Rise of the New West, 1819-1829Harper & brothers, 1906 - 366 pages |
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... DOCTRINE ( 1821-1823 ) . XIII . INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS ( 1818-1824 ) XIV . THE TARIFF OF 1824 ( 1820-1824 ) . XV . THE ELECTION OF 1824 ( 1822-1825 ) . XVI . PRESIDEnt Adams anD THE OPPOSITION ( 1825- • 245 1827 ) · • 265 СНАР . XVII ...
... DOCTRINE ( 1821-1823 ) . XIII . INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS ( 1818-1824 ) XIV . THE TARIFF OF 1824 ( 1820-1824 ) . XV . THE ELECTION OF 1824 ( 1822-1825 ) . XVI . PRESIDEnt Adams anD THE OPPOSITION ( 1825- • 245 1827 ) · • 265 СНАР . XVII ...
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... Doctrine , which included eastern questions of commerce , southern questions of nearness to Cuba , and west- ern questions of Latin - American neighbors . Chap- ters xiii . and xvii . describe the efforts by internal improvements to ...
... Doctrine , which included eastern questions of commerce , southern questions of nearness to Cuba , and west- ern questions of Latin - American neighbors . Chap- ters xiii . and xvii . describe the efforts by internal improvements to ...
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... nies , and took the leadership of the free sisterhood of the New World under the terms of the Monroe Doctrine . The joyous outburst of nationalism which at first succeeded the NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM (1815-1830) I.
... nies , and took the leadership of the free sisterhood of the New World under the terms of the Monroe Doctrine . The joyous outburst of nationalism which at first succeeded the NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM (1815-1830) I.
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... doctrine that to the victors belong the spoils of war , to a climax . It led to the building up of politi- cal machines by the use of offices , from the lowest to the highest , as the currency for political trading . The governor was ...
... doctrine that to the victors belong the spoils of war , to a climax . It led to the building up of politi- cal machines by the use of offices , from the lowest to the highest , as the currency for political trading . The governor was ...
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... power of the majority , Adams , Memoirs , IV . , 531 . Ibid . , V. , 210 . ' Monroe , Writings , VI . , 127 ; cf. Adams , Memoirs , V. , 25 , 54 , 68 . and that it must shape its political doctrine and its 170 [ 1820 RISE OF THE NEW WEST.
... power of the majority , Adams , Memoirs , IV . , 531 . Ibid . , V. , 210 . ' Monroe , Writings , VI . , 127 ; cf. Adams , Memoirs , V. , 25 , 54 , 68 . and that it must shape its political doctrine and its 170 [ 1820 RISE OF THE NEW WEST.
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Page 158 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 218 - 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 221 - I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
Page 127 - This region, however, viewed as a frontier, may prove of infinite importance to the United States, inasmuch as it is calculated to serve as a barrier to prevent too great an extension of our population westward, and secure us against the machinations or incursions of an enemy that might otherwise be disposed to annoy us in that quarter.
Page 283 - An agreement between all the Parties represented at the Meeting, that each will guard, by its own means, against the establishment of any future European Colony within its Borders, may be found advisable.
Page 276 - While foreign nations less blessed with that freedom which is power than ourselves are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of public improvement, were we to slumber in indolence or fold up our arms and proclaim to the world that we are palsied by the will of our constituents, would it not be to cast away the bounties of Providence and doom ourselves to perpetual inferiority?
Page 209 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 213 - If there be any European power which cherishes other projects, which looks to a forcible enterprise for reducing the colonies to subjugation, on the behalf or in the name of Spain, or which meditates the acquisition of any part of them to itself, by cession or by conquest...
Page 321 - Randolph pointedly said that the bill "referred to manufactures of no sort or kind, but the manufacture of a President of the United States.
Page 215 - One nation, most of all, could disturb us in this pursuit; she now offers to lead, aid, and accompany us in it. By acceding to her proposition, we detach her from the bands, bring her mighty weight into the scale of free government, and emancipate a continent at one stroke, which might otherwise linger long in doubt and difficulty.