The American Annual Register, Part 2Joseph Blunt G. & C. Carvill, 1835 |
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... respect of the United States , either to solicit gra- tuitious favours , or to accept as the grant of a favour that for which an ample equivalent is exacted . It remains to be determined by the respective governments , whether the trade ...
... respect of the United States , either to solicit gra- tuitious favours , or to accept as the grant of a favour that for which an ample equivalent is exacted . It remains to be determined by the respective governments , whether the trade ...
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... respect due to his character , and that indemnity should be promptly made for all injuries inflicted on citizens of the United States , or their property , contrary to the laws of nations , a temporary commission as Chargé d'Affaires to ...
... respect due to his character , and that indemnity should be promptly made for all injuries inflicted on citizens of the United States , or their property , contrary to the laws of nations , a temporary commission as Chargé d'Affaires to ...
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... respect attributable to us . That it comes from the dispensa- tion of Him who ordains all in wis- dom and goodness , and who permits evil itself only as an instrument of good . That , far from contributing to this scarcity , our agency ...
... respect attributable to us . That it comes from the dispensa- tion of Him who ordains all in wis- dom and goodness , and who permits evil itself only as an instrument of good . That , far from contributing to this scarcity , our agency ...
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... respect to the New American States . The assembling of a congress at Panama , composed of diplomatic represen- tatives from independent American nations , will form a new epoch in human affairs . The fact itself , whatever may be the ...
... respect to the New American States . The assembling of a congress at Panama , composed of diplomatic represen- tatives from independent American nations , will form a new epoch in human affairs . The fact itself , whatever may be the ...
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... respects , as diplomatic , in contradistinction to a body clothed with powers of ordinary legisla tion ; that is to ... respect , their conduct . Such a council might have been well enough adapted to a number of smal , contracted states ...
... respects , as diplomatic , in contradistinction to a body clothed with powers of ordinary legisla tion ; that is to ... respect , their conduct . Such a council might have been well enough adapted to a number of smal , contracted states ...
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Page 105 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as -equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 98 - Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 88 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 106 - Agents shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities...
Page 117 - Citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal goods, whether by testament or ab intestato, and they may take possession thereof, either by themselves or others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the Country wherein the said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases...
Page 114 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
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Page 88 - On such transfer of territory it has never been held that the relations of the inhabitants with each other undergo any change. Their relations with their former sovereign are dissolved, and new relations are created between them and the government which has acquired their territory. The same act which transfers their country transfers the allegiance of those who remain in it...
Page 106 - Commercial Agents should require their assistance to cause their decisions to be carried into effect or supported. It is, however, understood, that this species of judgment or arbitration shall not deprive the contending parties of the right they have to resort, on their return, to the judicial authority of their country.
Page 112 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...