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Page 260
... construction of the act we now de- mand . The Imperial government indulged a desire to accom- modate , and submitted such a proposition to the colonial autho- rities of Nova Scotia . That colony resisted , as I think did all the others ...
... construction of the act we now de- mand . The Imperial government indulged a desire to accom- modate , and submitted such a proposition to the colonial autho- rities of Nova Scotia . That colony resisted , as I think did all the others ...
Page 268
... construction of the convention of 1818. What is the Mississippi to do ? She must not protect fishermen who according to our own construction are encroaching ; and those who are not , seem to need no protection . Sir , it has been ...
... construction of the convention of 1818. What is the Mississippi to do ? She must not protect fishermen who according to our own construction are encroaching ; and those who are not , seem to need no protection . Sir , it has been ...
Page 275
... construction of the convention of 1818 , so as to exclude us from entering the large British bays , and distract and annoy our fishermen ; and the people of the United States resist that construction , and they never will yield it . The ...
... construction of the convention of 1818 , so as to exclude us from entering the large British bays , and distract and annoy our fishermen ; and the people of the United States resist that construction , and they never will yield it . The ...
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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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