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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... whole cannot exist without the parts , nor the parts without the whole . So long as the Constitution of the United States endures , the States will endure ; the destruction of the one is the destruction of the other ; the preservation ...
... whole cannot exist without the parts , nor the parts without the whole . So long as the Constitution of the United States endures , the States will endure ; the destruction of the one is the destruction of the other ; the preservation ...
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... whole people , that on the one side the plan of restoration shall proceed in conformity with a willingness to cast the disorders of the past into oblivion ; and that , on the other , the evidence of sincerity in the future maintenance ...
... whole people , that on the one side the plan of restoration shall proceed in conformity with a willingness to cast the disorders of the past into oblivion ; and that , on the other , the evidence of sincerity in the future maintenance ...
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... whole subject . " To your deliberations the restoration of this branch of the civil authority of the United States is , there- fore , necessarily referred , with the hope that early provision will be made for the resumption of all its ...
... whole subject . " To your deliberations the restoration of this branch of the civil authority of the United States is , there- fore , necessarily referred , with the hope that early provision will be made for the resumption of all its ...
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... whole number of acres sold or otherwise disposed of during that period . It is estimated that the receipts derived from this source are sufficient to cover the expenses incident to the survey and disposal of the lands entered under this ...
... whole number of acres sold or otherwise disposed of during that period . It is estimated that the receipts derived from this source are sufficient to cover the expenses incident to the survey and disposal of the lands entered under this ...
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... whole shall be liquidated ; and this , as will be seen from the estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury , may be ac- complished by annual payments even within a period not exceeding thirty years . I have faith that we shall do all ...
... whole shall be liquidated ; and this , as will be seen from the estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury , may be ac- complished by annual payments even within a period not exceeding thirty years . I have faith that we shall do all ...
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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...