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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This was not deemed necessary by the Chi- nese , who are already proceeding in good faith to satisfy the claims of our citizens , and , it is hoped , to carry out the other provisions of the conventions . Still I thought it was proper ...
This was not deemed necessary by the Chi- nese , who are already proceeding in good faith to satisfy the claims of our citizens , and , it is hoped , to carry out the other provisions of the conventions . Still I thought it was proper ...
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Without special reference to other claims , even the " Cuban claims , " the payment of which has been ably urged by our ministers , and in which more than a hundred of our citizens are directly interested , remain unsatisfied ...
Without special reference to other claims , even the " Cuban claims , " the payment of which has been ably urged by our ministers , and in which more than a hundred of our citizens are directly interested , remain unsatisfied ...
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... good understanding between the two countries , the question arising out of the adverse claims of the parties to the island of San Juan , under the Oregon treaty of the 15th June , 1846 , sud- denly assumed a threatening prominence .
... good understanding between the two countries , the question arising out of the adverse claims of the parties to the island of San Juan , under the Oregon treaty of the 15th June , 1846 , sud- denly assumed a threatening prominence .
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Some of these were only worthy of a barbarous age , and if they had not been clearly proven , would have seemed impossible in a country which claims to be civilized . Of this description was the brutal massacre in April last , by order ...
Some of these were only worthy of a barbarous age , and if they had not been clearly proven , would have seemed impossible in a country which claims to be civilized . Of this description was the brutal massacre in April last , by order ...
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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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| 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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