Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4053U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... civil service commission- ers- ( 1 ) That they have a correct knowledge of the English language so as to be able to express themselves clearly and correctly in writing . ( 2 ) That they can write and speak French correctly and fluently ...
... civil service commission- ers- ( 1 ) That they have a correct knowledge of the English language so as to be able to express themselves clearly and correctly in writing . ( 2 ) That they can write and speak French correctly and fluently ...
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... civil war , though it is great in its proportions and is conducted by armies that are in complete organization and ... civil disturbance is a misfortune that can not be justly visited upon citizens of the United States , nor can it be ...
... civil war , though it is great in its proportions and is conducted by armies that are in complete organization and ... civil disturbance is a misfortune that can not be justly visited upon citizens of the United States , nor can it be ...
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... civil war we were called upon to take notice of the struggle in Cuba against Spanish rule which broke out in Octo- ber , 1868. It is said that early in the year 1869 a proclamation was actually signed by President Grant recognizing the ...
... civil war we were called upon to take notice of the struggle in Cuba against Spanish rule which broke out in Octo- ber , 1868. It is said that early in the year 1869 a proclamation was actually signed by President Grant recognizing the ...
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... civil war now ravaging the island . " While this expression is not designed to grant any public recognition of belligerent rights to the insurgents , it is nevertheless used advisedly and in recognition of a state and condition of the ...
... civil war now ravaging the island . " While this expression is not designed to grant any public recognition of belligerent rights to the insurgents , it is nevertheless used advisedly and in recognition of a state and condition of the ...
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... civil war . " As was said by Secretary Fish , the mere offer on our part to mediate as between the contending forces was in itself a concession of belligerency and a recognition of that condition . But for various reasons this argument ...
... civil war . " As was said by Secretary Fish , the mere offer on our part to mediate as between the contending forces was in itself a concession of belligerency and a recognition of that condition . But for various reasons this argument ...
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Page 233 - The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Page 69 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into .it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 281 - ... after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same ; each of the High Contracting Parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward.
Page 190 - ... applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct ; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Page 55 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible therefore that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 69 - ... it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Page 87 - Manchester, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.
Page 340 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Page 540 - ... sentences of the tribunals, in all cases which may concern them, and likewise at the taking of all examinations and evidence which may be exhibited in the said trials.
Page 280 - America in the preceding article of this convention, and as an equivalent therefor, His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands hereby agrees to admit all the articles named in the following schedule, the same being the growth, manufacture, or produce of the United States of America, into all the ports of the Hawaiian Islands free of duty. Schedule.