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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It consisted of nineteen armed vessels , great and small , carrying two hundred guns and twenty - five hundred men , all under the command of the veteran and gallant Shubrick . The entire expenses of the expedition have been defrayed ...
It consisted of nineteen armed vessels , great and small , carrying two hundred guns and twenty - five hundred men , all under the command of the veteran and gallant Shubrick . The entire expenses of the expedition have been defrayed ...
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Vessels of the United States have been seized without law , and a consular officer who protested against such seizure has been fined and imprisoned for disrespect to the authorities . Military contributions have been levied ...
Vessels of the United States have been seized without law , and a consular officer who protested against such seizure has been fined and imprisoned for disrespect to the authorities . Military contributions have been levied ...
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I would also again recommend to Congress that authority be given to the President to employ the naval force to protect American mer- chant vessels , their crews , and cargoes , against violent and lawless seizure and confiscation in the ...
I would also again recommend to Congress that authority be given to the President to employ the naval force to protect American mer- chant vessels , their crews , and cargoes , against violent and lawless seizure and confiscation in the ...
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It will not be doubted that under this power Congress could , if they thought proper , authorize the President to employ the force at his command to seize a vessel belonging to an American citizen which had been illegally and unjustly ...
It will not be doubted that under this power Congress could , if they thought proper , authorize the President to employ the force at his command to seize a vessel belonging to an American citizen which had been illegally and unjustly ...
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With respect to the protection of the vessel and cargo by the flag which waves over them , the United States look upon that principle as established , and they maintain that belligerent property on board a neutral ship is not liable to ...
With respect to the protection of the vessel and cargo by the flag which waves over them , the United States look upon that principle as established , and they maintain that belligerent property on board a neutral ship is not liable to ...
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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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