Stryker's American Register and Magazine, Volume 5W.M. Morrison, 1851 - History, Modern |
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... nearly unani- mous , and was entirely the result of the unbiassed and deliberate opinions of those most interested in it . No attempt was made to mislead or control public opinion in relation to the constitu- * Fifteen of these were ...
... nearly unani- mous , and was entirely the result of the unbiassed and deliberate opinions of those most interested in it . No attempt was made to mislead or control public opinion in relation to the constitu- * Fifteen of these were ...
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... nearly a fourth part of the most valuable of the surveyed lands in the different Western States will be alienated . * If Congress had felt inclined to look to the public lands as a source of revenue , which was required for the support ...
... nearly a fourth part of the most valuable of the surveyed lands in the different Western States will be alienated . * If Congress had felt inclined to look to the public lands as a source of revenue , which was required for the support ...
Page 64
... nearly divided parties by geographical lines , and absorbed the whole attention of Congress for a long period of time . At the North , the abolition and free soil parties , and in some of the free States , both the Whig and Democratic ...
... nearly divided parties by geographical lines , and absorbed the whole attention of Congress for a long period of time . At the North , the abolition and free soil parties , and in some of the free States , both the Whig and Democratic ...
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... nearly equally divided . A desire to con- ciliate and unite appeared to prevail , and accordingly resolutions were introduced expressive of acquiescence in the compromise measures as a settlement of disputed questions , and declaring ...
... nearly equally divided . A desire to con- ciliate and unite appeared to prevail , and accordingly resolutions were introduced expressive of acquiescence in the compromise measures as a settlement of disputed questions , and declaring ...
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... nearly on the line of the contemplated canal from San Juan del Norte by San Juan river and the Lake Nicaragua . The engineers detailed for the survey of the route of the proposed canal , sailed from the United States on the 14th July ...
... nearly on the line of the contemplated canal from San Juan del Norte by San Juan river and the Lake Nicaragua . The engineers detailed for the survey of the route of the proposed canal , sailed from the United States on the 14th July ...
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Page 564 - But, as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements, and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle, which all should acknowledge as the law by which the right of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves. This principle was, that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might...
Page 148 - The honour paid to Saints, the claim of infallibility for the Church, the superstitious use of the sign of the Cross, the muttering of the Liturgy so as to disguise the language in which it is written, the recommendation of auricular confession, and the administration of penance and absolution...
Page 31 - Commencing at the point of intersection of the fortysecond degree of north latitude with the one hundred and twentieth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, and running south on the line of said one hundred and twentieth degree of west longitude until it intersects the thirty-ninth degree of north latitude...
Page 540 - An Act proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her Northern and Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment by the said State of all Territory claimed by her exterior to said Boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial Government for New Mexico.
Page 87 - That the State of Texas hereby agrees to and accepts said propositions; and it is hereby declared that the State shall be bound by the terms thereof, according to their true import and meaning.
Page 19 - ... except only that in all cases involving title to slaves, the said writs of error or appeals shall be allowed and decided by the...
Page 566 - His Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which His subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the Territory of Spain in that part of the world...
Page 31 - Colorado, at a point where it intersects the thirtyfifth degree of north latitude; thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, as established by the treaty of May thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight...
Page 539 - An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamp lands
Page 15 - Greenwich is intersected by the parallel of thirty-six degrees, thirty minutes north latitude, and shall run from said point due west to the meridian of one hundred and three degrees west from Greenwich; thence her boundary shall run due south to the thirty-second degree of north latitude; thence on the said parallel of thirty-two degrees of north latitude to the Rio Bravo del Norte, and thence with the channel of said river to the Gulf of Mexico.