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Page 55
... committee who were engaged in the inquiry ; and for this he immediately received what may even now be called a castigation as severe per- haps as any ever administered to a mere servant of power . The investigation for this session ...
... committee who were engaged in the inquiry ; and for this he immediately received what may even now be called a castigation as severe per- haps as any ever administered to a mere servant of power . The investigation for this session ...
Page 56
... committee . Enough was developed to awake the attention of the public . Thir- ty - six forgeries in one public document were discov- ered - forgeries manifestly made , too , for the purpose of transferring all the odium for the grant of ...
... committee . Enough was developed to awake the attention of the public . Thir- ty - six forgeries in one public document were discov- ered - forgeries manifestly made , too , for the purpose of transferring all the odium for the grant of ...
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... Committee of Ways and Means an Execu- tive projet of a new tariff , which , with slight altera- tions , was adopted and reported by that committee , estimating the whole revenue necessary to be raised for support of Government at only ...
... Committee of Ways and Means an Execu- tive projet of a new tariff , which , with slight altera- tions , was adopted and reported by that committee , estimating the whole revenue necessary to be raised for support of Government at only ...
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... committee of seven members ; and the Speaker pro tem . of the Senate , Hugh L. White , of Tennessee , was called upon , by every patriotic consid- eration , to select the most efficient members of the body over which he presided , to ...
... committee of seven members ; and the Speaker pro tem . of the Senate , Hugh L. White , of Tennessee , was called upon , by every patriotic consid- eration , to select the most efficient members of the body over which he presided , to ...
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... committee Mr. Clayton , whose influence with his brother Senators was perfectly understood at the time . Mr. White was sent for , and attended at the Executive Mansion the Senate having adjourned after the ap- pointment of the committee ...
... committee Mr. Clayton , whose influence with his brother Senators was perfectly understood at the time . Mr. White was sent for , and attended at the Executive Mansion the Senate having adjourned after the ap- pointment of the committee ...
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Page 198 - ... and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass between the states or governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of...
Page 196 - V.—" The contracting parties further engage that when the said canal shall have been completed they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 197 - ... should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in...
Page 198 - State through which the. proposed ship canal may pass, a contract for the construction of such a canal as that specified in this convention, to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object, and the said persons or company shall, moreover, have made preparations, and expended time, money, and trouble, on...
Page 199 - ... the aforesaid period, such persons or company be not able to commence and carry out the proposed enterprise, then the Governments of the United States and Great Britain shall be free to afford their protection to any other persons or company that shall be prepared to commence and proceed with the construction of the canal in question.
Page 89 - Union, to that extensive tract of country which lies to the westward of the frontiers of the United States, the property of which was not vested in, or granted to, individuals at the commencement of the present war...
Page 280 - An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 224 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 199 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same, shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable...
Page 200 - IX. The ratifications of this convention shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from this day, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals.