Report and Resolves in Relation to the North-eastern BoundaryMasschusetts Senate, 1838 - 76 עמודים |
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עמוד 7
I feel it to be my duty , in this my first official act , to call your attention to that vitally
important question , the true limits of our state , and to express to you and to the
people , my views of the claim set up by a foreign state to the rightful possession
...
I feel it to be my duty , in this my first official act , to call your attention to that vitally
important question , the true limits of our state , and to express to you and to the
people , my views of the claim set up by a foreign state to the rightful possession
...
עמוד 31
... have a direct communication between Halifax and Quebec , -thereby admitting
that the territory was rightfully ours . Your Committee can hardly conceive of a
stronger claim , or a better title than the United States have to the disputed
territory .
... have a direct communication between Halifax and Quebec , -thereby admitting
that the territory was rightfully ours . Your Committee can hardly conceive of a
stronger claim , or a better title than the United States have to the disputed
territory .
עמוד 32
claim of very recent origin , growing from an admitted right in us , and proceeding
first to a request to vary our acknowledged line , for an equivalent , and then upon
a denial , to a wavering doubt , and from thence to an absolute claim . " “ It has ...
claim of very recent origin , growing from an admitted right in us , and proceeding
first to a request to vary our acknowledged line , for an equivalent , and then upon
a denial , to a wavering doubt , and from thence to an absolute claim . " “ It has ...
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