Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1858 |
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... citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : When we compare the condition of the country at the present day with what it was one year ago , at the meeting of Congress , we have much reason for gratitude to that Almighty ...
... citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : When we compare the condition of the country at the present day with what it was one year ago , at the meeting of Congress , we have much reason for gratitude to that Almighty ...
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... citizens , who have been deterred from entering its borders by the existence of civil strife and organized rebellion . It was the resistance to rightful authority and the persevering attempts to establish a revolutionary government ...
... citizens , who have been deterred from entering its borders by the existence of civil strife and organized rebellion . It was the resistance to rightful authority and the persevering attempts to establish a revolutionary government ...
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... citizen would desire the slightest change in the arrangement . Still , is it not unjust and unequal to the existing States to invest some forty or fifty thousand people collected in a Territory with the attributes of sovereignty , and ...
... citizen would desire the slightest change in the arrangement . Still , is it not unjust and unequal to the existing States to invest some forty or fifty thousand people collected in a Territory with the attributes of sovereignty , and ...
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... citizens anxious to serve their country in this distant and apparently dangerous expedition . Thus it has ever been . and thus may it ever be ! The wisdom and economy of sending sufficient reinforcements to Utah are established not only ...
... citizens anxious to serve their country in this distant and apparently dangerous expedition . Thus it has ever been . and thus may it ever be ! The wisdom and economy of sending sufficient reinforcements to Utah are established not only ...
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... citizens of the United States , Messrs . Powell and McCulloch , to Utah . They bore with them a proclamation addressed by myself to the inhabitants of Utah , dated on the 6th day of that month , warn- ing them of their true condition ...
... citizens of the United States , Messrs . Powell and McCulloch , to Utah . They bore with them a proclamation addressed by myself to the inhabitants of Utah , dated on the 6th day of that month , warn- ing them of their true condition ...
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Page 97 - Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution.
Page 65 - While the rights of sovereignty of the states occupying this region should always be respected, we shall expect that these rights be exercised in a spirit befitting the occasion and the wants and circumstances that have arisen. Sovereignty has its duties as well as its rights, and none of these local governments, even if administered with more regard to the just demands of other nations than they have been, would be permitted, in a spirit of Eastern isolation, to close the gates of intercourse on...
Page 21 - Granada, by the present stipulation, 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 10 - I cannot, in this connexion, refrain from mentioning the valuable services of Colonel Thomas L. Kane, who, from motives of pure benevolence, and without any official character or pecuniary compensation, visited Utah during the last inclement winter for the purpose of contributing to the pacification of the territory.
Page 9 - The Secretary of War employed all his energies to forward them the necessary supplies, and to muster and send such a military force to Utah as would render resistance on the part of the Mormons hopeless, and thus terminate the war without the effusion of blood. In his efforts he was efficiently sustained by Congress.
Page 16 - 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. I repeat the recommendation made in my message of December last in favor of an appropriation "to be paid to...
Page 21 - States, by its agents, shall have the right to transport across the Isthmus, in closed bags, the mails of the United States not intended for distribution along the line of communication; also, the effects of the United States Government and its citizens, which may be intended for transit, and not for distribution on the Isthmus free of custom-house or other charges by the Mexican Government.
Page 21 - I earnestly recommend to Congress the passage of an act authorizing the President, under such restrictions as they may deem proper, to employ the land and naval forces of the United States in preventing the transit from being obstructed or closed by lawless violence and in protecting the lives and property of American citizens traveling thereupon, requiring at the same time that these forces shall be withdrawn the moment the danger shall have passed away.
Page 27 - To provide for the payment of this estimated deficiency, which will be increased by such appropriations as may be made by Congress not estimated for in the report of the Treasury Department, as well as to provide for the gradual redemption from year to year of the outstanding Treasury notes, the Secretary of the Treasury recommends such a revision of the present tariff as will raise the required amount. After what I have already said I need scarcely add that I concur in the opinion expressed in his...
Page 16 - December, 1847, and it was repeated by my immediate predecessor in December, 1853. I entertain no doubt that indemnity is fairly due to these claimants under our treaty with Spain of October 27, 1795; and whilst demanding justice we ought to do justice. An appropriation promptly made for this purpose could not fail to exert a favorable influence on our negotiations with Spain. Our position in relation to the independent States south of us on this continent, and especially those within the limits...