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Utah (Utah, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
of the Mexican war, and five years later by the Gadsden purchase. By these two acquisitions of territory, the United States made a great expansion. By the treaty the United States acquired 522,568 square miles, or 334,443,520 acres of new territory, and by the Gadsden purchase the United States received other new territory of 45,535 square miles, or an area of 29, 142,400 acres. This acquired territory has since been divided into several States and Territories, to-wit: California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico, was subsequently divided, and by this subsequent partition comes the interesting history of the Territory of Arizona. A Confederate Territory. A Territory named Arizona was first laid out and organized by the Confederate States of America. On the 1st of March, 1861, the Territory was taken in charge by Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Baylor, who was in command of the Confederate Army force in the Territory, and possession was held on behalf of the Confederate States of Ameri
Gila River, N. Mex. (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
s Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the Confederate States, and the institution of slavery in said Territory shall receive all necessary protection, both from the Territorial Legislature and the Congress of the Confederate States; provided, also, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of persons or property now pertaining to the Pimos and Maricopas Indians on the Gila river, or the right or claim of the Confederate States to the remainder of the Territory of New Mexico, or to any other Territory north of the line of 34 degrees of north latitude. The second section provides for the executive power and authority to be vested in a governor, and prescribes his term of office to be six years, and his official duties. The various other sections of the act provide for other officers and their duties, and for representatives in the Legislature, and delegates to
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
y these two acquisitions of territory, the United States made a great expansion. By the treaty theterritory, and by the Gadsden purchase the United States received other new territory of 45,535 squstablished by said treaty between the late United States and Mexico to the Colorado river, thence urued as to inhibit the government of the Confederate States from dividing said Territory into two oreby suspended until the President of the Confederate States shall issue his proclamation, declaring are suspended until the President of the Confederate States shall issue his proclamation declaring tby and under the government of the Confederate States of America. In the next year, 1863, on the 2elve, page 664, or Revised Statutes of the United States, edition of 1878, page 335. It appears in part of New Mexico. The Arizona of the Confederate States was the first organized by that name. On of a Territory of Arizona by the Confederate States of America, and yet the fact is as true as an[29 more...]
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
Given under my hand and the seal of the Confederate States of America, at Richmond, this 14th day of February, A. D. 1862. By the President: (Seal.) Jefferson Davis. R. M. T. Hunter, Secretary of War. So much now for the facts of the Territory of Arizona, as to being created and organized by and under the government of the Confederate States of America. In the next year, 1863, on the 24th day of February, it appears that the Congress of the United States, in session in Washington city, followed the Congress of the Confederate States and passed an act to establish and organize the Territory of Arizona, formerly a part of the Territory of New Mexico. The name, as will be observed, is the same as that of the Confederate Territory. See the United States Statutes-at-Large, volume twelve, page 664, or Revised Statutes of the United States, edition of 1878, page 335. It appears in the above cited act of February 24, 1863, that the United States made the Territory of Arizo
Oklahoma (Oklahoma, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
e is one item, or matter, to which I desire to refer, and to direct attention. It is the item of making new States of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. The Republicans in their platform say: We favor home rule for and the early admission to Statehood of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. TOklahoma. The Democrats in their platform say: We denounce the failure of the Republican party to carry out its pledges to grant Statehood to the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and we promise the people of those Territories immediate Statehood and home rule during their condition as territories, and we favor home rule and aOklahoma, and we promise the people of those Territories immediate Statehood and home rule during their condition as territories, and we favor home rule and a territorial form of government for Alaska and Porto Rico. From these quotations from the two platforms, it seems that in the success of either party the result must be that the Territories shall be admitted as States of the United States. Some points of history. My purpose is now to recite a few facts of history concerni
Red (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
included within the following limits, to-wit: Beginning on the Colorado river at the parallel of north latitude 34 degrees, thence with said by said treaty between the late United States and Mexico to the Colorado river, thence up the Colorado river to the place of beginning, be, anColorado river to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby created into a temporary government, by the name of the Territory of Arizona; and nothing in this act shall be so construle of the old-time, ante-bellum territory of New Mexico, to the Colorado river, as the west boundary line, excepting a little point or area in the northwest corner of the old-time New Mexico, north of the Colorado river. An inspection of an old map, and of the limits or lines as defpoint or area in the northwestern corner that lies north of the Colorado river, that was not in the Confederate States Arizona. If the Confedof the Territory of New Mexico but that little corner above the Colorado river, and the present Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, togethe
California (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
1848, growing out of the Mexican war, and five years later by the Gadsden purchase. By these two acquisitions of territory, the United States made a great expansion. By the treaty the United States acquired 522,568 square miles, or 334,443,520 acres of new territory, and by the Gadsden purchase the United States received other new territory of 45,535 square miles, or an area of 29, 142,400 acres. This acquired territory has since been divided into several States and Territories, to-wit: California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico, was subsequently divided, and by this subsequent partition comes the interesting history of the Territory of Arizona. A Confederate Territory. A Territory named Arizona was first laid out and organized by the Confederate States of America. On the 1st of March, 1861, the Territory was taken in charge by Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Baylor, who was in command of the Confederate Army force in the Territory, and possession was held on behalf of the Confederat
Mexico (Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.22
iate Statehood and home rule during their condition as territories, and we favor home rule and a territorial form of government for Alaska and Porto Rico. From these quotations from the two platforms, it seems that in the success of either party the result must be that the Territories shall be admitted as States of the United States. Some points of history. My purpose is now to recite a few facts of history concerning the Territory of Arizona. This Territory is a part of the great Mexican purchase by the United States from Mexico, through the treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidalgo, of the United States with Mexico in 1848, growing out of the Mexican war, and five years later by the Gadsden purchase. By these two acquisitions of territory, the United States made a great expansion. By the treaty the United States acquired 522,568 square miles, or 334,443,520 acres of new territory, and by the Gadsden purchase the United States received other new territory of 45,535 square miles, or an
Nevada (Nevada, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.22
ing out of the Mexican war, and five years later by the Gadsden purchase. By these two acquisitions of territory, the United States made a great expansion. By the treaty the United States acquired 522,568 square miles, or 334,443,520 acres of new territory, and by the Gadsden purchase the United States received other new territory of 45,535 square miles, or an area of 29, 142,400 acres. This acquired territory has since been divided into several States and Territories, to-wit: California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico, was subsequently divided, and by this subsequent partition comes the interesting history of the Territory of Arizona. A Confederate Territory. A Territory named Arizona was first laid out and organized by the Confederate States of America. On the 1st of March, 1861, the Territory was taken in charge by Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Baylor, who was in command of the Confederate Army force in the Territory, and possession was held on behalf of the Confederate States o
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.22
ry concerning the Territory of Arizona. This Territory is a part of the great Mexican purchase by the United States from Mexico, through the treaty of Guadaloupe-Hidalgo, of the United States with Mexico in 1848, growing out of the Mexican war, and Mexico in 1848, growing out of the Mexican war, and five years later by the Gadsden purchase. By these two acquisitions of territory, the United States made a great expansion. By the treaty the United States acquired 522,568 square miles, or 334,443,520 acres of new territory, and by the Gadsden puraid boundary until it intersects the line of Texas, and thence with said line to the Rio Grande, and so on to the line of Mexico, on said river, as fixed by the treaty of 1854; thence with the boundary line established by said treaty between the late United States and Mexico to the Colorado river, thence up the Colorado river to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby created into a temporary government, by the name of the Territory of Arizona; and nothing in this act shall be so cons
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