The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5Redfield, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... American ports was a mercenary traffic without even the poor pretext that it brought laborers into our country , or that other and worse pretext that it was necessary to the safety or prosperity of any state or section . It was carried ...
... American ports was a mercenary traffic without even the poor pretext that it brought laborers into our country , or that other and worse pretext that it was necessary to the safety or prosperity of any state or section . It was carried ...
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... American people and government to multiply and strengthen as fast as it could be done without the exercise of fraud or force . " Mr. Seward's policy of extending the jurisdiction of the United States over the North American continent ...
... American people and government to multiply and strengthen as fast as it could be done without the exercise of fraud or force . " Mr. Seward's policy of extending the jurisdiction of the United States over the North American continent ...
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... American were extremely gratifying to him . He was conducted in all the pomp of military display to the capital ... Americans contended in 1845 ; also the palace of Maximilian , which was occupied by him during his brief reign in Mexico ...
... American were extremely gratifying to him . He was conducted in all the pomp of military display to the capital ... Americans contended in 1845 ; also the palace of Maximilian , which was occupied by him during his brief reign in Mexico ...
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... American one ; Great Britain is the centre of an- other , an European one . Almost in spite of ourselves we are stead- ily extending and increasing our control over these continents . Not- withstanding her tenacity , she is constantly ...
... American one ; Great Britain is the centre of an- other , an European one . Almost in spite of ourselves we are stead- ily extending and increasing our control over these continents . Not- withstanding her tenacity , she is constantly ...
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... American flags , was there for the accommoda- tion of the speakers and principal guests ; the statue was veiled with the nation's ensign . " The sculptor has executed a life - like portrait statue of the late eminent American statesman ...
... American flags , was there for the accommoda- tion of the speakers and principal guests ; the statue was veiled with the nation's ensign . " The sculptor has executed a life - like portrait statue of the late eminent American statesman ...
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Page 595 - ... that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 499 - ... justice. humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 594 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 594 - 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 347 - 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 : —
Page 192 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 594 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 595 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 602 - Straits on the parallel of sixty-five degrees thirty minutes north latitude, at its intersection by the meridian which passes midway between the islands of Krusenstern or Ignalook, and the island of Ratmanoff, or Noonarbook, and proceeds due north without limitation, into the same Frozen Ocean.
Page 601 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...