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... colonies , the exclusive supply of whose manufactures they had heretofore reserved to themselves . While we had enjoyed the carrying trade . we had supplied the deficiency in naviga- tion of those nations ; and all the inconvenience ...
... colonies , the exclusive supply of whose manufactures they had heretofore reserved to themselves . While we had enjoyed the carrying trade . we had supplied the deficiency in naviga- tion of those nations ; and all the inconvenience ...
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... colonies , had impressed the belief of the dependence of the West India settlements on the United States for the means of subsistence . Accordingly , for seve- ral months after the imposition of the embargo , we find it remained an ...
... colonies , had impressed the belief of the dependence of the West India settlements on the United States for the means of subsistence . Accordingly , for seve- ral months after the imposition of the embargo , we find it remained an ...
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... colonies , to throw into her corn market a quantity of grain nearly equal to the whole quantity of wheat exported from this country in the year ending in September , 1807 ; for , by the returns of the Secretary of the Treas ury , it ...
... colonies , to throw into her corn market a quantity of grain nearly equal to the whole quantity of wheat exported from this country in the year ending in September , 1807 ; for , by the returns of the Secretary of the Treas ury , it ...
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... colonies tinent of Europe , or any possessions in Turkey or should go to the United States and reland her cargo , Asia , they are a good prize , Sweden alone ex- that she should not be liable to capture . What cepted . We are then ...
... colonies tinent of Europe , or any possessions in Turkey or should go to the United States and reland her cargo , Asia , they are a good prize , Sweden alone ex- that she should not be liable to capture . What cepted . We are then ...
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... colonies and islands of Spain ( Cuba alone excepted ) are very small . Great Britain will not let us go to Germany to get German goods , and therefore we cannot carry them as we were accustomed to do . But perhaps we shall be told we ...
... colonies and islands of Spain ( Cuba alone excepted ) are very small . Great Britain will not let us go to Germany to get German goods , and therefore we cannot carry them as we were accustomed to do . But perhaps we shall be told we ...
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Page 507 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 437 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 173 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 269 - The United States, or such other Person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the Land or Naval Forces of the United States, or of the Militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such Ship or Vessel...
Page 253 - Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free government.
Page 137 - ... an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States...
Page 293 - Constitution which declares- that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Page 13 - The situation into which we have thus been forced has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establishments formed and forming will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent.
Page 261 - ... trees or otherwise. And it shall moreover be lawful for the President of the United States to direct the marshal, or officer acting as marshal, in the manner hereinafter directed, and also to take such other measures, and to employ such military force as he may judge necessary and proper, to remove from lands ceded or secured to the United States by treaty or cession as aforesaid any person or persons who shall hereafter take possession of the same, or make, or attempt to make, a settlement thereon,...
Page 269 - ... in every such case it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof as shall be judged necessary for the purpose of taking possession of, and detaining any such ship or vessel, with her prize or prizes...