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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... vessels of all classes and descriptions , armed with 3,000 guns , and manned by 51,000 men , the number of vessels at present in commission is 117 , with 830 guns and 12,128 men . By this prompt reduction of the naval forces the ...
... vessels of all classes and descriptions , armed with 3,000 guns , and manned by 51,000 men , the number of vessels at present in commission is 117 , with 830 guns and 12,128 men . By this prompt reduction of the naval forces the ...
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... vessels con- veying the mails to foreign ports . It is recommended that authority be given to the Postmaster General to allow such vessels so employed compensation not to exceed the sea postage . Prior to June 1 , 1857 , three lines of ...
... vessels con- veying the mails to foreign ports . It is recommended that authority be given to the Postmaster General to allow such vessels so employed compensation not to exceed the sea postage . Prior to June 1 , 1857 , three lines of ...
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... vessels which could be dispensed with from the blockade . Such of them as were purchased and no longer required by the government , have from time to time been sold to meet the demands of reviving commerce , which has rapidly expanded ...
... vessels which could be dispensed with from the blockade . Such of them as were purchased and no longer required by the government , have from time to time been sold to meet the demands of reviving commerce , which has rapidly expanded ...
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... vessels poured an incessant fire into the rebel forts . There was , besides , a force of fourteen vessels in re- serve . At 3 p . m . the signal for the assault was made . Desperate fighting en- sued , traverse after traverse was taken ...
... vessels poured an incessant fire into the rebel forts . There was , besides , a force of fourteen vessels in re- serve . At 3 p . m . the signal for the assault was made . Desperate fighting en- sued , traverse after traverse was taken ...
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... vessels than all other means combined . About the middle of February offensive operations were resumed in the direc- tion of Wilmington , the vessels and the troops moving up the river in concert . Fort Anderson , an important work ...
... vessels than all other means combined . About the middle of February offensive operations were resumed in the direc- tion of Wilmington , the vessels and the troops moving up the river in concert . Fort Anderson , an important work ...
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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.
Page 663 - ... shall, if captured, be put to death, or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
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.
Page 358 - That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry; or, if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...