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... Means , of the House of Representatives , on the subject of home valuation No. 97. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Fourth Auditor , relative to the two per cent . commission claimed by Albert Greenleaf , navy agent at ...
... Means , of the House of Representatives , on the subject of home valuation No. 97. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Fourth Auditor , relative to the two per cent . commission claimed by Albert Greenleaf , navy agent at ...
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... means were adopted to take away or defeat rights , which the Constitution solemnly guarantied . In order to nullify the then existing act of Congress concerning the extradition of fugitives from service , laws were enacted in many ...
... means were adopted to take away or defeat rights , which the Constitution solemnly guarantied . In order to nullify the then existing act of Congress concerning the extradition of fugitives from service , laws were enacted in many ...
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... means within their reach , to deprive a portion of their fellow - citizens of the equal enjoyment of those rights and priv- ileges guarantied alike to all by the fundamental compact of our Union . This argument against the repeal of the ...
... means within their reach , to deprive a portion of their fellow - citizens of the equal enjoyment of those rights and priv- ileges guarantied alike to all by the fundamental compact of our Union . This argument against the repeal of the ...
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... means of revolutionary change of the government , and with accept- ance of the necessary consequences - a civil and servile war - yet many citizens have suffered themselves to be drawn into one evanescent polit- ical issue of agitation ...
... means of revolutionary change of the government , and with accept- ance of the necessary consequences - a civil and servile war - yet many citizens have suffered themselves to be drawn into one evanescent polit- ical issue of agitation ...
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... means to which it was necessary to have recourse for the attainment of the end , namely , the employment of a part of the military force of the United States . The withdrawal of that force from its proper duty of defending the country ...
... means to which it was necessary to have recourse for the attainment of the end , namely , the employment of a part of the military force of the United States . The withdrawal of that force from its proper duty of defending the country ...
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Page 67 - 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 meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 28 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 576 - President may, from time to time, at his discretion, cause the whole to be surveyed, and may assign to each head of a family or single person over twenty-one years of age, eighty acres of land for his or their separate use; and...
Page 40 - States, to support the Constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices, which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken; and such certificates...
Page 443 - I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in the Department of State.
Page 11 - April, 1850, was to secure, for the benefit of all nations, the neutrality and the common use of any transit way, or interoceanic communication, across the isthmus of Panama, which might be opened within the limits of Central America. The...
Page 24 - That the uncertainty of the law, and of the duties in such a matter, gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents, which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts...
Page 819 - Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the sum of dollars to me in hand paid...
Page 443 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal, this day of , 18 — . (ClerKf Signature.) (4.) Another Form of Declaration for Naval Invalid Pension. STATE OF , ) County of , ( " On this day of , 18 — .before th...
Page 23 - ... who had agreed, and those who should afterwards accede to it, should, after the adoption of the same, enter into no arrangement on the application of maritime law in time of war without stipulating for a strict observance of the four points resolved by the declaration. The...