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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... give to Congress information of the state of the Union , " I shall not refer in detail to the recent sad and bloody occurrences at Harper's Ferry . Still , it is proper to observe that these events , however bad and cruel in themselves ...
... give to Congress information of the state of the Union , " I shall not refer in detail to the recent sad and bloody occurrences at Harper's Ferry . Still , it is proper to observe that these events , however bad and cruel in themselves ...
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... give place to other and less threatening controversies . Public opinion in this country is all powerful , and when it reaches a dangerous excess , upon any question , the good sense of the people will furnish the corrective , and bring ...
... give place to other and less threatening controversies . Public opinion in this country is all powerful , and when it reaches a dangerous excess , upon any question , the good sense of the people will furnish the corrective , and bring ...
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... give the trade an impulse and extension which it has never had even in its palmiest days . The numerous victims required to supply it would convert the whole slave coast into a perfect pandemonium , for which this country would be held ...
... give the trade an impulse and extension which it has never had even in its palmiest days . The numerous victims required to supply it would convert the whole slave coast into a perfect pandemonium , for which this country would be held ...
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... give it full effect , it became necessary to conclude two supplemental conventions- the one for the adjustment and satisfaction of the claims of our citizens , and the other to fix the tariff on imports and exports , and to regulate the ...
... give it full effect , it became necessary to conclude two supplemental conventions- the one for the adjustment and satisfaction of the claims of our citizens , and the other to fix the tariff on imports and exports , and to regulate the ...
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... gives birth to seri- ous reflections . Congress , by refusing to pass the general appropria- tion bills necessary to carry on the government , may not only arrest its action , but might even destroy its existence . The army , the navy ...
... gives birth to seri- ous reflections . Congress , by refusing to pass the general appropria- tion bills necessary to carry on the government , may not only arrest its action , but might even destroy its existence . The army , the navy ...
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