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... excellency that a grave question had arisen between them and the English commission , from the appropriation by the ... excellency that they could not consent to what they considered an un- warrantable absorption of our proper territory ...
... excellency that a grave question had arisen between them and the English commission , from the appropriation by the ... excellency that they could not consent to what they considered an un- warrantable absorption of our proper territory ...
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... excellency their note to Mr. Owen , and that gentleman's reply , and remarking that that reply left them no alternative but to state to his excellency with perfect frankness the position of the United States . They then recalled the ...
... excellency their note to Mr. Owen , and that gentleman's reply , and remarking that that reply left them no alternative but to state to his excellency with perfect frankness the position of the United States . They then recalled the ...
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... excellency the Baron de Schwarz - Senborn had actually allotted the space to England under his hand ; that the English com- missioner had sold it to English exhibitors , who had been put into pos- session and were rapidly occupying it ...
... excellency the Baron de Schwarz - Senborn had actually allotted the space to England under his hand ; that the English com- missioner had sold it to English exhibitors , who had been put into pos- session and were rapidly occupying it ...
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... excellency knew sufficiently well the spirit of the American people to enable him to judge , without my assistance , whether they were likely to regard the new arrangement as consistent with the equal competition . they had anticipated ...
... excellency knew sufficiently well the spirit of the American people to enable him to judge , without my assistance , whether they were likely to regard the new arrangement as consistent with the equal competition . they had anticipated ...
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... excellency the Baron de Porto Sicuro , the envoy from Brazil , who had taken great interest in our reclamation of ... excellency's advice , the following state- ment : I have received our official communication from Mr. McElrath , the ...
... excellency the Baron de Porto Sicuro , the envoy from Brazil , who had taken great interest in our reclamation of ... excellency's advice , the following state- ment : I have received our official communication from Mr. McElrath , the ...
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Page 404 - States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private property or with the fishermen of the United States, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 258 - children of persons who now are or have been citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, be considered as citizens of the United States: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never resided in the United States.
Page 407 - ... further until the expiration of two years after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 405 - Edward's island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore; with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those colonies and the islands thereof, and also upon the Magdalen islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish...
Page 307 - Revolt or conspiracy to revolt by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the master.
Page 295 - Of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effectual than that which deludes them with paper money. This is the most effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich man's field, by the sweat of the poor man's brow.
Page 257 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas in the recognition of this principle this Government has freely received emigrants from all nations, and invested them with the rights of citizenship; and whereas it is claimed that such American...
Page 27 - ... have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same, each of the high contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years, or at any time afterward.
Page 405 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy.
Page 56 - Britain may enter and clear on the same day, and they shall not be required to make a manifest, except for such passengers and goods as are to be landed in Japan. But such steamers shall, in all cases, enter and clear at the Custom-house.