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... Europe in any natural advantage ? If , then , we are , at some time , to be as populous as Europe , how soon ? As to when this may be , we can judge by the past and the present ; as to when it will be , if ever , depends much on whether ...
... Europe in any natural advantage ? If , then , we are , at some time , to be as populous as Europe , how soon ? As to when this may be , we can judge by the past and the present ; as to when it will be , if ever , depends much on whether ...
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... Europe . 120 ... do .. 318 118 Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton . Feb. 27 123.do ...... . Feb. 27 Transmitting Mr. Billault's speech in the French Senate on American affairs . Indi- cations of a growing indisposition to interference . March 8 ...
... Europe . 120 ... do .. 318 118 Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton . Feb. 27 123.do ...... . Feb. 27 Transmitting Mr. Billault's speech in the French Senate on American affairs . Indi- cations of a growing indisposition to interference . March 8 ...
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... European ports . 1 The United States have a right to expect at least actual neutrality from the na tions which have ... Europe caused by the war would be immediately relieved if the European governments would cease to protract it by ...
... European ports . 1 The United States have a right to expect at least actual neutrality from the na tions which have ... Europe caused by the war would be immediately relieved if the European governments would cease to protract it by ...
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... Europe . European domination cannot be rebuilt here upon the foundation of African slavery . July 15 The Comte de Paris and Duc de Chartres and the Prince Napoleon . Americ1n sentiment towards the French nation and in regard to parties ...
... Europe . European domination cannot be rebuilt here upon the foundation of African slavery . July 15 The Comte de Paris and Duc de Chartres and the Prince Napoleon . Americ1n sentiment towards the French nation and in regard to parties ...
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... European sentiment . Recall of Mr Canisius , consul of the United States at Vienna . 553 559 561 565 565 566 Nov. 18 8 Mr ... Europe . Italian affairs . Relations between Italy and France . 579 579 582 58 Mr. Seward to Mr. Nov. 10 ...
... European sentiment . Recall of Mr Canisius , consul of the United States at Vienna . 553 559 561 565 565 566 Nov. 18 8 Mr ... Europe . Italian affairs . Relations between Italy and France . 579 579 582 58 Mr. Seward to Mr. Nov. 10 ...
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Page 551 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 196 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 132 - States guarantee, positively and efficaciously, to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists ; and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 196 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 300 - ... and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation respectively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 196 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 12 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 197 - ... and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the government of the United States...
Page 12 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave-trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself.
Page 13 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you.