The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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I purposely refrain from any suggestion as to whether this force shall consist of regular troops or volunteers , or both . This question may be most appropriately left to the decision of Con- gress . I would merely observe that , should ...
I purposely refrain from any suggestion as to whether this force shall consist of regular troops or volunteers , or both . This question may be most appropriately left to the decision of Con- gress . I would merely observe that , should ...
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I venture to assert that the additional cost of transporting troops , munitions of war , and necessary supplies for the army across the vast intervening plains to our possessions on the Pacific coast would be greater in such a war than ...
I venture to assert that the additional cost of transporting troops , munitions of war , and necessary supplies for the army across the vast intervening plains to our possessions on the Pacific coast would be greater in such a war than ...
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... and that in the early part of July last the federal troops passed through Santiago , from Mazatlan , on their way ... the mis- conduct of the lower classes of the people and the disorderly troops , and the mill having been stopped ...
... and that in the early part of July last the federal troops passed through Santiago , from Mazatlan , on their way ... the mis- conduct of the lower classes of the people and the disorderly troops , and the mill having been stopped ...
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A day or two after- wards he was taken with the government troops about halfway to Guadalajara , and again brought back and imprisoned at Tepic , when deponent was informed that in consequence of some declarations that had been made ...
A day or two after- wards he was taken with the government troops about halfway to Guadalajara , and again brought back and imprisoned at Tepic , when deponent was informed that in consequence of some declarations that had been made ...
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The removal of the Indians was demanded under a threat of extermination , but was pre- vented for a time by the tact and good management of the late super- intendent , aided by the presence of a detachment of United States troops .
The removal of the Indians was demanded under a threat of extermination , but was pre- vented for a time by the tact and good management of the late super- intendent , aided by the presence of a detachment of United States troops .
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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