Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas ...R. Hastings, 1841 |
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... his arbitrary encroachments , com- menced with the garrison of Vera Cruz , and ex- tended over the whole interior of Mexico . Pedraza , who had been ejected from the Presidential chair and banished 10 [ BOOK II . TEXAS .
... his arbitrary encroachments , com- menced with the garrison of Vera Cruz , and ex- tended over the whole interior of Mexico . Pedraza , who had been ejected from the Presidential chair and banished 10 [ BOOK II . TEXAS .
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... whole State " for five years , levying a tax on billiard tables " of twenty - four dollars per annum , to be paid in three equal instal- ments in advance , " and an impost of two per cent . on the circulation of money , " the collection ...
... whole State " for five years , levying a tax on billiard tables " of twenty - four dollars per annum , to be paid in three equal instal- ments in advance , " and an impost of two per cent . on the circulation of money , " the collection ...
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... whole territory - operate on the whole population ; and are as diversified in character as our public interests and necessities are various . Texas , at large , feels and deplores an utter destitution of the common benefits which have ...
... whole territory - operate on the whole population ; and are as diversified in character as our public interests and necessities are various . Texas , at large , feels and deplores an utter destitution of the common benefits which have ...
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... whole nation , and the peculiar claims and necessities of Texas , impartial men must decide . " Austin had irritated the national pride of the Vice - President by plainly stating , what he knew must ultimately be the effect of rejecting ...
... whole nation , and the peculiar claims and necessities of Texas , impartial men must decide . " Austin had irritated the national pride of the Vice - President by plainly stating , what he knew must ultimately be the effect of rejecting ...
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... whole of the eleventh article of the law of the 6th of July , 1830 , by which " the citizens of foreign countries lying adjacent to the Mexican territories " were " prohibited from settling as colonists in the States or Territories of ...
... whole of the eleventh article of the law of the 6th of July , 1830 , by which " the citizens of foreign countries lying adjacent to the Mexican territories " were " prohibited from settling as colonists in the States or Territories of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 516 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Seite 510 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Seite 517 - ... peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
Seite 519 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Seite 489 - Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all the military forces of the State, by sea and land ; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia...
Seite 325 - The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of Democracy, and while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge, and the only security which freemen desire.
Seite 505 - Neither House, without the consent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that at which the two Houses are sitting. But this regulation shall not extend to the Senate when it shall exercise the powers mentioned in the Article.
Seite 508 - Ohio ; and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio ; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the same.
Seite 509 - Every person who shall be chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit under this Constitution, or any law made in pursuance thereof, shall, before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath to support the Constitution of this State, and of the United States, and an oath of office.
Seite 507 - The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of California.