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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She occupies an important position between the Gulf and the ocean for transit routes and for commerce . Is it possible that such a country as this can be given up to anarchy and ruin with- out an effort from any quarter for its rescue ...
She occupies an important position between the Gulf and the ocean for transit routes and for commerce . Is it possible that such a country as this can be given up to anarchy and ruin with- out an effort from any quarter for its rescue ...
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Suffice it to say that the lives of many of our people , and the security of vast amounts of treasure passing and repassing over one or more of these routes between the Atlantic and Pacific , may be deeply involved in the action of ...
Suffice it to say that the lives of many of our people , and the security of vast amounts of treasure passing and repassing over one or more of these routes between the Atlantic and Pacific , may be deeply involved in the action of ...
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... over the transit routes to and from California , or assailed by the seizure of their vessels in a foreign port ? To deny this power is to render the navy in a great degree useless for the protec- tion of the lives and property of ...
... over the transit routes to and from California , or assailed by the seizure of their vessels in a foreign port ? To deny this power is to render the navy in a great degree useless for the protec- tion of the lives and property of ...
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... of the Rocky mountains in case of a war with a naval power sufficiently strong to interrupt all intercourse with them by the routes across the isthmus , I am still more convinced than ever of the vast importance of this railroad .
... of the Rocky mountains in case of a war with a naval power sufficiently strong to interrupt all intercourse with them by the routes across the isthmus , I am still more convinced than ever of the vast importance of this railroad .
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Tout au plus , peut il dans un certain cas user du droit de le faire raisonner , c'est à dire lui demander de répondre aux questions adressées par porte - voix , mais sans contrarier sa route . Lorsque cependant la présomption de ...
Tout au plus , peut il dans un certain cas user du droit de le faire raisonner , c'est à dire lui demander de répondre aux questions adressées par porte - voix , mais sans contrarier sa route . Lorsque cependant la présomption de ...
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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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