| United States. President - Presidents - 1853 - 536 pages
...opinion, rendered such a measure highly expedient. I recommend to Congress that an appropriation be made, to be paid to the Spanish government for the purpose...distribution among the claimants in " the Amistad case." I entertain the conviction that this is due to Spain under the treaty of the twentieth of October,... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1858 - 638 pages
...never made the appropriation recommended by President Polk in his annual message of December, 1847, " to be paid to the Spanish Government for the purpose...distribution among the claimants in the Amistad case." A similar recommendation was made by my immediate predecessor in his message of December, 1653; and... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1858 - 868 pages
...never made the appropriation recommended by President Polk, in his annual message of December, 1847, "to be paid to the Spanish government for the purpose...distribution among the claimants in the Amistad case." A similar recommendation was made by my immediate predecessor, in his message of December, 1853 ; and... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1859 - 914 pages
...careful consideration. " I repeat the recommendation made in my Message of December last in favour of an appropriation 'to be paid to the Spanish Government...to these claimants under our treaty with Spain of the 27th of October, 1795 ; and, while demanding justice, we ought to do justice. An appropriation... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1859 - 824 pages
...by the example of Mr. Jefferson, previous to the purchase of Louisiana from France, and by that ''f Mr. Polk, in view of the acquisition of territory...purpose of distribution among the claimants in the Amist&d case." President Polk first made a similar recommendation in December, 1847, and it was repeated... | |
| Books - 1859 - 858 pages
...careful consideration. " I repeat the recommendation made in my Message of December last in favour of an appropriation ' to be paid to the Spanish Government...Polk first made a similar recommendation in December, ] 847, and it was repeated by my immediate predecessor in December, 1853. I entertain no doubt that... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1859 - 732 pages
...to the Committee on the Judiciary: mends or has relation to an appropriation to be made by Congress, to be paid to the Spanish government for the purpose...distribution among the claimants in the Amistad case, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to inquire into and report upon the... | |
| Joshua Coffin - Enslaved persons - 1860 - 48 pages
...President Buchanan, in his late message, thus speaks : — "I again recommend that an appropriation be made to be paid to the Spanish Government for the purpose...distribution among the claimants in the Amistad case " ! ! On the 27th of October, 18Q, the Creole sailed from Richmond with one hundred anothirty-five... | |
| Joshua Coffin - Enslaved persons - 1860 - 36 pages
...Buchanan, in his late message., thus speaks : — " I again recommend that aa appropriation be made to be paid to the Spanish Government for the purpose...distribution among the claimants in the Amistad case "! ! On the 27th of October, 1841, the Creole sailed from Richmond with one hundred and thirty-five... | |
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