Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress: afterw. The abridgment: message from the President ... Includes reports of the heads of departments , 1850-19151869 |
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... United States . Mr. Washburn , in connection with this controversy , represents that two United States citizens attached to the legation were arbitrarily seized at his side , when leaving the capital of Paraguay , committed to prison ...
... United States . Mr. Washburn , in connection with this controversy , represents that two United States citizens attached to the legation were arbitrarily seized at his side , when leaving the capital of Paraguay , committed to prison ...
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... United States , or of any other of the American republics , upon the simple condition of voluntary registry . The correspondence herewith submitted will be found painfully replete with accounts of the ruin and wretchedness produced by ...
... United States , or of any other of the American republics , upon the simple condition of voluntary registry . The correspondence herewith submitted will be found painfully replete with accounts of the ruin and wretchedness produced by ...
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... United States towards these islands is not very different from that in which they stand towards the West Indies . It is known and felt by the Hawaiian government and people that their government and institutions are feeble and ...
... United States towards these islands is not very different from that in which they stand towards the West Indies . It is known and felt by the Hawaiian government and people that their government and institutions are feeble and ...
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... United States and Italy for the regulation of consular powers and the extradition of criminals , negotiated and rati- fied here during the last session of Congress , have been accepted and confirmed by the Italian government . A liberal ...
... United States and Italy for the regulation of consular powers and the extradition of criminals , negotiated and rati- fied here during the last session of Congress , have been accepted and confirmed by the Italian government . A liberal ...
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... United States , during good behavior or for life , is incompatible with the spirit of republican government , and in this opinion I am fully sustained by the evidences of popular judgment upon this subject in the different States of the ...
... United States , during good behavior or for life , is incompatible with the spirit of republican government , and in this opinion I am fully sustained by the evidences of popular judgment upon this subject in the different States of the ...
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Page 106 - July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
Page 318 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate...
Page 315 - It shall be the duty of the marshal of each district to attend the district and circuit courts when sitting therein, and to execute throughout the district all lawful precepts directed to him and issued under the authority of the United States; and he shall have power to command all necessary assistance in the execution of his duty.
Page 129 - An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States...
Page 313 - February 28, 1795, provided that 'in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States as may be applied for as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 23 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 17 - I last year entered into a treaty with the King of Denmark for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, on the best terms then attainable, and with the express consent of the people of those islands. This treaty still remains under consideration in the Senate. A new convention has been entered into with Denmark, enlarging the time fixed for final ratification of the original treaty.
Page 11 - ... and the robberies committed by depreciated paper. Our own history has recorded for our instruction enough, and more than enough, of the demoralizing tendency, the injustice, and the intolerable oppression on the virtuous and well disposed of a degraded paper currency authorized by law or in any way countenanced by government.
Page 827 - Utah, bounded on the north by Idaho and Wyoming, on the east by Colorado, and...
Page 20 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.