The Works of John C. Calhoun: Reports and public lettersD. Appleton, 1855 |
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... national spirit and expectations . " And to this end , they beg leave to submit for the adoption of the House , the following resolutions : 1. Resolved , That the military establishment as author- ized 6 REPORTS AND PUBLIC LETTERS .
... national spirit and expectations . " And to this end , they beg leave to submit for the adoption of the House , the following resolutions : 1. Resolved , That the military establishment as author- ized 6 REPORTS AND PUBLIC LETTERS .
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John Caldwell Calhoun Richard Kenner Crallé. 1. Resolved , That the military establishment as author- ized by the existing laws , ought to be immediately completed by filling up the ranks and prolonging the enlistment of the troops ; and ...
John Caldwell Calhoun Richard Kenner Crallé. 1. Resolved , That the military establishment as author- ized by the existing laws , ought to be immediately completed by filling up the ranks and prolonging the enlistment of the troops ; and ...
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... resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of April , 1818 , directing the Secretary of War to prepare and report , at their next session , " a system providing for the abolition of the existing Indian trade establishments of ...
... resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of April , 1818 , directing the Secretary of War to prepare and report , at their next session , " a system providing for the abolition of the existing Indian trade establishments of ...
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... resolution of the House of Repre- sentatives , passed the 17th of April last , directing the Sec- retary of War " to report , at an early period of the next session of Congress , whether any , and , if any , what reduction may be made ...
... resolution of the House of Repre- sentatives , passed the 17th of April last , directing the Sec- retary of War " to report , at an early period of the next session of Congress , whether any , and , if any , what reduction may be made ...
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... resolution of the House , whether the expense of our military establishment can be reduced by a proper attention to its administration , or by a more rigid enforcement of responsi- bility and economy . Our military establishment is ...
... resolution of the House , whether the expense of our military establishment can be reduced by a proper attention to its administration , or by a more rigid enforcement of responsi- bility and economy . Our military establishment is ...
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acres adopted amount annexation annual appropriation army Atlantic believed Britain British Captain Cooke ceded character Chargé d'Affaires citizens civilization claims coast Columbia River commerce committee communication Congress consideration Constitution danger defence DEPARTMENT OF WAR disbursements duty effect equal establishment estimated Executive patronage expenditure expense extent force former frontier Government Gulf of Mexico honor House of Representatives hundred important improvement increase interest ISAAC VAN ZANDT J. C. CALHOUN lakes limits Lord Aberdeen Majesty's Government means measure ment Mexico military Mississippi nations navigation necessary object officers opinion Oregon territory Pakenham peace plenipotentiary population portion present President proper proposed provisions public lands question reduced reference regulate relation Republic of Texas resolution respective revenue RICHARD PAKENHAM river roads and canals Secretary Secretary of War session settlement slavery superintendent territory Texan Texas tion trade treaty tribes undersigned Union United whole
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Página 435 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Página 394 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct, but in no event are said debts and liabilities become a charge upon the Government of the United States.
Página 435 - ... years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent...
Página 395 - States; and that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses of missions and negotiations, to agree upon the terms of said admission and cession, either by treaty to be submitted to the Senate or by articles to be submitted to the two Houses of Congress, as the President may direct.
Página 393 - That Congress doth consent that the territory, properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the " State of Texas," with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Página 274 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Página 394 - Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports, and harbors, navy and navy yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defense, belonging to the said Republic of Texas...
Página 332 - The investigation has resulted in the settled conviction that it would be difficult for Texas, in her actual condition, to resist what she desires, without supposing the influence and exertions of Great Britain would be extended beyond the limits assigned by Lord Aberdeen ; and...
Página 432 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic majesty, and those of his most Christian majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Página 323 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.