Author: George Perkins MarshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont
Author: George Perkins MarshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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SPEECH OF MR G P MARSH OF VERM
Author: George Perkins 1801-1882 MarshPublisher:
ISBN: 9781373477781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Mexican War, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., February 10, 1848
Author: George Perkins MarshPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781359392602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
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Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Mexican War
Author: G. P. MarshPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331164432
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Excerpt from Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Mexican War: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., February 10, 1848 The House being in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and having under consideration the bill authorizing a loan not exceeding $18,500,000, Mr. Marsh, of Vermont, said - Mr. Chairman: I propose to avail myself of this occasion, to do what I have not yet done in this place - to express, namely, in the fewest possible words, my own opinion, and, as I suppose, that of a large majority of my constituents, respecting the causes, character, objects, and tendencies of the war in which we are engaged, and to assign the reasons which will compel me to vote against all measures designed for the prosecution of hostilities professedly commenced for defence, but which have been, and are, waged for purposes of aggression, invasion, and conquest. It is said that it is too late to investigate the causes of the war, and that the only remaining question proper for the consideration of Congress is, what measures will tend to bring it to the most speedy termination, and enable us to conclude a peace upon terms most advantageous to ourselves. This would, indeed, be so, if it were true that a state of war, however commenced, absolved us from all duties towards those of our fellow men who have become our enemies. But there are those, and I profess myself of the number, who can discern no sound distinction between the principles of public and private morality, and who believe that war, like private violence, can lawfully be resorted to only as a necessary means of securing already existing rights, not of creating new and independent claims. It becomes, therefore, material to ascertain the origin, causes, and purposes of every war, before it is possible to determine when its lawful ends have been accomplished, and what measure of reparation the victorious party is entitled to exact. In inquiring into the origin of the present war, it is essential to distinguish between its primary causes and its proximate occasions. That its first cause was the annexation of Texas, no man disputes; and there is as little doubt that its immediate occasion was the occupation of the left bank of the Rio Grande by the army of the United States, in obedience to the order of the President. The war is the natural and legitimate consequence of annexation; but, though a natural and legitimate, it does not follow that it was a necessary, result of that measure, and therefore this Administration may be chargeable with its guilt, although the original offence was committed before the present Executive came into power. If the Administration knowingly omitted any proper means to avert, or voluntarily adopted any measure calculated to precipitate, so dire a calamity, if it refuses to accept the terms which are believed to be now offered by prostrate and suppliant Mexico, it is responsible, before God and man, for all the consequences of its acts or its neglects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Missionaries of Republicanism
Author: John C. PinheiroPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199948682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Winner of the Fr. Paul J. Foik Award from the Texas Catholic Historical Society The term "Manifest Destiny" has traditionally been linked to U.S. westward expansion in the nineteenth century, the desire to spread republican government, and racialist theories like Anglo-Saxonism. Yet few people realize the degree to which Manifest Destiny and American republicanism relied on a deeply anti-Catholic civil-religious discourse. John C. Pinheiro traces the rise to prominence of this discourse, beginning in the 1820s and culminating in the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. Pinheiro begins with social reformer and Protestant evangelist Lyman Beecher, who was largely responsible for synthesizing seemingly unrelated strands of religious, patriotic, expansionist, and political sentiment into one universally understood argument about the future of the United States. When the overwhelmingly Protestant United States went to war with Catholic Mexico, this "Beecherite Synthesis" provided Americans with the most important means of defining their own identity, understanding Mexicans, and interpreting the larger meaning of the war. Anti-Catholic rhetoric constituted an integral piece of nearly every major argument for or against the war and was so universally accepted that recruiters, politicians, diplomats, journalists, soldiers, evangelical activists, abolitionists, and pacifists used it. It was also, Pinheiro shows, the primary tool used by American soldiers to interpret Mexico's culture. All this activity in turn reshaped the anti-Catholic movement. Preachers could now use caricatures of Mexicans to illustrate Roman Catholic depravity and nativists could point to Mexico as a warning about what America would be like if dominated by Catholics. Missionaries of Republicanism provides a critical new perspective on Manifest Destiny, American republicanism, anti-Catholicism, and Mexican-American relations in the nineteenth century.
Catalogue of the Library of George Perkins Marsh
Author: University of VermontPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Speech of Mr. G.P. Marsh of Vermont, on the Mexican War
Author: The Bibliography of Vermont
Author: Marcus Davis GilmanPublisher: Burlington : Free Press association
ISBN:
Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
University of Vermont
Author: University of Vermont. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The American Renaissance in New England
Author: Wesley T. MottPublisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Contains biographical sketches of authors who wrote or began publishing their major works during the American Renaissance in New England (between 1830 and 1860). Wide scope of authors includes: novelists, poets, essayists, editors, humorists, translators, compilers, journalists, reformers, abolitionists, scientists, lexicographers; special attention is given to the Transcendental authors - headed by Emerson and Thoreau.