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... ment a weak and struggling country seeking independence and stability has a right to ex- pect from a great , a free , and an enlightened people . But all these considerations were lost sight of in a righteous indignation over the ...
... ment a weak and struggling country seeking independence and stability has a right to ex- pect from a great , a free , and an enlightened people . But all these considerations were lost sight of in a righteous indignation over the ...
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... ment . The meeting was a chance one . Here again , we see how much depends upon acci- dent ! The discouraged American promoter and the German free - lance , running across each other without design , changed the course of history in ...
... ment . The meeting was a chance one . Here again , we see how much depends upon acci- dent ! The discouraged American promoter and the German free - lance , running across each other without design , changed the course of history in ...
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... ment was organized and an alliance with the Indians against Mexico was made . These allies were to share between them the terri- tory to the Rio Grande . Appeals were made to American settlers in Texas and to the United States for ...
... ment was organized and an alliance with the Indians against Mexico was made . These allies were to share between them the terri- tory to the Rio Grande . Appeals were made to American settlers in Texas and to the United States for ...
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... ment would naturally have controlled all the vacant land , placing it at the disposal of con- gress . The company referred to had pro- posed to purchase this land and Butler had been instructed to offer as much as ten mil- lion dollars ...
... ment would naturally have controlled all the vacant land , placing it at the disposal of con- gress . The company referred to had pro- posed to purchase this land and Butler had been instructed to offer as much as ten mil- lion dollars ...
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... ment had not been sufficiently well established to command recognition and obedience , and its requisitions were often disregarded . Yet the case was not hopeless ; money and supplies , together with volunteers , had been poured into ...
... ment had not been sufficiently well established to command recognition and obedience , and its requisitions were often disregarded . Yet the case was not hopeless ; money and supplies , together with volunteers , had been poured into ...
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Page 245 - ... in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Page 96 - We. therefore, the delegates with plenary powers of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations; and, conscious of the rectitude...
Page 244 - Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of it's deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence, up the middle of that river...
Page 95 - It denies us the right of worshipping the Almighty according to the dictates of our own conscience, by the support of a national religion, calculated to promote the temporal interest of its human functionaries, rather than the glory of the true and living God.
Page 169 - And such states as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each state asking admission may desire.
Page 95 - It has invaded our country, both by sea and by land, with intent to lay waste our territory and drive us from our homes; and has now a large mercenary army advancing to carry on against us a war of extermination.
Page 106 - The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected. I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
Page 62 - That they hold it to be their right, during the disorganization of the Federal System and the reign of despotism, to withdraw from the Union, to establish an independent Government...
Page 201 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...