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... reason of being late at the river St. Lawrence , on her return voyage , $ 800 , and for loss of two anchors and one cable , $ 190 . The committee deem a claim for disbursements and expenses in the port of New York the direct result of ...
... reason of being late at the river St. Lawrence , on her return voyage , $ 800 , and for loss of two anchors and one cable , $ 190 . The committee deem a claim for disbursements and expenses in the port of New York the direct result of ...
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... reason for denying its existence , or , if it exist , for stripping our commanders of it by legislation ; and the present time , when disloyalists swarm at every poll in large districts of country near the rebel lines , would seem to be ...
... reason for denying its existence , or , if it exist , for stripping our commanders of it by legislation ; and the present time , when disloyalists swarm at every poll in large districts of country near the rebel lines , would seem to be ...
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... reason to dissent from their opinion . The naked fact of his soliciting the votes of avowed rebels and secessionists , in defi- ance even of the highly penal laws of his own State , and in contempt of the military order prohibiting the ...
... reason to dissent from their opinion . The naked fact of his soliciting the votes of avowed rebels and secessionists , in defi- ance even of the highly penal laws of his own State , and in contempt of the military order prohibiting the ...
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... reason to apprehend a disturbance of any kind at the polls on the day of election . In the absence of any military display , there would cer- tainly seem to be as little cause for such apprehensions as ever before existed . A ...
... reason to apprehend a disturbance of any kind at the polls on the day of election . In the absence of any military display , there would cer- tainly seem to be as little cause for such apprehensions as ever before existed . A ...
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... reason to believe that a single person was hindered from voting by the military in the 1st congressional district , who had not been engaged in the rebel service or in aiding and abet- ting them , nor that the judges excluded any voter ...
... reason to believe that a single person was hindered from voting by the military in the 1st congressional district , who had not been engaged in the rebel service or in aiding and abet- ting them , nor that the judges excluded any voter ...
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Page 5 - 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 22 - 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 17 - 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 36 - 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 14 - 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 26 - 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 29 - 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...