The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 128
... adopting that constitution . My amendment provides for ascertaining officially whether it has been adopted ; and it provides for admitting New Mexico as a state , as soon as the constitution thus adopted shall have been brought here and ...
... adopting that constitution . My amendment provides for ascertaining officially whether it has been adopted ; and it provides for admitting New Mexico as a state , as soon as the constitution thus adopted shall have been brought here and ...
Page 167
... adopted . I submitted , Mr. President , a second principle , to wit : that the public lands , so to be granted to actual settlers , ought to be se- cured to them against involuntary alienation . I respect all lawful contracts , and I ...
... adopted . I submitted , Mr. President , a second principle , to wit : that the public lands , so to be granted to actual settlers , ought to be se- cured to them against involuntary alienation . I respect all lawful contracts , and I ...
Page 361
... adopted by the Congress of the United States , to carry out this provision of the Constitution , were the same measures which had been earlier adopted by the Parliament of Great Bri- tain . They went to the same extent , and they went ...
... adopted by the Congress of the United States , to carry out this provision of the Constitution , were the same measures which had been earlier adopted by the Parliament of Great Bri- tain . They went to the same extent , and they went ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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