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... parties to constitute the other class . In voting upon the various propositions , it was expressly understood that each member reserved the right to offer such amendments and other plans of adjustment as he should think better adapted ...
... parties to constitute the other class . In voting upon the various propositions , it was expressly understood that each member reserved the right to offer such amendments and other plans of adjustment as he should think better adapted ...
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... parties . For the present , it is sufficient to say that the correspondence shows dis- tinctly and indisputably that the contractors steadily and persistently refused to assume the cost and responsibility of the service without a right ...
... parties . For the present , it is sufficient to say that the correspondence shows dis- tinctly and indisputably that the contractors steadily and persistently refused to assume the cost and responsibility of the service without a right ...
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... parties , which would have destroyed the value of a large investment made by them in the contract line , they estab- lished a line of steamers upon the direct route without government aid , and at their own hazard . This line left New ...
... parties , which would have destroyed the value of a large investment made by them in the contract line , they estab- lished a line of steamers upon the direct route without government aid , and at their own hazard . This line left New ...
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... parties , without other correspondence than such as related to schedules , until a correspondence occurred between Mr. Aspinwall , the con- tractor on the Pacific side , and the department ; in the course of which a letter from the ...
... parties , without other correspondence than such as related to schedules , until a correspondence occurred between Mr. Aspinwall , the con- tractor on the Pacific side , and the department ; in the course of which a letter from the ...
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... parties , upon anything additional that Congress may deem it just and expedient to allow . It seems also to preclude the right on the part of the com- pany to go back to the schedule under the contract . While it has not been the ...
... parties , upon anything additional that Congress may deem it just and expedient to allow . It seems also to preclude the right on the part of the com- pany to go back to the schedule under the contract . While it has not been the ...
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5th and 20th A. G. Sloo accompany bill additional compensation additional expense additional service affirmative amendments annum Bigler BRADY California mails carrying the mails claim Collamer contract contractors Crittenden Davis direct line direct steamers Doolittle Douglas duties following REPORT GEORGE LAW Grimes Havana and Aspinwall Havana and Chagres Hunter inclose instant July June June 18 June 23 letter M. O. ROBERTS Mail Steamship Company memorialists ment Messrs N. K. HALL nays negative negative-yeas obedient servant Orleans and Aspinwall Orleans and Chagres Panama patent petitioner pinwall POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Postmaster Powell President proposition question to agree received referred reply respectfully Rice route rule-yeas Samuel F. B. Morse San Francisco Savannah schedule Secretary Secretary of War Senate Seward ships submitted the following Territory tion Toombs twice a month U. S. Mail Steamship ultimo UNITED STATES MAIL United States Navy voted Wade York and Aspinwall York and Chagres
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Page 11 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 8 - 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 Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 1 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " JOHN B. FLOYD, Secretary of War.
Page 19 - Cincinnati, for the transportation of the United States mail from New York to New Orleans, twice a month and back, touching at Charleston, (if practicable,) Savannah, and Havana; and from Havana to Chagres and back, twice a month.
Page 6 - State laws which conflict with the fugitive slave acts, or any other constitutional acts of Congress, or which in their operation impede, hinder, or delay the free course and due execution of any of said acts, are null and void by the plain provisions of the Constitution of the United States. Yet those State laws, void as they are, have given color to practices, and led to consequences which have obstructed the due administration and execution of acts of Congress, and especially the acts for the...