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... to facilitate the construction of a canal across the Isthmus , and to secure the interests of the United States therein , with Nicaragua , in 1867 ; to secure the rights of naturalized citizens in various countries , in 1868.
... to facilitate the construction of a canal across the Isthmus , and to secure the interests of the United States therein , with Nicaragua , in 1867 ; to secure the rights of naturalized citizens in various countries , in 1868.
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He hopes no one of his fellow - citizens thinks so unkindly of him as to suppose that he would be content to exercise power in a fraction of it , if it should consent to be divided . " The substance of this conversation was generally ...
He hopes no one of his fellow - citizens thinks so unkindly of him as to suppose that he would be content to exercise power in a fraction of it , if it should consent to be divided . " The substance of this conversation was generally ...
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In August , 1862 , when the needs of the country were pressing heavily upon its loyal citizens , he addressed the several persons holding positions in the Department of State , as follows :August 12 , 1862 . TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY ...
In August , 1862 , when the needs of the country were pressing heavily upon its loyal citizens , he addressed the several persons holding positions in the Department of State , as follows :August 12 , 1862 . TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY ...
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He sent an agent to Montreal and engaged able counsel 2 to endeavor to secure the rights and property of the citizens of Vermont in the courts of her neighboring province , but without avail . 3 The Emancipation Proclamation of ...
He sent an agent to Montreal and engaged able counsel 2 to endeavor to secure the rights and property of the citizens of Vermont in the courts of her neighboring province , but without avail . 3 The Emancipation Proclamation of ...
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He thus gave a signal instance both of a forethought and a benevolence in diplomacy that have seldom been equalled in the history of international negotiations . " between citizens of the United States of different birth , 18 MEMOIR .
He thus gave a signal instance both of a forethought and a benevolence in diplomacy that have seldom been equalled in the history of international negotiations . " between citizens of the United States of different birth , 18 MEMOIR .
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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...
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Redfield, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2008 |
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