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... referred , was very extraordinary . Certainly no man this State has ever produced was his equal with a jury , common or special ; and the first living man among us , although his fine intellect is now clouded by age , said to me , years ...
... referred , was very extraordinary . Certainly no man this State has ever produced was his equal with a jury , common or special ; and the first living man among us , although his fine intellect is now clouded by age , said to me , years ...
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... referred to the discussion , and the result against his views , in a debate , hereafter noticed , which occurred twenty - six years afterwards , and when the country had come to regard ( alas for its welfare ! ) the offices as " spoils ...
... referred to the discussion , and the result against his views , in a debate , hereafter noticed , which occurred twenty - six years afterwards , and when the country had come to regard ( alas for its welfare ! ) the offices as " spoils ...
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... referred Pennsylvania to the court as the only arbiter , and recognized the very principles against which one of the Virginia representatives ( Mr. Tyler ) is now con tending . Be it the part of others to attempt to ex- onerate her from ...
... referred Pennsylvania to the court as the only arbiter , and recognized the very principles against which one of the Virginia representatives ( Mr. Tyler ) is now con tending . Be it the part of others to attempt to ex- onerate her from ...
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... referred to ; and they were all rejected , a majority of five out of seven voting against them in committee . Mr. Clayton and Mr. Clay were the two who voted for them . After repeated meetings of the committee , it was finally agreed ...
... referred to ; and they were all rejected , a majority of five out of seven voting against them in committee . Mr. Clayton and Mr. Clay were the two who voted for them . After repeated meetings of the committee , it was finally agreed ...
Page 92
... referred to . They may claim a large portion of it , by the paramount title of the right of conquest , which has never been by them relinquished ; and by that title they can suc- cessfully defend it . Whatever foundation there may be ...
... referred to . They may claim a large portion of it , by the paramount title of the right of conquest , which has never been by them relinquished ; and by that title they can suc- cessfully defend it . Whatever foundation there may be ...
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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.