Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Volume 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 - United States
 

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Page 191 - Any controversy that may arise among the claimants to the same succession, as to whom the property shall belong, shall be decided according to the laws and by the judges of the country in which the property is situated.
Page 398 - The national sovereignty is vested essentially and originally in the people. All public power emanates from the people, and is instituted for their benefit.
Page 345 - ... of the state against Spain, for which the latter is entitled to ask reparation. After having referred to acts of this nature, and to the circumstances under which they were committed, the undersigned, desires to call the attention of the honorable Secretary of State to the true definition of the duties and obligations of the United States, in the light of which these acts should be judged. The undersigned is very far from desiring to diminish or curtail the right of asylum for political offenses.
Page 59 - His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary...
Page 457 - The constitutional President of the [republic has been pleased to address to me the following decree...
Page 198 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.
Page 34 - The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of Sir Charles R.
Page 18 - I avail myself of this occasion to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.
Page 654 - I have the honor to be, sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES A.
Page 349 - That it is the duty of this government to give effect to the moral sentiment of the nation through all its agencies, for the purpose of preventing the further introduction of coolies into this hemisphere or the adjacent islands..

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