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... flag - officer of the block- ading fleet , and sent to New York as prize of war . The ship was held in custody of officers of the United States at the latter place until the twenty - fourth of May , when she was released , and ...
... flag - officer of the block- ading fleet , and sent to New York as prize of war . The ship was held in custody of officers of the United States at the latter place until the twenty - fourth of May , when she was released , and ...
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... Flag - Officer F. FORREST , 66 · WM . H. PETERS , Paymaster . " Commander of Naval Station , Norfolk . " The following letters , on the subject of said rolls , were addressed by the Fourth Auditor to Paymaster Doran , and the Hon . John ...
... Flag - Officer F. FORREST , 66 · WM . H. PETERS , Paymaster . " Commander of Naval Station , Norfolk . " The following letters , on the subject of said rolls , were addressed by the Fourth Auditor to Paymaster Doran , and the Hon . John ...
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... flag , with glad voices of free lom on their lips , though with the yearnings of exile in their hearts , they were happy in swelling the chant " God save the Queen " But such an injustice cannot be restrained in its influence . Wherever ...
... flag , with glad voices of free lom on their lips , though with the yearnings of exile in their hearts , they were happy in swelling the chant " God save the Queen " But such an injustice cannot be restrained in its influence . Wherever ...
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... flag floating from the national Capitol , the fugitive slave act has been made a scourge and a terror to innocent men and women If all these pains and sorrows had redounded in any respect to the honor of the country , or had contributed ...
... flag floating from the national Capitol , the fugitive slave act has been made a scourge and a terror to innocent men and women If all these pains and sorrows had redounded in any respect to the honor of the country , or had contributed ...
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... flags were altered and suspended , in their most essential points , by the treaty with England ; and thirdly , still another , enlarging the list of con- traband , declaring Americans in the service of ... flag FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS . 17.
... flags were altered and suspended , in their most essential points , by the treaty with England ; and thirdly , still another , enlarging the list of con- traband , declaring Americans in the service of ... flag FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS . 17.
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Page 3 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 20 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 4 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.
Page 15 - States their liberty, sovereignty, and independence, absolute and unlimited, as well in matters of government as commerce, and also their possessions, and the additions or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the war, from any of the dominions now, or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America...
Page 34 - July, 1831, by which it was stipulated, that "the French government, in order to liberate itself from all the reclamations preferred against it by citizens of the United States, for unlawful seizures, captures, sequestrations, confiscations, or destruction of their vessels, cargoes, or other property...
Page 12 - Whereas, the treaties concluded between the United States and France have been repeatedly violated on the part of the French government, and the just claims of the United States for reparation of the injuries so committed have been refused, and their attempts to negotiate an amicable adjustment of all complaints between the two nations have been repelled with indignity...
Page 24 - French republic consents to accept, ratify, and confirm the above convention, with the addition importing that the convention shall be in force for the space of eight years, and with the retrenchment of the second article : provided that by this retrenchment the two States renounce the respective pretensions which are the object of the said article.
Page 27 - February, 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce of the same date, and the convention of 14th of November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time; and until they may have agreed upon these points the said treaties and convention shall have no operation...