De Bow's Review, Volume 14James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell J.D.B. De Bow, 1853 - Southern States |
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... tion of the government . How tenderly the historian walks over the volcanic ashes of a political eruption ! To have derived a knowledge of Mexican history from no other source , the reader would infer that the period to which re ...
... tion of the government . How tenderly the historian walks over the volcanic ashes of a political eruption ! To have derived a knowledge of Mexican history from no other source , the reader would infer that the period to which re ...
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... tion and assemblage shall take place . It is very plain , from an examination of the plan of the citadel , that the hosti- lity of the army was directed against the acting Congress . The Congress summoned for the purpose of preparing a ...
... tion and assemblage shall take place . It is very plain , from an examination of the plan of the citadel , that the hosti- lity of the army was directed against the acting Congress . The Congress summoned for the purpose of preparing a ...
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... tion . We have elsewhere stated that the Chamber of Deputies had passed a bill which was pending , upon a favorable report from the senate committee , when the revolution dispersed the Congress , and that Salas enacted the identical ...
... tion . We have elsewhere stated that the Chamber of Deputies had passed a bill which was pending , upon a favorable report from the senate committee , when the revolution dispersed the Congress , and that Salas enacted the identical ...
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... tion of their rights of protection , and to consign them to the tender mercies of the " common law " of Mexico . But the Statement assumes that under their contract the following consequences result : 1st . The colonists renounced their ...
... tion of their rights of protection , and to consign them to the tender mercies of the " common law " of Mexico . But the Statement assumes that under their contract the following consequences result : 1st . The colonists renounced their ...
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... tion . 17 equipping a rail - road ? It required more than Mexican enterprise , richer than Mexican resources . Hence , no doubt , foreign co - operation was sought . But Garay was a " directing partner , chosen for his qualities . " The ...
... tion . 17 equipping a rail - road ? It required more than Mexican enterprise , richer than Mexican resources . Hence , no doubt , foreign co - operation was sought . But Garay was a " directing partner , chosen for his qualities . " The ...
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