A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 4Bureau of national literature, 1897 |
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Page 2311
... construction has been laid down by Mr. Madison . That rule is that- Whenever a question arises concerning a particular power , the first question is whether the power be expressed in the Constitution . If it be , the question is de ...
... construction has been laid down by Mr. Madison . That rule is that- Whenever a question arises concerning a particular power , the first question is whether the power be expressed in the Constitution . If it be , the question is de ...
Page 2312
... construction of roads and canals . If there be a dis- tinction in principle , it is not perceived , and should be clearly defined . Some of the objects of appropriation contained in this bill are local in their character , and lie ...
... construction of roads and canals . If there be a dis- tinction in principle , it is not perceived , and should be clearly defined . Some of the objects of appropriation contained in this bill are local in their character , and lie ...
Page 2362
... construction of a ship canal across the isthmus which connects North and South America , and of securing forever by such stipulations the free and equal right of navigating such canal to all nations on the payment of such reasonable ...
... construction of a ship canal across the isthmus which connects North and South America , and of securing forever by such stipulations the free and equal right of navigating such canal to all nations on the payment of such reasonable ...
Page 2363
... construction of a railroad or canal across the territory . Neither sovereign states nor individuals would expend their capital in the construction of these expen- sive works without some such security for their investments . The ...
... construction of a railroad or canal across the territory . Neither sovereign states nor individuals would expend their capital in the construction of these expen- sive works without some such security for their investments . The ...
Page 2399
... construction on that act the correctness of which was seriously questioned . The volunteer forces now in the field , with those which had been " accepted " to " serve for twelve months " and were discharged at the end of their term of ...
... construction on that act the correctness of which was seriously questioned . The volunteer forces now in the field , with those which had been " accepted " to " serve for twelve months " and were discharged at the end of their term of ...
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Page 2462 - ... that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness, that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 2462 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 2639 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 2462 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 2372 - 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 2443 - One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace; but remembering also, that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it; avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace, to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which...
Page 2440 - In order to designate the boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both republics, as described in the present article, the two governments shall each appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who, before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego, and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of...
Page 2460 - ... There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided always that any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.