A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: Appendix. IndexU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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United States. President, James Daniel Richardson. most important trust downward committed to men who have highly merited and in whom the people of the United States place unbounded confidence . Yet even in this circumstance , in itself ...
United States. President, James Daniel Richardson. most important trust downward committed to men who have highly merited and in whom the people of the United States place unbounded confidence . Yet even in this circumstance , in itself ...
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... UNITED STATES , December 28 , 1791 . Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives : I lay before you , for your consideration , the copy of a letter * which I have received from the Attorney - General of the United States ...
... UNITED STATES , December 28 , 1791 . Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives : I lay before you , for your consideration , the copy of a letter * which I have received from the Attorney - General of the United States ...
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United States. President, James Daniel Richardson. UNITED STATES , January 30 , 1794 . Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : I lay before you the copy of a letter from the governor of the State of North Carolina , together with two ...
United States. President, James Daniel Richardson. UNITED STATES , January 30 , 1794 . Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : I lay before you the copy of a letter from the governor of the State of North Carolina , together with two ...
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... United States : I lay before the House a report of the Secretary of War , conformably to their resolution of January 22 . JAMES MADISON . FEBRUARY 9 , 1810 . To the House of Representatives of the United States : I transmit to the House ...
... United States : I lay before the House a report of the Secretary of War , conformably to their resolution of January 22 . JAMES MADISON . FEBRUARY 9 , 1810 . To the House of Representatives of the United States : I transmit to the House ...
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United States. President, James Daniel Richardson. MARCH 20 , 1810 . To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States : I lay before Congress a return of the militia of the United States as received by the Department of ...
United States. President, James Daniel Richardson. MARCH 20 , 1810 . To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States : I lay before Congress a return of the militia of the United States as received by the Department of ...
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Page 433 - ... was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 151 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 200 - Third. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 405 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 201 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 19 - Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its value ; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it ; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country; my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes, are irresistibly excited, whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banner of freedom.
Page 200 - 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 waters.
Page 145 - ... sovereignty is extinct in Cuba for all purposes of its rightful existence, and when a hopeless struggle for its reestablishment has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations, which we can hardly hesitate to recognize and discharge.
Page 56 - If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument, of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them.
Page 328 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...