A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1907, Volume 3Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1908 |
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... desire so to discharge my duties as to foster with our brethren in all parts of the country a spirit of liberal concession and compromise , and , by reconciling our fellow - citizens to those partial sacri- fices which they must ...
... desire so to discharge my duties as to foster with our brethren in all parts of the country a spirit of liberal concession and compromise , and , by reconciling our fellow - citizens to those partial sacri- fices which they must ...
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... desire of the President that the control of the banks and the currency shall , as far as possible , be entirely separated from the political power of the country as well as wrested from an institution which has already attempted to ...
... desire of the President that the control of the banks and the currency shall , as far as possible , be entirely separated from the political power of the country as well as wrested from an institution which has already attempted to ...
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... desire of the House of Representatives , was opened some years ago with the British Government , for the erection of light - houses on the Bahamas , has been successful . Those works , when completed , together with those which the ...
... desire of the House of Representatives , was opened some years ago with the British Government , for the erection of light - houses on the Bahamas , has been successful . Those works , when completed , together with those which the ...
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... desire of the United States to cultivate with their sister Republics of this hemisphere . Until the important question of reunion shall be settled , however , the different matters which have been under discussion between the United ...
... desire of the United States to cultivate with their sister Republics of this hemisphere . Until the important question of reunion shall be settled , however , the different matters which have been under discussion between the United ...
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... desire of improve- ment which are essential to any favorable change in their condition . Established in the midst of another and a superior race , and without appreciating the causes of their inferiority or seeking to control them ...
... desire of improve- ment which are essential to any favorable change in their condition . Established in the midst of another and a superior race , and without appreciating the causes of their inferiority or seeking to control them ...
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Page 55 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 262 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Page 63 - Resolved., That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 141 - States in the same from the said foreign nation or from any other foreign country, the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer...
Page 4 - ... unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct ; in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Page 431 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 190 - SIR, I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me on the...
Page 178 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states . in . all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Page 222 - To the House of Representatives: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of War, conveying the information called for by the House in its resolution of yesterday, concerning the Cherokee treaty recently ratified.
Page 209 - If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.