The book Lives of the Governors of the State of New York was written by author John S John Stilwell Jenkins Here you can read free online of Lives of the Governors of the State of New York book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Lives of the Governors of the State of New York a good or bad book?
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As a spe- cial compliment to the Emperor of Mexico, we sent, or rather intended to send, to his court, one of the most distinguished men of the nation, (General Jackson. ) At the court of the Emperor Don Pedro, we have 18 410 MARTIN VAN BUREN. our minister : whilst in the republic of Peru — the power with which the first of the treaties, in virtue of which the Congress of Panamd is to be held, was concluded — we have not yet been represented. Do our principles admit that we should adopt the mea...sures proposed with such reference, and upon such grounds ? What are those principles ? — That man is capable of self-government ; that the people of every country should be left to the free selection of such form of government as they think best adapted to their situation, and to change it as their interests, in their own judgments, may seem to require. Wherein consists our objection to the Holy Alliance ? Because they confederate to maintain governments similar to their own, by force of arms, instead of the force of reason, and the will of the governed.
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