A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: A supplement. [1897]-1902authority of Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1903 |
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... peace for the maintenance of either has no justification . The best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes - not by resorting to loans , but by keeping out of debt -through an adequate income secured by a ...
... peace for the maintenance of either has no justification . The best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes - not by resorting to loans , but by keeping out of debt -through an adequate income secured by a ...
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... peace and amity with all the nations of the world , and this accords with my conception of our duty We have ... peace has failed ; peace is prefer- now . able to war in almost every contingency . Arbitration is 12 Messages and Papers of ...
... peace and amity with all the nations of the world , and this accords with my conception of our duty We have ... peace has failed ; peace is prefer- now . able to war in almost every contingency . Arbitration is 12 Messages and Papers of ...
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... peace , not passion and war , controlling the relations between two of the greatest nations in the world , an ex- ample certain to be followed by others , I respectfully urge the early action of the Senate thereon , not merely as a ...
... peace , not passion and war , controlling the relations between two of the greatest nations in the world , an ex- ample certain to be followed by others , I respectfully urge the early action of the Senate thereon , not merely as a ...
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... Peace and good will with all the nations of the earth continue unbroken . A matter of genuine satisfaction is the growing feeling of fraternal regard and unification of all sections of our country , the incompleteness of which has too ...
... Peace and good will with all the nations of the earth continue unbroken . A matter of genuine satisfaction is the growing feeling of fraternal regard and unification of all sections of our country , the incompleteness of which has too ...
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... peaceful agencies a peace which shall be honor- able and enduring . If it shall hereafter appear to be a duty imposed by our obligations to ourselves , to civilization and humanity to intervene with force , it shall be without fault on ...
... peaceful agencies a peace which shall be honor- able and enduring . If it shall hereafter appear to be a duty imposed by our obligations to ourselves , to civilization and humanity to intervene with force , it shall be without fault on ...
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14 of Sec 20 chains 40 chains set act of Congress American Army authority boundary line caused the seal chains set post citizens city of Washington civil Commission corner of section corner of township covered with timber Cuba described as follows duty east half easterly established EXECUTIVE MANSION Forest Reserve Government half of northwest hand and caused Hawaiian Islands hereby ordered hereunto set Indians JOHN HAY legislation ment Meridian Navy north half northeast corner Philippine Islands post thence due President public reservation Puerto Rico purposes quarter of section range line Republic of Hawaii Secretary Secretary of War section lines section twenty-four Senate set my hand set post thence settlement ship southeast southerly southwest quarter thence northerly thence westerly THEODORE ROOSEVELT thereof thirteen 13 tion township line tract of land transmit herewith treaty United vessels west half Whereas WILLIAM MCKINLEY witness whereof
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Page 206 - ... when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto...
Page 69 - The citizens or subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall receive, in the territories of the other, the most constant protection and security for their persons and property, and shall enjoy In this respect the same rights and privileges as are or may be granted to native citizens or subjects, on their submitting themselves to the conditions imposed upon the native citizens or subjects.
Page 364 - That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof...
Page 81 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United. States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 295 - The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem. Commercial wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times ; measures of retaliation are not...
Page 271 - In Testimony whereof I Chester A. Arthur President of the United States of America have caused these letters to be made Patent and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 176 - ... which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired...
Page 74 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 169 - Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes...
Page 88 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.