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... duty of 20 per cent . levied in New Bruns- wick upon lumber , the produce of the State of Maine . Cases of United States citizens under trial for offences committed in Ireland . GREAT BRITAIN - Continued . No. From whom and to LIST OF ...
... duty of 20 per cent . levied in New Bruns- wick upon lumber , the produce of the State of Maine . Cases of United States citizens under trial for offences committed in Ireland . GREAT BRITAIN - Continued . No. From whom and to LIST OF ...
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... duty of the state to repair the injuries which the war has inflicted , and to secure the benefit of the lessons it teaches as fully and as speedily as possible . This duty was , upon the termination of the rebellion , promptly accepted ...
... duty of the state to repair the injuries which the war has inflicted , and to secure the benefit of the lessons it teaches as fully and as speedily as possible . This duty was , upon the termination of the rebellion , promptly accepted ...
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... duty - of high and sacred duty - which we are all sworn to per- form . If we cannot support the Constitution with the cheerful alacrity of those who love and believe in it , we must give to it at least the fidelity of public servants ...
... duty - of high and sacred duty - which we are all sworn to per- form . If we cannot support the Constitution with the cheerful alacrity of those who love and believe in it , we must give to it at least the fidelity of public servants ...
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... duty if I did not recommend the repeal of the acts of Congress which place ten of the southern States under the domination of military masters . If calm reflection shall satisfy a majority of your honorable bodies that the acts referred ...
... duty if I did not recommend the repeal of the acts of Congress which place ten of the southern States under the domination of military masters . If calm reflection shall satisfy a majority of your honorable bodies that the acts referred ...
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... duty being set at naught , the sheet - anchor of our political morality is lost , the public conscience swings from its moorings , and yields to every impulse of passion and interest . If we repudiate the Constitution , we will not be ...
... duty being set at naught , the sheet - anchor of our political morality is lost , the public conscience swings from its moorings , and yields to every impulse of passion and interest . If we repudiate the Constitution , we will not be ...
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Page 389 - ... west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Page 389 - 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...
Page 119 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 389 - ... longitude, (of the same meridian); and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean.
Page 137 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 288 - States shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nations, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of the United States, have been abolished.
Page 2 - ... the total loss of our prosperity, the general corruption of morals, and the final extinction of popular freedom. To save our country from evils so appalling as these, we should renew our efforts again and again.
Page 99 - A treaty to settle and define the boundaries between the territories of the United States and the possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America ; for the final suppression of the African slave trade ; and for the giving up of criminals, fugitive from justice, in certain cases.
Page 52 - Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country...
Page 389 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 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...