The United States and Mexico, Volumen1A.A. Knopf, 1926 - 401 páginas |
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32 Cong administration affairs agents Alta California American citizens annexation April army attempt attitude authorities boundary British Buchanan Callahan Cass Chihuahua claims Coahuila commission commissioner concessions Confederacy Confederate Congress Cuba declared desire Desp Díaz El Universal enterprise European expedition favor federal filibusters forces foreign Forsyth France French frontier Gadsden Treaty Garay Governor grant Guaymas Gulf of California hostile House Ex Ibid Indians instructions interests intervention Isthmus Isthmus of Tehuantepec Juárez July June land Letcher Lower California March Marcy Matamoras matter ment Mexican government Mexican Minister Mexican policy Mexican territory Mexico City military Monroe Doctrine Moreover nations negotiations northern officials Pacific party passim political Polk President proposed protection raids reference regarding relations Report republic Rio Grande Santa Anna Secretary Senate sent Sess Seward Sonora soon South southern Tamaulipas Tehuantepec Texans Texas tion troops United Washington Webster Yucatán
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Página 109 - ... 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...
Página 335 - I want to take this occasion to say that the United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest.
Página 333 - We hold, as I am sure all thoughtful leaders of republican government everywhere hold, that just government rests always upon the consent of the governed, and that there can be no freedom without order based upon law and upon the public conscience and approval.
Página 106 - In order to designate the boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both republics, as described in the present article, the two governments shall each appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who, before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego, and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of...
Página 106 - But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and...
Página 106 - Beginning in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande...
Página 152 - ... north latitude, thence along the said parallel of 31° 20' to the lllth meridian of longitude west of Greenwich, thence in a straight line to a point on the Colorado River twenty English miles below the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, thence up the middle of the said river Colorado until it intersects the present line between the United States and Mexico.
Página 252 - I would demand explanations from Spain and France, categorically, at once. "I would seek explanations from Great Britain and Russia, and send agents into Canada, Mexico, and Central America, to rouse a vigorous . . . spirit of independence on this continent against European intervention.
Página 97 - And ~be it further enacted, That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Página 338 - All the rights that men most desire have been exercised by the other 15 per cent. Do you suppose that that circumstance is not sometimes in my thought? I know that the American people have a heart that will beat just as strong for those millions in Mexico as it will beat, or has beaten, for any other millions elsewhere in the world, and that when once they conceive what is at stake in Mexico they will know what ought to be done in Mexico. I hear a great deal said about the loss of property in Mexico...