The National Register, Volume 7Joel K. Mead, 1819 - Political science |
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... committee of inquiry : but an argument set up at Baltimore induces us to deviate a little from this || intention . The Baltimore argument , in sub- We wait , with some impatience , for the report stance , is this : that the largest ...
... committee of inquiry : but an argument set up at Baltimore induces us to deviate a little from this || intention . The Baltimore argument , in sub- We wait , with some impatience , for the report stance , is this : that the largest ...
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... committee on the post - office and post - roads were instructed to in- quire into the expediency of empowering the Postmaster General to contract for the transporta- tion of the mail of the United States in steam boats . The following ...
... committee on the post - office and post - roads were instructed to in- quire into the expediency of empowering the Postmaster General to contract for the transporta- tion of the mail of the United States in steam boats . The following ...
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... committee on the District of Columbia , and ordered to be printed . Mr. Otis gave notice that he should on to - mor- row ask leave to introduce a bill in addition to the act to promote the progress of the useful arts . The bills from ...
... committee on the District of Columbia , and ordered to be printed . Mr. Otis gave notice that he should on to - mor- row ask leave to introduce a bill in addition to the act to promote the progress of the useful arts . The bills from ...
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... committee be instructed to in- Kentucky and Tennessee , who shall , with thequire into the expediency of so amending the 4th of March , 1817 , that the provisions therein con- district judges now in commission , hold the circuit section ...
... committee be instructed to in- Kentucky and Tennessee , who shall , with thequire into the expediency of so amending the 4th of March , 1817 , that the provisions therein con- district judges now in commission , hold the circuit section ...
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... committee appointed at the last session , reported a bill to authorize the prosecution of suits in the nature of petitions of right and informations of instruction in cases in which the United States are concerned . These bills were ...
... committee appointed at the last session , reported a bill to authorize the prosecution of suits in the nature of petitions of right and informations of instruction in cases in which the United States are concerned . These bills were ...
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Page 352 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 83 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Page 83 - ... the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the Signature of the Present Convention, to the Vessels, Citizens, and Subjects of the Two Powers: it being well understood that this Agreement is not to be construed to the Prejudice of any Claim, which either of the Two High Contracting Parties may have to any part of the said Country...
Page 83 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 289 - I shall esteem myself the happiest of men, if I can be instrumental in recommending my country more and more to your Majesty's royal benevolence, and of restoring an entire esteem, confidence, and affection, or, in better words, the old good nature, and the old good humor between people, who, though separated by an ocean, and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood.
Page 83 - American fishermen shall also have liberty forever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 102 - The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification; and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities...
Page 352 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 83 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 352 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.