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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The force was afterwards increased , so that by the last return the whole number of troops then on the island amounted in the aggregate to six hundred and ninety - one men .
The force was afterwards increased , so that by the last return the whole number of troops then on the island amounted in the aggregate to six hundred and ninety - one men .
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23 , all these evils must increase until every vestige of order and government disappears from the country . " I have been reluct- antly led to the same opinion , and , in justice to my countrymen who have suffered wrongs from Mexico ...
23 , all these evils must increase until every vestige of order and government disappears from the country . " I have been reluct- antly led to the same opinion , and , in justice to my countrymen who have suffered wrongs from Mexico ...
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This would increase the patronage of the Executive to a dangerous extent , and would foster a system of jobbing and corruption which no vigilance on the part of federal ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT . 21.
This would increase the patronage of the Executive to a dangerous extent , and would foster a system of jobbing and corruption which no vigilance on the part of federal ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT . 21.
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It would be a ruinous practice in the days of peace and prosperity to go on increasing the national debt to meet the ordinary ... I would recommend that the necessary revenue be raised by an increase of our present duties on imports .
It would be a ruinous practice in the days of peace and prosperity to go on increasing the national debt to meet the ordinary ... I would recommend that the necessary revenue be raised by an increase of our present duties on imports .
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The increased cost of transportation , growing out of the expansion of the service required by Congress , explains ... to observe an increase of receipts for the year ending on the 30th of June , 1859 , equal to $ 481,691 21 , compared ...
The increased cost of transportation , growing out of the expansion of the service required by Congress , explains ... to observe an increase of receipts for the year ending on the 30th of June , 1859 , equal to $ 481,691 21 , compared ...
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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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