The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... important principles of inter- national law . The correspondence will be placed before you . The ground on which the British minister rests his justification is , substantially , that the mu- nicipal law of a nation , and the domestic ...
... important principles of inter- national law . The correspondence will be placed before you . The ground on which the British minister rests his justification is , substantially , that the mu- nicipal law of a nation , and the domestic ...
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... importance ; it considers them briefly , touching upon leading points . anly , avoiding details , and ignoring the ornaments of style and a labored arrange- ment . A brief general summary of the more important statistics of this ...
... importance ; it considers them briefly , touching upon leading points . anly , avoiding details , and ignoring the ornaments of style and a labored arrange- ment . A brief general summary of the more important statistics of this ...
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... important work yet to be finished on the Gulf coast , where he was then operating , and was therefore on his own request excnsed from this new command . Rear - Admiral Porter , who had shown great ability as the commander of the ...
... important work yet to be finished on the Gulf coast , where he was then operating , and was therefore on his own request excnsed from this new command . Rear - Admiral Porter , who had shown great ability as the commander of the ...
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... important work , was evacuated during the night of the 18th of February , General Schofield advancing upon this fort with eight . thousand men , while the gunboats attacked it by water . On the 21st the rebels were driven from Fort ...
... important work , was evacuated during the night of the 18th of February , General Schofield advancing upon this fort with eight . thousand men , while the gunboats attacked it by water . On the 21st the rebels were driven from Fort ...
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... important to send thither immediately an officer of ability and experience . Vice - Admiral Farragut , then in Washing- ton , was selected for this special duty , and on the 24th of that month proceeded to James river for that purpose ...
... important to send thither immediately an officer of ability and experience . Vice - Admiral Farragut , then in Washing- ton , was selected for this special duty , and on the 24th of that month proceeded to James river for that purpose ...
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Page 4 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 19 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 17 - Heaven itself has ordained, and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 358 - ... true allegiance to the Government of the United States ; then, in such case, he, she, or they, if at that time a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to a patent, as in other cases provided for by law.
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Page 687 - Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command ; such as cannot be consumed destroy. It is not desirable that the buildings should be destroyed ; they should rather be protected, but the people should be informed that so long as an army can subsist among them recurrences of these raids must be expected, and we are determined to stop them at all hazards.
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