The United States Democratic Review, 42. köideLloyd & Campbell, 1858 Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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... statesmen in respect to the right of visitation and search of vessels sailing the Deep Sea , which from the times of the earliest civilization has been very justly deemed the great highway of the Nations . For a long period - indeed ...
... statesmen in respect to the right of visitation and search of vessels sailing the Deep Sea , which from the times of the earliest civilization has been very justly deemed the great highway of the Nations . For a long period - indeed ...
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... states- men , Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton , in the year 1842 , as the latest arrangement between these governments on the subject of the slave trade . On the 9th of August in that year , it was mutually stipulated between the high ...
... states- men , Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton , in the year 1842 , as the latest arrangement between these governments on the subject of the slave trade . On the 9th of August in that year , it was mutually stipulated between the high ...
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... statesmen composing the cabinet councils of the Kingdom should do in the premises , would be to make peremptory demand on Spain , Portugal , and the other countries where are kept open slave - markets , and with which that government ...
... statesmen composing the cabinet councils of the Kingdom should do in the premises , would be to make peremptory demand on Spain , Portugal , and the other countries where are kept open slave - markets , and with which that government ...
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... states- men engaged in the arduous enterprize of preventing the encroachments of arbitrary systems of government , by dif fusing the enlightened principles of that new civilization , were characterized by trials of no ordinary character ...
... states- men engaged in the arduous enterprize of preventing the encroachments of arbitrary systems of government , by dif fusing the enlightened principles of that new civilization , were characterized by trials of no ordinary character ...
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... statesmen of the country , we now place before our readers the likeness and a sketch of the life and character of one of the " mighty dead , " Col. Thomas Hart Benton , whose eventful career of nearly a half century before the public ...
... statesmen of the country , we now place before our readers the likeness and a sketch of the life and character of one of the " mighty dead , " Col. Thomas Hart Benton , whose eventful career of nearly a half century before the public ...
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Page 104 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 104 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 115 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy and Slavery.
Page 372 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 278 - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 382 - It must be by his death : and, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general. He would be crown'd : — How that might change his nature, there's the question : It is the bright day that brings forth the adder ; And that craves wary walking.
Page 136 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 450 - ... with, any state or people for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming, or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 449 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 96 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.