History of Mexico: 1861-1887

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A.L. Bancroft, 1888
 

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Página 389 - He saved the constitution of 1857 by taking into his hands the reins of government at the time that the allied clergy and army were endeavoring to destroy it. Without him the liberal party would have found itself without a leader, or even a cause to fight for. What would have been the fate of the republic, we might ask, if Juarez,95 the chief magistrate, without soldiers or resources, had faltered ? Who would have taken up the struggle had he abandoned it ? Indeed, in vain may we search history for...
Página 100 - ... States remain in the relation of peace and sincere friendship; and that, for this reason, the United States are not now at liberty to consider the question of recognizing a government which, in the further chances of war, may come into its place. The United States, consistently with their principles, can do no otherwise than leave the destinies of Mexico in the keeping of her own people, and recognize their sovereignty and independence in whatever form they themselves shall choose that this sovereignty...
Página 447 - ... the places, settled or capable of eventual settlement, where it may be advisable to set the monuments closer together along the line than at present; (d) the character of the new monuments required, whether of stone or iron; and their number, approximately, in each case. ARTICLE II.
Página 100 - The United States have neither the right nor the disposition to intervene by force on either side in the lamentable war which is going on between France and Mexico.
Página 358 - His Majesty the King of Prussia, in the name of the North German Confederation, His Majesty the King of Bavaria, His Majesty the King of...
Página 24 - Mexico with the belligerent parties, as may guard each of them against inadvertent injury to the just rights of the United States, if any such should be endangered. " The undersigned having thus submitted all the views and sentiments of this Government on this important subject to the high contracting parties...
Página 657 - During colonial times, home productions were not much esteemed, even by those who ranked with the Creole party. This was mainly due to the authors' subserviency to Spain. The opening of a wider field toward the end of the last century, with the admission of French, English, and Teutonic literature, could not fail to prove beneficial. The Franciscan Manuel Navarrete shines alone during the opening decade of our century, with such lustre as to win him the cognomen of the American swan. Tenderness and...
Página 510 - ... pass through the ore until it is ascertained that the solution carries no more silver. The silver carried by the hyposulphate solution is precipitated by the addition to that solution of another solution of quicklime and sulphur, known as calcium sulphide, which is made by boiling lime and sulphur.

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