Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, Its History and Annexation: Including a Brief Autobiography of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1859 - 648 pages |
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... opinion , certain rights and privileges which made it incumbent on the next legislature to pass the land law of 1838 , which , objectionable though it may have been , was the best , under the circumstances , which could have been passed ...
... opinion , certain rights and privileges which made it incumbent on the next legislature to pass the land law of 1838 , which , objectionable though it may have been , was the best , under the circumstances , which could have been passed ...
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... opinion of my fellow- citizens , I have no disposition to discount an enduring posses- sion for present notoriety any more than " to mistake the noise of a mob for the trumpet of Fame . " [ From this time to the 19th February , 1846 ...
... opinion of my fellow- citizens , I have no disposition to discount an enduring posses- sion for present notoriety any more than " to mistake the noise of a mob for the trumpet of Fame . " [ From this time to the 19th February , 1846 ...
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... opinion of him on first acquaintance , regarding him as a miserable sot , without dignity of character , and without principle of any kind , and altogether reckless . In the campaign of 1836 I. became partially reconciled . From the ...
... opinion of him on first acquaintance , regarding him as a miserable sot , without dignity of character , and without principle of any kind , and altogether reckless . In the campaign of 1836 I. became partially reconciled . From the ...
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... opinion that our scale of operations was too large ; and that this was a great fault , thinking and acting as a great nation , when we were but a first rate county ; and that there were counties in the United States ahead of us in ...
... opinion that our scale of operations was too large ; and that this was a great fault , thinking and acting as a great nation , when we were but a first rate county ; and that there were counties in the United States ahead of us in ...
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... opinion of a disin- terested person upon some of my official acts . " Your letters for publication , " ( alluding to my letters in reply to Ex - President Tyler , ) " and private note reached me yesterday . The former will be cheerfully ...
... opinion of a disin- terested person upon some of my official acts . " Your letters for publication , " ( alluding to my letters in reply to Ex - President Tyler , ) " and private note reached me yesterday . The former will be cheerfully ...
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Abolitionism administration affairs annexation ANSON JONES appointment April arrived ASHBEL SMITH assure Austin believe bill Brazoria Cabinet called candidate Capt Charles Elliot citizens communication Congress consequence Constitution Convention course Daingerfield DEAR SIR DEAR SIR,-I defeat Democratic despatch duty election enemies England Excellency expressed favor feel France friends Galveston give Government of Texas Henderson honor hope Houston independence interest J. W. Henderson JAMES REILLY June Kansas-Nebraska act letter M. P. NORTON matter means measure ment Mexican Mexico Minister nation obedient servant object opinion opposed Orleans party patriotism peace political present President proper question received regard Reilly Republic Republic of Texas requested respect SAN AUGUSTINE Santa Anna Secretary Senate sent session sincerely soon Texan thing tion treaty truly Union United United States Senate views vote Washington Washington City Whigs wish write Zandt
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Page 553 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 300 - He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 556 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 557 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 604 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 608 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled : " The undersigned, clergymen of different religious denominations in New England, hereby, in the name of Almighty God, and in his presence, do solemnly protest against the passage of what is known as the Nebraska Bill...
Page 605 - I call for the yeas and nays." The yeas and nays were ordered; and, being taken, resulted— yeas 13, nays 19.
Page 474 - Texas engages that She will Stipulate in the treaty not to annex herself or become subject to any Country whatever.
Page 48 - ... force of two or three thousand men, or as many as might be necessary, and to make a descent upon the Mexican town of Matamoras, and capture and hold it; that Com. Stockton would give assistance with the fleet under his command, under the pretext of giving the protection promised by the United States to Gen. Murphy; that he would undertake to supply the necessary provisions, arms and munitions of war for the expedition, would land them at convenient points on our coast, and would agree to pay...