Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1857 |
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... authority , " whatever reduction of the paper circulation was effected by the Bank of England ( in 1825 ) was more than made up by the issues of the country banks . " But a Bank of the United States would not , if it could , restrain ...
... authority , " whatever reduction of the paper circulation was effected by the Bank of England ( in 1825 ) was more than made up by the issues of the country banks . " But a Bank of the United States would not , if it could , restrain ...
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... authority of the President , nor would it have received the approbation of the Senate . The universal conviction in the United States was , that when our government consented to violate its tradi- tional and time - honored policy , and ...
... authority of the President , nor would it have received the approbation of the Senate . The universal conviction in the United States was , that when our government consented to violate its tradi- tional and time - honored policy , and ...
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... authorities in an insult- ing and arbitrary manner , which requires redress . A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but concilia- tory spirit . This will the more probably be granted if the Executive shall have authority to ...
... authorities in an insult- ing and arbitrary manner , which requires redress . A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but concilia- tory spirit . This will the more probably be granted if the Executive shall have authority to ...
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... authority finally to decide the ques- tion of slavery , or did they intend by leaving it to the people that the people of Kansas themselves should decide this question by a direct vote ? On this subject I confess I had never entertained ...
... authority finally to decide the ques- tion of slavery , or did they intend by leaving it to the people that the people of Kansas themselves should decide this question by a direct vote ? On this subject I confess I had never entertained ...
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... authority , and if any portion of the inhabitants shall refuse to vote , a fair opportunity to do so having been presented , this will be their own voluntary act , and they alone will be responsible for the consequences . Whether Kansas ...
... authority , and if any portion of the inhabitants shall refuse to vote , a fair opportunity to do so having been presented , this will be their own voluntary act , and they alone will be responsible for the consequences . Whether Kansas ...
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Page 19 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 9 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship 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...
Page 22 - ... then the article providing for slavery shall be stricken from the constitution by the president of this convention;" and it is expressly declared that "no slavery shall exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with...
Page 21 - That we recognize the right of the people of all the Territories, including Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly expressed will of a majority of actual residents, and whenever the number of their inhabitants justifies it, to form a Constitution with or without domestic slavery, and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with the other States.
Page 16 - ... the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists : and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 12 - Whenever and so soon as the Republic of Honduras shall have concluded and ratified a treaty with Great Britain by which Great Britain shall have ceded and the Republic of Honduras shall have accepted the said islands, subject to the provisions and conditions contained in such treaty.
Page 34 - I shall approve no bill which I have not examined, and it will be a case of extreme and most urgent necessity which shall ever induce me to depart from this rule. I therefore respectfully, but earnestly, recommend that the two Houses would allow the President at least two days previous to the adjournment of each session within which no new bill shall be presented to him for approval. Under the existing joint rule one day is allowed ; but this rule has been hitherto so constantly suspended in practice,...
Page 61 - Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants, and address the president as their great father.
Page 117 - For surveying the public lands, including incidental expenses and island surveys in the interior, and all other special and difficult surveys demanding augmented rates, to be apportioned and applied to the several districts according to the exigencies of the public service, including expenses of selecting swamp lands and the compensation and expenses...
Page 14 - ... inasmuch as the circumstances of the several ports of China open to foreign commerce are different, experience may show that inconsiderable modifications are requisite in those parts which relate to commerce and navigation; in which case the two Governments will, at the expiration of twelve years from the date of said convention, treat amicably concerning the same, by the means of suitable persons appointed to conduct such negotiation.