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... reason . " Probably the Americans and other white people who have emigrated to the islands are very good people ; they are certainly smart and shifty , aggressive , bright , and prosperous . They went there to convert the savages to ...
... reason . " Probably the Americans and other white people who have emigrated to the islands are very good people ; they are certainly smart and shifty , aggressive , bright , and prosperous . They went there to convert the savages to ...
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... reason why we should annex the island that this is a part of the property we will acquire if the Government takes Hawaii . It is a wonderful , a most desirable , asset ! There are 1,200 lepers , and as an inducement for us to accept the ...
... reason why we should annex the island that this is a part of the property we will acquire if the Government takes Hawaii . It is a wonderful , a most desirable , asset ! There are 1,200 lepers , and as an inducement for us to accept the ...
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... reasons assigned : ( 1 ) Sweet - potato beer was the common food of the people ; ( 2 ) drunkenness was so common that it ... reason assigned was that they had not paid him his salary in full for the last two years , and this violation of ...
... reasons assigned : ( 1 ) Sweet - potato beer was the common food of the people ; ( 2 ) drunkenness was so common that it ... reason assigned was that they had not paid him his salary in full for the last two years , and this violation of ...
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... reason to fear her armed men and her guns and ships of war , but it seems we have reason to fear her diplomats . The chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations proposes , in the face of all this overwhelming evidence fur- nished by ...
... reason to fear her armed men and her guns and ships of war , but it seems we have reason to fear her diplomats . The chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations proposes , in the face of all this overwhelming evidence fur- nished by ...
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... reason , he declared in an interview yes- terday , to believe that the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty will be abrogated . His confidence in such an outcome , he said , is due to the fact that right and reason were on the side of those who ...
... reason , he declared in an interview yes- terday , to believe that the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty will be abrogated . His confidence in such an outcome , he said , is due to the fact that right and reason were on the side of those who ...
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Page 345 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 348 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 348 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 352 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Page 349 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 340 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 340 - I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men ; but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral development, or social capacity. They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Page 111 - I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose minister plenipotentiary, his excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu, and declared that he would support the said Provisional Government.
Page 667 - It must be admitted, however, that unless the President's mind, on a view of everything which is urged for and against this bill, is tolerably clear that it is unauthorized by the Constitution; if the pro and the con hang so even as to balance his judgment, a just respect for the wisdom of the legislature would naturally decide the balance in favor of their opinion; it is chiefly for cases where they are clearly misled by error, ambition, or interest, that the Constitution has placed a check in the...
Page 349 - Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States according to the principles of the constitution...