient ...
... capital , and blockaded her coast . In accordance with the terms of a treaty , under which Mexico ceded away nearly half her actual territory , the in- vading army was withdrawn , and peace was declared . During this war the efficient ...
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... capital to render their property more valuable ? The Isthmus of Central America is now under the control of foreign capital , and rendered useful by foreign enter- prise . Why should an imputation so gratui- tous be thrown upon Garay ...
... capital to render their property more valuable ? The Isthmus of Central America is now under the control of foreign capital , and rendered useful by foreign enter- prise . Why should an imputation so gratui- tous be thrown upon Garay ...
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... capital had increased ninety - one millions , and our banking cir- culation fifty - four millions . The loans rose from three hundred and twenty - five to five hundred and twenty - five millions , being an average annual expansion of ...
... capital had increased ninety - one millions , and our banking cir- culation fifty - four millions . The loans rose from three hundred and twenty - five to five hundred and twenty - five millions , being an average annual expansion of ...
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... capital so strongly prohibited , now springs up with an unnatural and redoubled power . The credit extended by the bank to its friends spreads through every Free banking is one thing - free trade ramification of commerce , enhancing no ...
... capital so strongly prohibited , now springs up with an unnatural and redoubled power . The credit extended by the bank to its friends spreads through every Free banking is one thing - free trade ramification of commerce , enhancing no ...
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Page 18 - If, by the examinations which may be made, it should be ascertained to be practicable and advantageous to construct a road, canal, or railway, which should in whole or in part run upon -the river Gila, or upon its right or its left bank, within the space of one marine league from either margin of the river, the governments of both republics will form an agreement regarding its construction, in order that it may serve equally for the use and advantage of both countries.
Page 374 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct ; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Page 30 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon...
Page 18 - Gila, to and from their possessions situated north of the boundary line defined in the preceding article ; it being understood that this passage is to be by navigating the gulf of California and the river Colorado, and not by land, without the express consent of the Mexican government.
Page 357 - Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day : While smooth Adonis, from his native rock, Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded.
Page 155 - We live in an age of progress, and ours is emphatically a country of progress. Within the last half century the number of States in this Union has nearly doubled, the population has almost quadrupled, and our boundaries have been extended from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Our territory is checkered over with railroads and furrowed with canals.
Page 323 - Many have oftentimes expressed the fond hope that the day is not far distant when we shall be able to control cancer.
Page 186 - I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 358 - Buddhism in China is decried by the learned, laughed at by the profligate, yet followed by all." Buddhism is doubtless as good a religion as any other in China. All creeds there are characterised by the grossest superstitions and ridiculous ceremonies. Mr. Malcolm, the missionary, gives a very favorable account of Buddhism in China. "It has no mythology," says he, "of obscene and ferocious...
Page 159 - ... whose fidelity to their duties may be relied upon in such an emergency. The exposure to this increased and arduous labor, since the passage of the act of 1850, has already had, to a most observable and injurious extent, the effect of preventing the enlistment of the best seamen in the navy. The plan now suggested is designed to promote a condition of service in which this objection will no longer exist. The details of this plan may be established in great part, if not altogether, by the executive...