 Considering, moreover, that under these peculiar and imperative circumstances a forbearance on the part of the United States to occupy the territory in question, and thereby guard against the confusions and contingencies which threaten it, might be construed...  Cobbett's Weekly Political Register - Page 1751811Full view - About this book
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...of the United States to occupy the territory in question, and thereby guard against the conf usions and contingencies which threaten it, might be construed into a dereliction of tbeir title, or an insensibility to the importance of the state : considering that in the hand« of... | |
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