History of Kansas: From the First Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, to Its Admission Into the Union: Embracing a Concise Sketch of Louisiana; American Slavery, and Its Onward March; the Conflict of Free and Slave Labor in the Settlement of Kansas, and the Overthrow of the Latter, with All Other Items of General InterestJames, Emmons & Company, 1868 - 584 Seiten |
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... land , he enjoyed the admiration and honors of Spain . Charles V. appointed him governor of Cuba , and gave him a grant of Florida . His ambition inflamed by the adulations of the court , his avarice more craving by the taste of riches ...
... land , he enjoyed the admiration and honors of Spain . Charles V. appointed him governor of Cuba , and gave him a grant of Florida . His ambition inflamed by the adulations of the court , his avarice more craving by the taste of riches ...
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... land of hope . " Dis- appointed and disheartened , the little band of adventurers returned to the banks of the Mississippi . There , on the wet lands of the bottoms , surrounded by weeds and cane - brakes , with no one to administer to ...
... land of hope . " Dis- appointed and disheartened , the little band of adventurers returned to the banks of the Mississippi . There , on the wet lands of the bottoms , surrounded by weeds and cane - brakes , with no one to administer to ...
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... land for the Gulf of Mexico . Early in the fol- lowing year , he reaches his point of destination . After vainly searching for the mouths of the Mississippi , he an- chors his vessels in the Bay of Matagorda and disembarks his little ...
... land for the Gulf of Mexico . Early in the fol- lowing year , he reaches his point of destination . After vainly searching for the mouths of the Mississippi , he an- chors his vessels in the Bay of Matagorda and disembarks his little ...
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... land laying north - west of the Ohio from the Six Nations , who claimed to hold it . As early as 1724 English settlers were found along the Ohio River.- Upon these grounds England based a claim to this country , and the Governor of ...
... land laying north - west of the Ohio from the Six Nations , who claimed to hold it . As early as 1724 English settlers were found along the Ohio River.- Upon these grounds England based a claim to this country , and the Governor of ...
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... land ; as the possession of this city by the former , by giving her the command of the Mississippi , the only outlet to the produce of the Western States , and also the Gulf of Mexico , so import- ant to American commerce , would render ...
... land ; as the possession of this city by the former , by giving her the command of the Mississippi , the only outlet to the produce of the Western States , and also the Gulf of Mexico , so import- ant to American commerce , would render ...
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Seite 77 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Seite 59 - Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of...
Seite 73 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Seite 74 - States; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Seite 82 - Justice of the Peace of the Territory, who may be duly commissioned and qualified, which said oath or affirmation shall be certified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the Secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and, afterwards, the like oath or affirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law.
Seite 76 - ... the time, place, and manner of holding and conducting all elections by the people, and the apportioning the representation in the several counties or districts to the council...
Seite 74 - Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Seite 66 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Seite 36 - United States in the name of the French Republic forever and in full sovereignty the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic in virtue of the above mentioned Treaty concluded with his Catholic Majesty.
Seite 42 - This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where men should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.