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... hands of drunken American sailors , and procuring the release of kidnapped coolies , who were about being taken from Whampoa in American vessels engaged in that inhuman traffic . For these and other ser- vices Mr. Blanchard states that ...
... hands of drunken American sailors , and procuring the release of kidnapped coolies , who were about being taken from Whampoa in American vessels engaged in that inhuman traffic . For these and other ser- vices Mr. Blanchard states that ...
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... hands of colored men - a thing that will be found impossible should it be attempted . Hence , to meet the wants and equities of the case , it becomes necessary to found a community where the men of color will be the majority race ...
... hands of colored men - a thing that will be found impossible should it be attempted . Hence , to meet the wants and equities of the case , it becomes necessary to found a community where the men of color will be the majority race ...
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... hands were red with the blood of the defenders of the government , and who were loaded with the spoils of plundered loyalists , to come to the polls and participate in the election of the officers of a loyal State ! There is but one ...
... hands were red with the blood of the defenders of the government , and who were loaded with the spoils of plundered loyalists , to come to the polls and participate in the election of the officers of a loyal State ! There is but one ...
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... hands . This order reciting , " that there are many evil disposed persons now at large in the State of Maryland , who have been engaged in rebellion against the lawful government , or have given aid and comfort , or encouragement to ...
... hands . This order reciting , " that there are many evil disposed persons now at large in the State of Maryland , who have been engaged in rebellion against the lawful government , or have given aid and comfort , or encouragement to ...
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... hands . " At the polls at Massey's Cross - roads , a Lieutenant Colonel Massey , 2d regi- ment Home Guards , rendered himself extremely officious by his exertions in favor of the anti - administration ticket ; I found him there on my ...
... hands . " At the polls at Massey's Cross - roads , a Lieutenant Colonel Massey , 2d regi- ment Home Guards , rendered himself extremely officious by his exertions in favor of the anti - administration ticket ; I found him there on my ...
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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...