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... report whether any new provisions of law are necessary to secure a faithful performance of the existing contracts providing for the accurate reports of the debates of the two Houses 392 . 331 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES . 8 INDEX .
... report whether any new provisions of law are necessary to secure a faithful performance of the existing contracts providing for the accurate reports of the debates of the two Houses 392 . 331 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES . 8 INDEX .
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... secure the action of Congress , as had been the case in 1846 . When the 30th Congress convened , the petitioner again urged his claim for proper adjustment . At that time it was thought possible some adjustment of this claim might have ...
... secure the action of Congress , as had been the case in 1846 . When the 30th Congress convened , the petitioner again urged his claim for proper adjustment . At that time it was thought possible some adjustment of this claim might have ...
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... but for its own purposes and uses at the national seat of government . To secure these objects the committee have entered into the details . of a system which they consider necessary , and have 35TH CONGRESS , REP . COM . SENATE .
... but for its own purposes and uses at the national seat of government . To secure these objects the committee have entered into the details . of a system which they consider necessary , and have 35TH CONGRESS , REP . COM . SENATE .
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... secure the strength and adoption of all materials and articles used in the work , and that such work should be done in the most effectual and workmanlike manner , to secure safety and durability , and to guard against accidents and ...
... secure the strength and adoption of all materials and articles used in the work , and that such work should be done in the most effectual and workmanlike manner , to secure safety and durability , and to guard against accidents and ...
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... secure the privileges and advantages of this act , as well as for the protection of all the property and fixtures connected with the water - works of each city . It also gives them the power to define and punish , by fine and ...
... secure the privileges and advantages of this act , as well as for the protection of all the property and fixtures connected with the water - works of each city . It also gives them the power to define and punish , by fine and ...
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2d Session 34th Congress 82 copies accompany Bill acres agent alleged allowed amount Answer atlas authorized boats Built Captain carried the mail cent Choctaws claim claimants Cleveland Colonel Commissioned Commissioner committee compensation Congress consideration contract court Cuba Detroit Devonport district attorney dollars duty election Engineers entitled expense February FEBRUARY 19 following REPORT frigates Graham N grant guns Haym Salomon honor hundred Indian instructions island January JANUARY 25 John land letter Lime Point March memorialist ment Milwaukie navy obedient servant opinion paid papers patent pension petitioner plates Portsmouth post office Postmaster present printed purchase Question received resolution respectfully Richardson route S. R. Throckmorton sailing ship San Francisco Sandusky screw frigates Secretary Secretary of War Senate Spain steam reserve steamboats steamers submitted the following tion Torre tract treasury treaty United United States Attorney Washington
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Page 2 - 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 3 - Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations, has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India seas, the character of its population, its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of St.
Page 3 - ... there are laws of political as well as of physical gravitation ; and if an apple, severed by the tempest from its native tree, cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union, which, by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom.
Page 48 - That the final decrees rendered by the said commissioners, or by the District or Supreme Court of the United States, or any patent to be issued under this act, shall be conclusive between the United States and the said claimants only, and shall not affect the interests of third persons.
Page 14 - Ashburton treaty in 1842, kept up a squadron on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, and we are still bound to continue it.
Page 12 - I should be intrusted with the means of making an advance to the Spanish Government immediately after the signing of the treaty, without awaiting the ratification of it by the Senate. I am encouraged to make this suggestion by the example of Mr. Jefferson previous to the purchase of Louisiana from France and by that of Mr. Polk in view of the acquisition of territory from Mexico. I refer the whole subject to Congress and commend it to their careful consideration.
Page 2 - It will be objected to our receiving Cuba that no limit can then be drawn to our future acquisitions. Cuba can be defended by us without a navy. And this develops the principle which ought to limit our view. Nothing should ever be accepted which would require a navy to defend it.
Page 2 - Mexico and the other provinces. That would be a price, and I would immediately erect a column on the southernmost limit of Cuba, and inscribe on it a ne plus ultra as to us in that direction. We should then have only to include the north in our Confederacy, which would be of course in the first war, and we should have such an empire for liberty as she has never surveyed since the creation ; and I am persuaded no constitution was ever before so well calculated as ours for extensive empire and self-government.