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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All lawful means at my command have been employed , and shall continue to be employed , to execute the laws against the African slave trade . After a most careful and rigorous examination of our coasts , and a thorough investigation of ...
All lawful means at my command have been employed , and shall continue to be employed , to execute the laws against the African slave trade . After a most careful and rigorous examination of our coasts , and a thorough investigation of ...
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It happily did not become necessary to employ the force for this purpose which Congress had placed at my command , under the joint resolu- tion of 2d June , 1858. On the contrary , the president of that re- public , in a friendly spirit ...
It happily did not become necessary to employ the force for this purpose which Congress had placed at my command , under the joint resolu- tion of 2d June , 1858. On the contrary , the president of that re- public , in a friendly spirit ...
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It consisted of nineteen armed vessels , great and small , carrying two hundred guns and twenty - five hundred men , all under the command of the veteran and gallant Shubrick . The entire expenses of the expedition have been defrayed ...
It consisted of nineteen armed vessels , great and small , carrying two hundred guns and twenty - five hundred men , all under the command of the veteran and gallant Shubrick . The entire expenses of the expedition have been defrayed ...
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For this reason Lieutenant General Scott was dispatched , on the 17th of September last , to Washington Territory , to take immediate command of the United States forces on the Pacific coast , should he deem this necessary .
For this reason Lieutenant General Scott was dispatched , on the 17th of September last , to Washington Territory , to take immediate command of the United States forces on the Pacific coast , should he deem this necessary .
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I deem it to be my duty once more earnestly to recommend to Con- gress the passage of a law authorizing the President to employ the naval force at his command for the purpose of protecting the lives and property of American citizens ...
I deem it to be my duty once more earnestly to recommend to Con- gress the passage of a law authorizing the President to employ the naval force at his command for the purpose of protecting the lives and property of American citizens ...
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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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