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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Meanwhile , the government of Zuloaga was earnestly resisted in many parts of the republic ; and even in the capital , a portion of the army h ving pronounced against it , its functions were declared terminated , and an assembly of ...
Meanwhile , the government of Zuloaga was earnestly resisted in many parts of the republic ; and even in the capital , a portion of the army h ving pronounced against it , its functions were declared terminated , and an assembly of ...
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But after Congress shall have declared war , and provided the force necessary to carry it on , the President , as commander - in - chief of the army and navy , can alone employ this force in making war against the enemy .
But after Congress shall have declared war , and provided the force necessary to carry it on , the President , as commander - in - chief of the army and navy , can alone employ this force in making war against the enemy .
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In this and other similar cases Congress have conferred upon the President power in advance to employ the army and navy upon the happening of contingent future events ; and this most certainly is embraced within the power to declare war ...
In this and other similar cases Congress have conferred upon the President power in advance to employ the army and navy upon the happening of contingent future events ; and this most certainly is embraced within the power to declare war ...
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I venture to assert that the additional cost of transporting troops , 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 ...
I venture to assert that the additional cost of transporting troops , 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 ...
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It will appear from the report of the Secretary of War that the army expenditures have been materially reduced by a system of rigid . economy , which , in his opinion , offers every guarantee that the reduc- tion will be permanent .
It will appear from the report of the Secretary of War that the army expenditures have been materially reduced by a system of rigid . economy , which , in his opinion , offers every guarantee that the reduc- tion will be permanent .
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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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