A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the Civil War, Volume 5Appletony, 1900 |
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... hand , were nations struggling desperately for a little of that kind of liberty of which henceforth it was to be their privilege to enjoy so much . With all the details of the revolutions and counter- revolutions of Mexico and Colombia ...
... hand , were nations struggling desperately for a little of that kind of liberty of which henceforth it was to be their privilege to enjoy so much . With all the details of the revolutions and counter- revolutions of Mexico and Colombia ...
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... hands of the pirates , with Lafitte in command , and , after a vain effort to establish himself at Matagorda , he sailed away to join McGregor at Amelia Island , whence the United States drove him out . With 1819 came the Spanish treaty ...
... hands of the pirates , with Lafitte in command , and , after a vain effort to establish himself at Matagorda , he sailed away to join McGregor at Amelia Island , whence the United States drove him out . With 1819 came the Spanish treaty ...
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... hand , his own forces scattered , and with diffi- culty made his escape to the United States . Scarcely had Long and his troops been scattered when Moses and Stephen Austin , the final conquerors of Texas , made their appearance . Moses ...
... hand , his own forces scattered , and with diffi- culty made his escape to the United States . Scarcely had Long and his troops been scattered when Moses and Stephen Austin , the final conquerors of Texas , made their appearance . Moses ...
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... hands and Apodaca in prison . Hardly had these events happened when Lieutenant - General Don Juan O'Donojú , sent out by the reformed government of Spain , landed at Vera Cruz , approved what Iturbide had done , requested an interview ...
... hands and Apodaca in prison . Hardly had these events happened when Lieutenant - General Don Juan O'Donojú , sent out by the reformed government of Spain , landed at Vera Cruz , approved what Iturbide had done , requested an interview ...
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... hands of Spain . Iturbide had attempted to secure the surrender of the castle by treaty , and had gone to Jalapa for this purpose , when a quarrel arose between Santa Anna , who commanded the city of Vera Cruz , and General Echavani ...
... hands of Spain . Iturbide had attempted to secure the surrender of the castle by treaty , and had gone to Jalapa for this purpose , when a quarrel arose between Santa Anna , who commanded the city of Vera Cruz , and General Echavani ...
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Page 46 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 30 - Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants to the hundredth and thousandth generation...
Page 45 - The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on us.
Page 47 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Page 330 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book ? or goes to an American play ? or looks at an American picture or statue?
Page 45 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe; our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisatlantic affairs.
Page 47 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...
Page 450 - European politician ; let us become real and true Americans, and place ourselves at the head of the American system.
Page 417 - He conceived it would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper character for Chief Magistrate to the people, as it would, to refer a trial of colors to a blind man.
Page 257 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.