The Congressional Globe, Volume 22; Volume 27Blair & Rives, 1853 |
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... Constitution au for revenue , in such a manner as to prote encourage the labor of our own citizens . D : however , should not be fixed at a rate so bu to exclude the foreign article , but should graduated as to enable the domestic ...
... Constitution au for revenue , in such a manner as to prote encourage the labor of our own citizens . D : however , should not be fixed at a rate so bu to exclude the foreign article , but should graduated as to enable the domestic ...
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... Constitution to your peculiar care . Among the measures which seem to me of the greatest importance to its prosperity , are the in- troduction of a copious supply of water into the city of Washington , and the construction of suit- able ...
... Constitution to your peculiar care . Among the measures which seem to me of the greatest importance to its prosperity , are the in- troduction of a copious supply of water into the city of Washington , and the construction of suit- able ...
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... Constitution , though not perfect , is doubt- less the best that ever was formed . Therefore , let every proposition to change it be well weighed , and if found beneficial , cautiously adopted . Every patriot will rejoice to see its ...
... Constitution , though not perfect , is doubt- less the best that ever was formed . Therefore , let every proposition to change it be well weighed , and if found beneficial , cautiously adopted . Every patriot will rejoice to see its ...
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... Constitution , with Commander Rudd in command . The Dale will be replaced by the Marion , Commander Howard , which is now ready to sail . The steamer Vixen will be added to this com- mand for such rapid communication with the coast and ...
... Constitution , with Commander Rudd in command . The Dale will be replaced by the Marion , Commander Howard , which is now ready to sail . The steamer Vixen will be added to this com- mand for such rapid communication with the coast and ...
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... Constitution . The general principles of our patent system seem 66 SENATE & HO . OF REPS . to have met with universal approbation , and to have been attended with beneficent results in prac- tice . Since the organization of the office ...
... Constitution . The general principles of our patent system seem 66 SENATE & HO . OF REPS . to have met with universal approbation , and to have been attended with beneficent results in prac- tice . Since the organization of the office ...
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Page 141 - ... by the arbitration of commissioners appointed on each side, or by that of a friendly nation. And should such course be proposed by either party it shall be acceded to by the other unless deemed by it altogether incompatible with the nature of the difference or the circumstances of the case.
Page 152 - ... 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 125 - ... 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 77 - Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have...
Page 74 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are, of necessity, more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 141 - ... friendship in which the two countries are now placing themselves ; using , for this end, mutual representations and pacific negotiations.- And if, by these means, they should not be enabled to come to an agreement, a resort shall not, on this account, be had to reprisals, aggression, or hostility of any kind, by the one republic against the other, until the government of that which deems itself aggrieved shall have maturely considered, in the spirit of peace and good neighborship, whether it...
Page 126 - ... it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy that no future European colony or dominion shall with our consent be planted or established on any part of the North American continent.
Page 101 - 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 21 - Diego and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte. They shall keep journals and make out plans of their operations; and the result agreed upon by them shall be deemed a part of this treaty, and shall have the same force as if it were inserted therein.
Page 143 - If unhappily any disagreement should hereafter arise between the Governments of the two Republics, whether with respect to the interpretation of any stipulation in this treaty, or with respect to any other particular concerning the political or commercial relations of the two Nations, the said Governments, in the name of those Nations, do promise to each other, that they will...