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... declare war against the United States unless the surrender of M'Leod took place . It fully appeared , however , on further explanation , the retaliation threat- ened by Great Britain was made contingent not on the detention , nor on the ...
... declare war against the United States unless the surrender of M'Leod took place . It fully appeared , however , on further explanation , the retaliation threat- ened by Great Britain was made contingent not on the detention , nor on the ...
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... declaration of inde- pendence . It was through his agency , moreover , that a law was enacted in 1840 , for the recovery of free colored citizens of New York , who should be kidnapped into slavery . This law authorized the gov- * See ...
... declaration of inde- pendence . It was through his agency , moreover , that a law was enacted in 1840 , for the recovery of free colored citizens of New York , who should be kidnapped into slavery . This law authorized the gov- * See ...
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... declaration to the citizens of Paris through General Lafayette , that he believed the Constitution of the United States the best that had ever been conceived . Sir , if this is that Constitution , it is more despotic than the ...
... declaration to the citizens of Paris through General Lafayette , that he believed the Constitution of the United States the best that had ever been conceived . Sir , if this is that Constitution , it is more despotic than the ...
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... declare that to be opposed to the administration is a disqualification for the office of loan officers . Those loan officers would distribute the sum which , al- though inadequate to the general relief , would still be a sufficient ...
... declare that to be opposed to the administration is a disqualification for the office of loan officers . Those loan officers would distribute the sum which , al- though inadequate to the general relief , would still be a sufficient ...
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... declaration of the principle that , in reference to political discussions , " to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy . " Mr. President , I have shown that relief ought to be given to the people of this state , under an ...
... declaration of the principle that , in reference to political discussions , " to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy . " Mr. President , I have shown that relief ought to be given to the people of this state , under an ...
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Pagina 374 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Pagina 131 - SECTION 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of this State to make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of public schools.
Pagina 494 - ... and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Pagina 393 - But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Pagina 374 - ... with any State or People, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Pagina 113 - The indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government carries its own evidence with it. It is a power exercised by every legislature of the Union, I might say of the world, by virtue of its general supremacy. Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings...
Pagina 63 - The North has only to will it to accomplish it; to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory, and to do her duty by causing the stipulations relative to fugitive slaves to be faithfully fulfilled; to cease the agitation of the slave question, and to provide for the insertion of a provision in the Constitution by an amendment which will restore to the South in substance the power she possessed of protecting herself, before the equilibrium between the sections was...
Pagina 375 - VI. The contracting parties in this convention engage to invite every State with which both or either have friendly intercourse to enter into stipulations with them similar to those which they have entered into with each other...
Pagina 257 - In every regularly documented American merchant- vessel, the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them.
Pagina 375 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or...