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Seward interposed his vetot promptly , on the ground of the inhibition in the Constitution of the United States of the passage of laws by the states , impairing the obligation of contracts . In But while he thus exercised the veto power ...
Seward interposed his vetot promptly , on the ground of the inhibition in the Constitution of the United States of the passage of laws by the states , impairing the obligation of contracts . In But while he thus exercised the veto power ...
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So in 1839 , Mr. Vail , acting Secretary of State , in an official communication , said : " Under the supposition that many of the seizures had been made upon insufficient grounds , and in order , if possible , to preclude for the ...
So in 1839 , Mr. Vail , acting Secretary of State , in an official communication , said : " Under the supposition that many of the seizures had been made upon insufficient grounds , and in order , if possible , to preclude for the ...
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This remedy would be defensible only on the ground that the use prohibited was unlawful and injurious . But the provision to which he objects rests on the same ground , to wit : that after no⚫tice is given , the use is unlawful and ...
This remedy would be defensible only on the ground that the use prohibited was unlawful and injurious . But the provision to which he objects rests on the same ground , to wit : that after no⚫tice is given , the use is unlawful and ...
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Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
DEBATES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 284 |
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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