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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
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Source Note
See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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distracted that she could never send a force there to reconquer it. Why would it not be a pretty operation for your people to go out there, take possession of and conquer a portion of the vacant country and establish an independant government of your own subject only to the laws of nations. You would remain there a long time before you would be disturbed by the proximity of other settlements. If you conclude to do this your design ought not to be known or otherwise it would become the duty of the
United States
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
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to prevent your emigration.
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The Neutrality Act of 1794 as amended authorized the president of the United States to use military force to prevent an unauthorized “military expedition or enterprise” against another country. Ford again invoked the threat of federal intervention against the Mormons in December 1845. (An Act in Addition to the “Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States,” and to Repeal the Acts Therein Mentioned [20 Apr. 1818], Public Statutes at Large, 15th Cong., 1st Sess., chap. 88, p. 449, sec. 8; “Part 4: January 1846.”)
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The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. . . . Edited by Richard Peters. 8 vols. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846–1867.
But if you once cross the line of the
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Territories you would be in no danger of being interfered with

I am very respectfully

Your obedient

Servant

Thomas Ford
5 Dec. 1800–3 Nov. 1850. Schoolteacher, newspaperman, lawyer, politician, judge, author. Born in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Robert Ford and Elizabeth Logue Forquer. Moved to St. Louis, 1804; to New Design (later American Bottom), Randolph...
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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
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The Neutrality Act of 1794 as amended authorized the president of the United States to use military force to prevent an unauthorized “military expedition or enterprise” against another country. Ford again invoked the threat of federal intervention against the Mormons in December 1845. (An Act in Addition to the “Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States,” and to Repeal the Acts Therein Mentioned [20 Apr. 1818], Public Statutes at Large, 15th Cong., 1st Sess., chap. 88, p. 449, sec. 8; “Part 4: January 1846.”)
The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. . . . Edited by Richard Peters. 8 vols. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846–1867.