American Interest in Cuba: 1848-1855Columbia University Press, 1948 - 323 pages |
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Page 49
... favor of expansion and pro - slavery . But in 1844 O'Sullivan deserted the Barnburners and supported Polk against Van Buren for the Democratic Presidential nomina- tion . After Polk's victory , O'Sullivan was one of his distrib- utors ...
... favor of expansion and pro - slavery . But in 1844 O'Sullivan deserted the Barnburners and supported Polk against Van Buren for the Democratic Presidential nomina- tion . After Polk's victory , O'Sullivan was one of his distrib- utors ...
Page 99
... favor of annexation . Senator Dickinson , Democrat of New York , moved to lay the resolution on the table , and this motion passed , 23 to 19. This vote was a fair index of sentiment in favor of Polk's attempt to buy Cuba . Of the 23 ...
... favor of annexation . Senator Dickinson , Democrat of New York , moved to lay the resolution on the table , and this motion passed , 23 to 19. This vote was a fair index of sentiment in favor of Polk's attempt to buy Cuba . Of the 23 ...
Page 258
... favor at the Court of Madrid - in fact the same individual who was principally influential in success- fully negociating the Montpensier Marriage — as it was called —an affair you will doubtless recollect as having caused such a ...
... favor at the Court of Madrid - in fact the same individual who was principally influential in success- fully negociating the Montpensier Marriage — as it was called —an affair you will doubtless recollect as having caused such a ...
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