The War with Mexico ReviewedW. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1850 - 298 sivua Contains historical criticism of the Mexican-American War. |
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... claims of universal brother- hood . The Anglo - Saxons have been apparently persuaded to think themselves the chosen people , the anointed race of the Lord , commissioned to drive out the heathen , and plant their religion and ...
... claims of universal brother- hood . The Anglo - Saxons have been apparently persuaded to think themselves the chosen people , the anointed race of the Lord , commissioned to drive out the heathen , and plant their religion and ...
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... claim to be the author of that great event , " ( annexation ) , let us look at his declarations on this subject . His language was to Mr. Pakenham , the British Minister , April 18 , 1844 : " It is with still deeper concern the Presi ...
... claim to be the author of that great event , " ( annexation ) , let us look at his declarations on this subject . His language was to Mr. Pakenham , the British Minister , April 18 , 1844 : " It is with still deeper concern the Presi ...
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... claimed to be a war of self - defence . The vindication of national rights and honor was loudly insisted on , and a spectator might have supposed that our existence as a people was in danger , and that no- thing but the most energetic ...
... claimed to be a war of self - defence . The vindication of national rights and honor was loudly insisted on , and a spectator might have supposed that our existence as a people was in danger , and that no- thing but the most energetic ...
Sivu 33
... claims of Great Britain for British debts , secured by the treaty of 1783 , were not settled and paid till the year 1803 ; and it was only subse- quently to that year that the claims of the United States , for depredations committed in ...
... claims of Great Britain for British debts , secured by the treaty of 1783 , were not settled and paid till the year 1803 ; and it was only subse- quently to that year that the claims of the United States , for depredations committed in ...
Sivu 34
... claims . The powers of the com- missioners terminated , according to the convention , in Feb- ruary , 1842. The total amount of the American claims presented to the commission , amounted to $ 6,291,605 . Of these , $ 2,026,140 were ...
... claims . The powers of the com- missioners terminated , according to the convention , in Feb- ruary , 1842. The total amount of the American claims presented to the commission , amounted to $ 6,291,605 . Of these , $ 2,026,140 were ...
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1st Session 30th Congress Agua Nueva American American Peace Society Anglo Saxon annexation of Texas arms army barbarism battle blood boundary Buena Vista California camp cause CHAPTER Chihuahua Christ Christian citizens civil claims Coahuila command conquest Cruz death declared destiny earth enemy evil Executive feel fight force freedom glory heart heaven honor hope hostilities House of Representatives human institutions invasion Jalapa killed land letter liberty loss Matamoras ment mercy Mexican Mexican war military Minister Monterey moral nations negotiation Nueces officers Pacific parties passions peace political President principles Puebla question regiment republic Republic of Texas Rio Grande Saltillo Santa Anna says scenes Scott Senate sick slavery slaves Slidell soldiers South spirit suffering sword Tamaulipas Taylor territory Texan Thou thousands tion treaty troops true Union United Vera Cruz volunteers warlike whole wounded wrong
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Sivu 264 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Sivu 273 - Governments, in the name of those nations, do promise to each other that they will endeavor, in the most sincere and earnest manner, to settle the differences so arising, and to preserve the state of peace and friendship in which the two countries are now placing themselves, using, for this end, mutual representations and pacific negotiations.
Sivu 237 - But the noble Mexic women still their holy task pursued, Through that long, dark night of sorrow, worn and faint and lacking food ; Over weak and suffering brothers, with a tender care they hung, And the dying foeman blessed them in a strange and Northern tongue.
Sivu 71 - It is expected that, in selecting the establishment for your troops, you will approach as near the boundary line — the Rio Grande — as prudence will dictate. With this view the President desires that your position, for a part of your forces at least, should be west of the river Nueces.
Sivu 5 - If that the heavens do not their visible spirits Send quickly down to tame these vile offences, It will come, Humanity must perforce prey on itself, Like monsters of the deep.
Sivu 237 - Spake the mournful Mexic woman, as she laid him with her dead, And turned to soothe the living, and bind the wounds which bled. Look forth once more, Ximena! "Like a cloud before the wind...
Sivu 264 - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Sivu 221 - Then if they die unprovided, no more is the King guilty of their damnation than he was before guilty of those impieties for the which they are now visited. Every subject's duty is the King's, but every subject's soul is his own.
Sivu 13 - Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys...
Sivu 129 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.