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... opinion on matters of law , whether national or municipal , his opinion on this subject remained unchanged . It would be recollected that these claims took their origin as far back as the year 1796 ; he could not be very exact as to ...
... opinion on matters of law , whether national or municipal , his opinion on this subject remained unchanged . It would be recollected that these claims took their origin as far back as the year 1796 ; he could not be very exact as to ...
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... opinion advanced . An opinion , for the honesty of which , on his own part , he would avouch , after the most solemn manner , under the unutterable obligations he was under to his Creator . The Senator had also spoken in strong language ...
... opinion advanced . An opinion , for the honesty of which , on his own part , he would avouch , after the most solemn manner , under the unutterable obligations he was under to his Creator . The Senator had also spoken in strong language ...
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... opinion on the subject . Entertaining this view of the pletion ) that those works were not designed for the pro- matter , a letter was addressed by the chairman of the tection of the State of Maryland , but for the security of committee ...
... opinion on the subject . Entertaining this view of the pletion ) that those works were not designed for the pro- matter , a letter was addressed by the chairman of the tection of the State of Maryland , but for the security of committee ...
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... opinion on that subject , but he desired that the State of Louisiana should be freed from the inconvenience to which it was subjected by the unsettled condition in which they stood . Mr. KING , of Alabama , moved to postpone the fur ...
... opinion on that subject , but he desired that the State of Louisiana should be freed from the inconvenience to which it was subjected by the unsettled condition in which they stood . Mr. KING , of Alabama , moved to postpone the fur ...
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... opinion that the Wabash and Erie canal , a work now in rapid pro- gress , and a work to which this Government had made large appropriations of public lands , was but a part and portion of this very work ; and that that appropriation of ...
... opinion that the Wabash and Erie canal , a work now in rapid pro- gress , and a work to which this Government had made large appropriations of public lands , was but a part and portion of this very work ; and that that appropriation of ...
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Page 11 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 277 - California, and of the 12th section of the Act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three and for other purposes...
Page 35 - ... to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy aforementioned, to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy, to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of the same Prince, or under several...
Page 513 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Page 143 - It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens aforesaid to sail with the ships and merchandise before mentioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy before mentioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction...
Page 147 - America, in congress assembled, that the United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the treaties, and of the consular convention, heretofore concluded between the United States and France, and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the government or citizens of the United States.
Page 1 - That a committee of three Members be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.
Page 121 - ... proper either for building or repairing ships, and all other goods whatever which have not been worked into the form of any instrument or thing prepared for war by land or by sea, shall not be reputed contraband, much less such as have been already wrought and made up for any other use : all which shall be wholly reckoned among free goods ; as likewise all other merchandizes and things which are not comprehended and particularly mentioned in the foregoing enumeration of contraband goods...
Page 165 - November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time, and until they may have agreed upon these points the said treaties and convention shall have no operation, and the relations of the two countries shall be regulated as follows :* Art.
Page 51 - French republic consents to accept, ratify, and confirm the above convention, with the addition importing that the convention shall be in force for the space of eight years, and with the retrenchment of the second article : provided that by this retrenchment the two States renounce the respective pretensions which are the object of the said article.