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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... past year . The general health of the country has been excellent : our harvests have been unusually plentiful , and pros- perity smiles throughout the land . Indeed , notwithstanding our de- merits , we have much reason to believe ...
... past year . The general health of the country has been excellent : our harvests have been unusually plentiful , and pros- perity smiles throughout the land . Indeed , notwithstanding our de- merits , we have much reason to believe ...
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... past , and which involves , indirectly at least , the whole subject of our duty to Mexico as a neighboring state . The exercise of the power of the United States in that country to redress the wrongs and protect the rights of our own ...
... past , and which involves , indirectly at least , the whole subject of our duty to Mexico as a neighboring state . The exercise of the power of the United States in that country to redress the wrongs and protect the rights of our own ...
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... past and security for the future . I purposely refrain from any suggestion as to whether this force shall consist of regular troops or volunteers , or both . This question may be most appropriately left to the decision of Con- gress . I ...
... past and security for the future . I purposely refrain from any suggestion as to whether this force shall consist of regular troops or volunteers , or both . This question may be most appropriately left to the decision of Con- gress . I ...
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... past fiscal year ending on the 31st December last . In the meantime , the con- tractors themselves , under these trying circumstances , have behaved in a manner worthy of all commendation . They had one resource in the midst of their ...
... past fiscal year ending on the 31st December last . In the meantime , the con- tractors themselves , under these trying circumstances , have behaved in a manner worthy of all commendation . They had one resource in the midst of their ...
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... past fiscal year , ending on the 30th June , 1859 , exclusive of payments for mail service , specially provided for by Congress out of the general treas- ury , amounted to $ 14,964,493 33 , and its receipts to $ 7,968,484 07 , showing a ...
... past fiscal year , ending on the 30th June , 1859 , exclusive of payments for mail service , specially provided for by Congress out of the general treas- ury , amounted to $ 14,964,493 33 , and its receipts to $ 7,968,484 07 , showing a ...
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