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Its agents are numbered by the hundred , and they are dispersed in all civilized countries of the world . From the chief here in his bureau to the secretaries of legation in South America , Great Britain , France , Russia , Turkey , and ...
Its agents are numbered by the hundred , and they are dispersed in all civilized countries of the world . From the chief here in his bureau to the secretaries of legation in South America , Great Britain , France , Russia , Turkey , and ...
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The case was briefly , this : José Agustin Arguelles , a slavedealer , sold in Cuba three hundred negroes , stolen from Africa . He then fled to New York , expecting there to enjoy the spoils of his villany . The Spanish police pursued ...
The case was briefly , this : José Agustin Arguelles , a slavedealer , sold in Cuba three hundred negroes , stolen from Africa . He then fled to New York , expecting there to enjoy the spoils of his villany . The Spanish police pursued ...
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The result of Mr. Seward's action , said the Captain - General , will be the liberation of more than two hundred human beings , who , but for the return to Cuba of Arguelles , must have remained in slavery . To Mr. Seward they owe the ...
The result of Mr. Seward's action , said the Captain - General , will be the liberation of more than two hundred human beings , who , but for the return to Cuba of Arguelles , must have remained in slavery . To Mr. Seward they owe the ...
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He renewed them as opportunity offered , and in October , 1867 , Denmark consented to part with her islands for the sum of seven million five hundred thousand dollars . In January , 1868 , the cession was approved by the people of the ...
He renewed them as opportunity offered , and in October , 1867 , Denmark consented to part with her islands for the sum of seven million five hundred thousand dollars . In January , 1868 , the cession was approved by the people of the ...
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prospectively , four hundred millions of people were emancipated from the bondage of a subtle combination of false philosophy and traditional conceit.1 The negotiation of this great treaty was , in some degree , made more easy and ...
prospectively , four hundred millions of people were emancipated from the bondage of a subtle combination of false philosophy and traditional conceit.1 The negotiation of this great treaty was , in some degree , made more easy and ...
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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...