The Statesman's Manual: An Enlarged and Revised Edition of the President's Messages ; with Other Public Documents, a Biography of Each President, and a History of Their Administrations, Etc, Volume 2 |
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... appointed to open a negotia- tion with the Sublime Porte . Not long after the member of the commission who went directly from the United States had sailed , the account of the treaty of Adrianople , by which one of the objects in view ...
... appointed to open a negotia- tion with the Sublime Porte . Not long after the member of the commission who went directly from the United States had sailed , the account of the treaty of Adrianople , by which one of the objects in view ...
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... appointed to open a negotia- tion with the Sublime Porte . Not long after the member of the commission who went directly from the United States had sailed , the account of the treaty of Adrianople , by which one of the objects in view ...
... appointed to open a negotia- tion with the Sublime Porte . Not long after the member of the commission who went directly from the United States had sailed , the account of the treaty of Adrianople , by which one of the objects in view ...
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... appointed under the provisions of the treaty of Ghent having been unable to agree , a convention was made with Great Britain by my immediate predecessor in office , with the advice and consent of the senate , by which it was agreed ...
... appointed under the provisions of the treaty of Ghent having been unable to agree , a convention was made with Great Britain by my immediate predecessor in office , with the advice and consent of the senate , by which it was agreed ...
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... appointed for that purpose , has retarded the execution of measures from which I hoped much advantage to our com- merce . The union of the three states which formed the republic of Colom- bia has been dissolved , but they all , it is ...
... appointed for that purpose , has retarded the execution of measures from which I hoped much advantage to our com- merce . The union of the three states which formed the republic of Colom- bia has been dissolved , but they all , it is ...
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... appointed to Cen- tral America at the last session of Congress , he was prevented from pro- ceeding on his mission until the month of October . It is hoped , however , that he is by this time at his post , and that the official ...
... appointed to Cen- tral America at the last session of Congress , he was prevented from pro- ceeding on his mission until the month of October . It is hoped , however , that he is by this time at his post , and that the official ...
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Page 787 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Page 784 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Page 1410 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 1434 - Europe, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of His Britannic Majesty in Europe of any articles, the growth. produce, or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country...
Page 1020 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 807 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connexion with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do.
Page 771 - Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves — in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence; not in its control, but in its protection; not in binding the States more closely to the center, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.
Page 918 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Page 784 - ... null and void, otherwise than through the civil tribunals of the country, as inconsistent with the longer continuance of...
Page 820 - States; and in case of any attempt otherwise to take such vessel or cargo by any force, or combination, or assemblage of persons too great to be overcome by the officers of the customs...