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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... tion of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit " " prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight . " It will be seen that this restriction on the power of Congress was confined to such States ...
... tion of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit " " prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight . " It will be seen that this restriction on the power of Congress was confined to such States ...
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... tion in the war waged by Great Britain and France against the Chinese empire , our late minister , in obedience to his instructions , judiciously cooperated with the ministers of these powers in all peaceful measures to secure , by ...
... tion in the war waged by Great Britain and France against the Chinese empire , our late minister , in obedience to his instructions , judiciously cooperated with the ministers of these powers in all peaceful measures to secure , by ...
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... tion of 2d June , 1858. On the contrary , the president of that re- public , in a friendly spirit , acceded promptly to the just and reason- able demands of the government of the United States . Our commis- sioner arrived at Assumption ...
... tion of 2d June , 1858. On the contrary , the president of that re- public , in a friendly spirit , acceded promptly to the just and reason- able demands of the government of the United States . Our commis- sioner arrived at Assumption ...
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... tion . The 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 ...
... tion . The 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 ...
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... tion to the general , " through the United States inspector of customs , Mr. Hubbs , to place a force upon the island to protect them from the Indians as well as the oppressive interference of the authorities of the Hudson Bay Company ...
... tion to the general , " through the United States inspector of customs , Mr. Hubbs , to place a force upon the island to protect them from the Indians as well as the oppressive interference of the authorities of the Hudson Bay Company ...
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