A Complete History of the Mexican War: Its Causes, Conduct, and Consequences: Comprising an Account of the Various Military and Naval Operations, from Its Commencement to the Treaty of PeaceGrigg, Elliot, 1849 - 558 páginas |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
A Complete History of the Mexican War, Its Causes, Conduct, and Consequences ... Nathan Covington Brooks Vista de fragmentos - 1965 |
A Complete History of the Mexican War, Its Causes, Conduct, and Consequences ... Nathan Covington Brooks Vista de fragmentos - 1965 |
COMP HIST OF THE MEXICAN WAR N. C. (Nathan Covington) 1809-1 Brooks Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
advance Agua Nueva American army Ampudia annexation Arista arms arrived artillery attack battalion battery battle brigade camp Captain captured cavalry Cerro chaparral Chapultepec charge Chihuahua Coahuila Colonel column command commenced Commodore companies Congress Cruz defence despatched detachment direction division dragoons encamped enemy enemy's favour fire flag flank force Fort Brown forward gallant garrison General-in-chief guns HEAD-QUARTERS hill honour horses howitzers hundred infantry Kearny killed letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major Matamoros ment Mexican government Mexico miles military Molino del Rey Monterey morning mountains mounted nation night o'clock occupied officers ordered party Point Isabel position possession President Puebla Quitman ravine reached rear received Redoubt regiment republic retreat Rio Grande river road route Saltillo Santa Anna Santa Fé Scott soldiers soon squadron storm Tamaulipas Taylor territory Texan Texas thousand tion town troops Twiggs United Vera Cruz volunteers wagons Worth wounded yards
Pasajes populares
Página 539 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 545 - ... of the Mexican tariff at such ports respectively; the said merchandise, effects, and property being, however, at the time of their importation, subject to the payment of duties, as provided for in the said following article.
Página 541 - Mexico, would be prejudicial in the extreme, it is solemnly agreed that all such incursions shall be forcibly restrained by the government of the United States, whensoever this may be necessary ; and that when they cannot be prevented, they shall be punished by the said government, and satisfaction for the same shall be exacted — all in the same way, and with equal diligence and energy, as if the same incursions were meditated or committed within its own territory, against its own citizens.
Página 154 - As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country.
Página 541 - And in the event of any person or persons, captured within Mexican territory by Indians, being carried into the territory of the United States, the government of the latter engages and binds itself, in the most solemn manner, so soon as it shall know of such captives being within its territory, and shall be able so to do, through the faithful exercise of its influence and power, to rescue them and return them to their country, or deliver them to the agent or representative of the Mexican government.
Página 547 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Página 533 - Republic; who, after a reciprocal communication of their respective full powers, have, under the protection of Almighty God, the author of Peace, arranged, agreed upon, and signed the following Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement 'between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic...
Página 41 - ... political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations...
Página 43 - If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
Página 533 - ... have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say, the President of the United States has appointed Nicholas P. Trist, a citizen of the United States, and the President of the Mexican Republic has appointed Don Luis...