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... give him a speedy trial ; that after accepting the retainer Mr. Hale came to Washington , and still having some hesitancy as to the delicacy or propriety of appearing for Hunt , applied to the Hon . Reverdy Johnson , a lawyer of emi ...
... give him a speedy trial ; that after accepting the retainer Mr. Hale came to Washington , and still having some hesitancy as to the delicacy or propriety of appearing for Hunt , applied to the Hon . Reverdy Johnson , a lawyer of emi ...
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... give . On the same day Major Miller addressed to Mr. Brown , the contractor , a note in the following terms : " SIR : The wagons to be manufactured under your contract with the United States of this date should be shipped , when ordered ...
... give . On the same day Major Miller addressed to Mr. Brown , the contractor , a note in the following terms : " SIR : The wagons to be manufactured under your contract with the United States of this date should be shipped , when ordered ...
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... give this mass of human beings a home within the United States . A habitable and desirable country should be selected on our southern border where congeni- ality of climate may be united with the privilege of our republican civilization ...
... give this mass of human beings a home within the United States . A habitable and desirable country should be selected on our southern border where congeni- ality of climate may be united with the privilege of our republican civilization ...
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... give unity of purpose and vigor of action to the govern- ment . They have from the first acted upon the assumption that the north would become weak by its own party divisions , and would , after a few spasmodic efforts , give over the ...
... give unity of purpose and vigor of action to the govern- ment . They have from the first acted upon the assumption that the north would become weak by its own party divisions , and would , after a few spasmodic efforts , give over the ...
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... give aid and comfort , or countenance , to the enemies or opposers thereof , or of the provisional govern- ment of the State of Missouri , any ordinance , law , or resolution of any State convention or legislature , or of any order or ...
... give aid and comfort , or countenance , to the enemies or opposers thereof , or of the provisional govern- ment of the State of Missouri , any ordinance , law , or resolution of any State convention or legislature , or of any order or ...
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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...