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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... land . Indeed , notwithstanding our de- merits , we have much reason to believe , from the past events in our history , that we have enjoyed the special protection of Divine Provi- dence ever since our origin as a nation . We have been ...
... land . Indeed , notwithstanding our de- merits , we have much reason to believe , from the past events in our history , that we have enjoyed the special protection of Divine Provi- dence ever since our origin as a nation . We have been ...
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... land ; but unfortunately similar beneficent changes have not been ad- mitted into maritime war , so that the code which regulates these con- tests yet contains principles of action not adapted to the sentiments of the age in which we ...
... land ; but unfortunately similar beneficent changes have not been ad- mitted into maritime war , so that the code which regulates these con- tests yet contains principles of action not adapted to the sentiments of the age in which we ...
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... land to it has been almost unremitted . The principal powers engaged in the Crimean war , Great Britain , France and Russia , by formal public declarations avowed their adherence to the doctrine of immunity and their determination to ...
... land to it has been almost unremitted . The principal powers engaged in the Crimean war , Great Britain , France and Russia , by formal public declarations avowed their adherence to the doctrine of immunity and their determination to ...
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... land , with a view to its reduction , preventing it from receiving supplies of men and material necessary for its defense , is a legitimate mode of prosecuting hostilities which cannot be objected to so long as war is recognized as an ...
... land , with a view to its reduction , preventing it from receiving supplies of men and material necessary for its defense , is a legitimate mode of prosecuting hostilities which cannot be objected to so long as war is recognized as an ...
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... land as well as by sea . If we examine the reasoning on which is founded the right to intercept and confiscate supplies designed for a blockaded town , it will be difficult to resist the conviction that its extension to towns invested ...
... land as well as by sea . If we examine the reasoning on which is founded the right to intercept and confiscate supplies designed for a blockaded town , it will be difficult to resist the conviction that its extension to towns invested ...
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