The Republic of the United States of America: Its Duties to Itself, and Its Responsible Relations to Other Countries. Embracing Also a Review of the Late War Between the United States and Mexico ...

D. Appleton and Company, 1848 - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 322 pages

PREFACE	1

RESPONSIBLE DUTIES AND RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES	7

Civilizationwhat	13

Organization of a national government	19

Our government the rule of the people	26

What we may learn from analogy	33

THE CAUSES OF THE WAR	43

Modern Mexico	47

Occupation of left bank of Rio Grande	134

Escape of Mexico from a war in 1837	155

Mexico saved by the war gain what to the United States	162

Indebtedness of the country to the secretary of the treasury	187

Declaration of rights	189

Extract from a speech of Hon R Johnson	195

Treaty between Texas and Santa Anna	218

Reports of Adams and Clay	224

President Madisons view of the war with Great Britain in 1812	53

Assumed position and national relations of Mexico	60

Assurance of the United States of protection to Texas	67

Foreign interferenceprompt action necessary	73

Addresses of Arista and Paredes to Mexican army	79

Assurance of General Taylor that friendly relations should not	85

Mexico refuses to fulfil its engagements	96

Mexican government without excuse or defence	106

Was the United States government just to Mexico on the subject	112

1	118

Solicitude of Texas in regard to means of defence	124

No boundary thought of by General Taylor but the Rio Grande	128

Texas England and France	231

Mr Slidells letter of credence	238

Mr Peña y Peña to the council	252

Extract from President Polks messageboundary of Texas	258

Acts of Texasdefining boundary	267

Correspondence between Generals Taylor and Ampudia	274

Number of troops in the war losses deaths c	281

Extract from President Polks message in regard to New Mexico	302

A statement of the receipts of the United States from the 4th March	312

Defalcations of the United States treasury from 1789 to 1837	318

Extract from an address by Judge Woodbury on the remedies	319

Title	The Republic of the United States of America: Its Duties to Itself, and Its Responsible Relations to Other Countries. Embracing Also a Review of the Late War Between the United States and Mexico ...
Author	Nahum Capen
Publisher	D. Appleton and Company, 1848
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	2 Apr 2014
Length	322 pages

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