A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 3Bureau of national literature, 1908 |
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... considered a second Declaration of Inde- pendence . The controversy with Great Britain in relation to the north- eastern boundary of the United States is also included in Van Buren's Administration , and will prove highly interesting ...
... considered a second Declaration of Inde- pendence . The controversy with Great Britain in relation to the north- eastern boundary of the United States is also included in Van Buren's Administration , and will prove highly interesting ...
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... considered all the facts and arguments which have been submitted to him relative to a removal of the public deposits from the Bank of the United States , the President deems it his duty to communicate in this manner to his Cabinet the ...
... considered all the facts and arguments which have been submitted to him relative to a removal of the public deposits from the Bank of the United States , the President deems it his duty to communicate in this manner to his Cabinet the ...
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... considered as the decision of the country that it shall then cease to exist , and no man , the President believes , has reasonable ground for expectation that any other Bank of the United States will be created by Congress . To the ...
... considered as the decision of the country that it shall then cease to exist , and no man , the President believes , has reasonable ground for expectation that any other Bank of the United States will be created by Congress . To the ...
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... considered as a contract on the part of the Government , it is not now in the power of Congress to disregard its stipulations ; and by the terms of that contract the public money is to be deposited in the bank during the continuance cf ...
... considered as a contract on the part of the Government , it is not now in the power of Congress to disregard its stipulations ; and by the terms of that contract the public money is to be deposited in the bank during the continuance cf ...
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... considered safe with the evidence before us that tens of thousands have been spent for highly improper , if not corrupt , purposes , and that the same motive may lead to the expenditure of hundreds of thousands , and even millions ...
... considered safe with the evidence before us that tens of thousands have been spent for highly improper , if not corrupt , purposes , and that the same motive may lead to the expenditure of hundreds of thousands , and even millions ...
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Page 61 - 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 268 - 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 69 - 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 60 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 147 - 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 8 - ... 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 435 - 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 198 - SIR, I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me on the...
Page 186 - 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 230 - I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with documents containing the information requested by their resolution of the 26tft ultimo.