Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont: On the Mexican War, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., February 10, 1848 |
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Page 1 - Grande by the army of the United States, in obedience to the order of the President.
Page 9 - And, above all, they are inhabited by a mixed population, of habits, opinions, and characters incapable of sympathy or assimilation with our own ; a race, whom the experience of an entire generation has proved to be unfitted for self-government, and unprepared to appreciate, sustain, or enjoy free institutions.
Page 6 - Proviso, it will be remembered, was adopted in the House of Representatives, as an amendment to the "three million bill," on the 15th of February, 1847, by a majority of nine.
Page 7 - ... territorial jurisdiction, or the splendor of its government. We are apt to forget that a splendid government is not one of the objects of our institutions, and to confound the power of rulers with the prosperity of their subjects ; but who doubts that the citizens of the little republic of San Marino, and of the duchy of Tuscany, are as happy and as prosperous as if they were annexed to the kingdom of Sardinia, or even enjoyed the paternal discipline of the gentle Metternich...
Page 1 - ... twice re-elected, and served in the 34th, 35th and 36th Congresses, with marked ability, and to the acceptance of his constituents. In the 34th and 35th Congresses he served upon the Judiciary Committee, and in the 36th was chairman of the Committee on Claims. In July, 1856, Col. Tappan made an able speech, the House being in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, upon the subject of the extension of slavery into Kansas, which was listened to with marked attention. The following is...
Page 9 - States did not already have in abundance, and, according to "ttie best informed explorers," for the most part "unsuited to agriculture, unable to sustain a dense population, adapted only to the lowest form of semi-civilized life - the pastoral state.
Page 9 - How much tea and coffee are consumed by the three or four millions of Southern slaves ? What is the value of the jewelry that decks their persons, and the forks, and spoons, and goblets of plate that adorn their tables ? How many of them consult gold and silver watches, to know their hours of labor...
Page 9 - ... the mutual good of all parties will demand that all political bonds between them and us should be severed.
Page 9 - What is the value of the jewelry that decks their persons, and the forks, and epoons, and goblets of plate that adorn their tables? How many of them consult gold and silver watches, to know their hours of labor, refreshment, and repose?