A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1907, Volume 3Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1908 |
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... party , and desiring to avoid the risk and expense of intermediate agencies , the Secretary of the Treasury deemed it advisable to receive and transfer the first installment by means of a draft upon the French minister of finance . A ...
... party , and desiring to avoid the risk and expense of intermediate agencies , the Secretary of the Treasury deemed it advisable to receive and transfer the first installment by means of a draft upon the French minister of finance . A ...
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... party it is difficult to give effect to those measures which are necessary to the protection and quiet of our numerous citizens residing near that frontier . The subject is one of 26 Messages and Papers of the Presidents.
... party it is difficult to give effect to those measures which are necessary to the protection and quiet of our numerous citizens residing near that frontier . The subject is one of 26 Messages and Papers of the Presidents.
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... party to disclose his offense . It was intended that the power to issue a scire facias and remove the deposits be real and effective . The necessary means of information were therefore provided in the charter , and five officers of the ...
... party to disclose his offense . It was intended that the power to issue a scire facias and remove the deposits be real and effective . The necessary means of information were therefore provided in the charter , and five officers of the ...
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... party who may have been injured by his illegal mandates or instructions in the same manner and to the same extent as the humblest functionary . In addition to the responsibilities which may thus be enforced by impeach- ment , criminal ...
... party who may have been injured by his illegal mandates or instructions in the same manner and to the same extent as the humblest functionary . In addition to the responsibilities which may thus be enforced by impeach- ment , criminal ...
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... parties interested in it , the hope is yet indulged that it may be effected on the basis of that proposition . With the Governments of Austria , Russia , Prussia , Holland , Sweden , and Denmark the best understanding exists . Commerce ...
... parties interested in it , the hope is yet indulged that it may be effected on the basis of that proposition . With the Governments of Austria , Russia , Prussia , Holland , Sweden , and Denmark the best understanding exists . Commerce ...
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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.