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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... Navy Department is entitled to great credit for the prompt- ness , efficiency , and economy with which this expedition was fitted out and conducted . It consisted of nineteen armed vessels , great and small , carrying two hundred guns ...
... Navy Department is entitled to great credit for the prompt- ness , efficiency , and economy with which this expedition was fitted out and conducted . It consisted of nineteen armed vessels , great and small , carrying two hundred guns ...
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... navy . " But after Congress shall have declared war , and provided the force necessary to carry it on , the President , as commander - in - chief of the army and navy , can alone employ this force in making war against the enemy . This ...
... navy . " But after Congress shall have declared war , and provided the force necessary to carry it on , the President , as commander - in - chief of the army and navy , can alone employ this force in making war against the enemy . This ...
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... navy upon the happening of contingent future events ; and this most certainly is embraced within the power to declare war . Now , if this conditional and contingent power could be constitution- ally conferred upon the President in the ...
... navy upon the happening of contingent future events ; and this most certainly is embraced within the power to declare war . Now , if this conditional and contingent power could be constitution- ally conferred upon the President in the ...
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... navy , the judiciary , in short , every department of the government , can no longer perform their functions if Congress refuse the money necessary for their support . If this failure should teach the country the neces- sity of electing ...
... navy , the judiciary , in short , every department of the government , can no longer perform their functions if Congress refuse the money necessary for their support . If this failure should teach the country the neces- sity of electing ...
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... Navy , of the Interior , and of the Postmaster General . They each contain valuable information and important recommendations well worthy of the serious consideration of Congress . It will appear from the report of the Secretary of War ...
... Navy , of the Interior , and of the Postmaster General . They each contain valuable information and important recommendations well worthy of the serious consideration of Congress . It will appear from the report of the Secretary of War ...
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