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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... causing the people to pause and reflect upon the possible peril to their cherished institutions , will be the means , under Providence , of allaying the existing excitement and preventing further outbreaks of a similar character .
... causing the people to pause and reflect upon the possible peril to their cherished institutions , will be the means , under Providence , of allaying the existing excitement and preventing further outbreaks of a similar character .
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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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In the view that the employment of other than peaceful means might become necessary to obtain " just satisfaction " from Paraguay , a strong naval force was concentrated in the waters of the La Plata to await contingencies whilst our ...
In the view that the employment of other than peaceful means might become necessary to obtain " just satisfaction " from Paraguay , a strong naval force was concentrated in the waters of the La Plata to await contingencies whilst our ...
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With the scanty means at his com- mand , the Postmaster General has managed to pay that portion of this deficiency which occurred in the first two quarters of the past fiscal year ending on the 31st December last .
With the scanty means at his com- mand , the Postmaster General has managed to pay that portion of this deficiency which occurred in the first two quarters of the past fiscal year ending on the 31st December last .
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At the same time we ought never to forget that true public economy consists , not in withholding the means necessary to accomplish important national objects confided to us by the Constitution , but in taking care that the money appro- ...
At the same time we ought never to forget that true public economy consists , not in withholding the means necessary to accomplish important national objects confided to us by the Constitution , but in taking care that the money appro- ...
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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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