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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Neither Congress , nor a territorial legislature , nor any human power , has any authority to annul or impair this vested right . The supreme judicial tribunal of the country , which is a coördinate branch of the government ...
Neither Congress , nor a territorial legislature , nor any human power , has any authority to annul or impair this vested right . The supreme judicial tribunal of the country , which is a coördinate branch of the government ...
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This was rendered impossible by reasons and events beyond his control , not necessary to detail ; but still it is due to the Chinese authorities at Shanghai to state that they always assured him no advantage should be taken of the delay ...
This was rendered impossible by reasons and events beyond his control , not necessary to detail ; but still it is due to the Chinese authorities at Shanghai to state that they always assured him no advantage should be taken of the delay ...
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It is but simple justice to the Chi- nese authorities to observe that , throughout the whole transaction , they appear to have acted in good faith and in a friendly spirit towards the United States .
It is but simple justice to the Chi- nese authorities to observe that , throughout the whole transaction , they appear to have acted in good faith and in a friendly spirit towards the United States .
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... under the authority of the naval appropriation act of the 3d March last . It is believed that these steamers are worth more than their cost , and they are all now usefully and actively employed in the naval service .
... under the authority of the naval appropriation act of the 3d March last . It is believed that these steamers are worth more than their cost , and they are all now usefully and actively employed in the naval service .
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... abstain from all acts on the disputed grounds which are calculated to provoke any conflicts , so far as it can be done without implying the concession to the authorities of Great Britain of an exclusive right over the premises .
... abstain from all acts on the disputed grounds which are calculated to provoke any conflicts , so far as it can be done without implying the concession to the authorities of Great Britain of an exclusive right over the premises .
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