The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... guns , and thus be efficient instruments in closing the southern ports . I have the honor to be your obedient servant , Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD , CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS . Secretary of State , Washington , D. C. P. S. - I have this moment ...
... guns , and thus be efficient instruments in closing the southern ports . I have the honor to be your obedient servant , Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD , CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS . Secretary of State , Washington , D. C. P. S. - I have this moment ...
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... guns , some of a large calibre , and a crew of from 120 to 150 men , sailed boldly in our harbor and reported herself to the authorities of this island as being on a cruise . She was last from Puerto Cabello ; and since she succeeded in ...
... guns , some of a large calibre , and a crew of from 120 to 150 men , sailed boldly in our harbor and reported herself to the authorities of this island as being on a cruise . She was last from Puerto Cabello ; and since she succeeded in ...
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... guns , which we have purchased at Leige , ( Belgium , ) will be delivered to- day or to - morrow at Havre . But we have no cartridges for these guns , and are obliged to buy them in France , and cannot obtain them without an ...
... guns , which we have purchased at Leige , ( Belgium , ) will be delivered to- day or to - morrow at Havre . But we have no cartridges for these guns , and are obliged to buy them in France , and cannot obtain them without an ...
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... guns , and that thus manned and armed the vessel was supplied with coal and water at Cienfuegos , and was allowed to depart on the same day to a destination unknown . The undersigned is further informed that the captured vessels were ...
... guns , and that thus manned and armed the vessel was supplied with coal and water at Cienfuegos , and was allowed to depart on the same day to a destination unknown . The undersigned is further informed that the captured vessels were ...
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... gun - barrel , " " hook and line , bob and sinker , " and that we may be all spared to see once more that glorious old banner restored . " Liberty and union , now and for- ever - one and inseparable . " I have the honor to be your most ...
... gun - barrel , " " hook and line , bob and sinker , " and that we may be all spared to see once more that glorious old banner restored . " Liberty and union , now and for- ever - one and inseparable . " I have the honor to be your most ...
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Page 187 - 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 163 - Government, directly or indirectly, commences or carries on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse with any foreign Government or any officer or agent thereof, with an intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign Government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States...
Page 17 - The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.
Page 548 - SIR: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the Weather Bureau during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1906.
Page 188 - Constitution and the laws, do hereby declare and proclaim: 1. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods with the exception of contraband of war. 2. Neutral goods not contraband of war are not liable to confiscation under the enemy's flag.
Page 465 - That to enable the state of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this act, shall be and the same are hereby granted to said state.
Page 522 - Deaf was incorporated as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind under act of Congress, February 16, 1857 (11 Stat.
Page 143 - In affixing his signature to the convention of this day between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, the Earl Russell declares, by order of Her Majesty, that Her Majesty does not intend thereby to undertake any engagement which shall have any bearing, direct or indirect, on the internal differences now prevailing in the United States.
Page 145 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. 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.
Page 251 - Accept the assurances of the high consideration with which. I have the honor to be, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant, THOUVENEL.