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A review of the causes and consequences of the Mexican war / by William Jay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jay, William, 1789-1858.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- United States--Politics and government--1845-1849.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p. )
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : B.B. Mussey & Co., 1849.
- Summary:
- Jay (son of John Jay) was a prominent New York judge and abolitionist leader; he bitterly criticized the war as a conspiracy to seize new territory for slaveholders.
- Contents:
- Early efforts to wrest Texas from Mexico
- Independence of Texas
- Professions of the Federal Government in reference to the war between Mexico and Texas
- Efforts of the administration to excite war with Mexico
- Claims on Mexico, and war recommended
- Acknowledgement of the independence of Texas
- New claims made against Mexico
- Treaty of annexation proposed and rejected
- Treaty of arbitration- action of the slaveholders
- Seizure and surrender of Monterey in California, by Commodore Jones
- Negotiation and rejection of the Tyler treaty of annexation
- More attempts to irritate Mexico
- Election of Mr. Polk
- Annexation by joint resolution
- Annexation of California determined on
- Slidell's mission to Mexico
- Western boundary of Texas
- Commencement of war against Mexico
- Conquest of California
- Declaration of war against Mexico
- The war prosecuted for conquest
- Extent of territory required from Mexico
- Motive for acquiring territory-the Wilmot Proviso
- Unworthy expedients for facilitating conquest
- Conduct of American officers in Mexico
- American Army in Mexico
- Sufferings inflicted on Mexico by the war
- Cost of the war to the United States
- Political evils of the war
- Moral evils of the war
- Acquisition of territory
- Glory - Patriotism
- John Quincy Adams
- War, and the means of prevention.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 35864.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 12
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