The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... in which more than a hundred of our citizens are directly interested , remain unsatisfied , notwithstanding both their justice and their amount ( $ 128,635 54 ) had been recognized and ascertained by the Spanish government itself .
... in which more than a hundred of our citizens are directly interested , remain unsatisfied , notwithstanding both their justice and their amount ( $ 128,635 54 ) had been recognized and ascertained by the Spanish government itself .
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The case presented , however , is not merely a case of individual claims , although our just claims against Mexico have reached a very large amount . Nor is it merely the case of protection to the lives and prop- erty of the few ...
The case presented , however , is not merely a case of individual claims , although our just claims against Mexico have reached a very large amount . Nor is it merely the case of protection to the lives and prop- erty of the few ...
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After the amount due to each of them had been ascertained and finally settled according to law , this became a specific debt of record against the United States , which enabled them to borrow money on this unquestionable security .
After the amount due to each of them had been ascertained and finally settled according to law , this became a specific debt of record against the United States , which enabled them to borrow money on this unquestionable security .
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For these reasons , I recommend the passage of a bill , at as early a day as may be practicable , to provide for the payment of the amount , with interest , due to these last - mentioned contractors , as well as to make the necessary ...
For these reasons , I recommend the passage of a bill , at as early a day as may be practicable , to provide for the payment of the amount , with interest , due to these last - mentioned contractors , as well as to make the necessary ...
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... munitions of war , and necessary supplies for the army across the vast intervening plains to our possessions on the Pacific coast would be greater in such a war than the whole amount required to construct the road .
... munitions of war , and necessary supplies for the army across the vast intervening plains to our possessions on the Pacific coast would be greater in such a war than the whole amount required to construct the road .
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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