Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Količina 1D. Appleton, 1864 |
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... measure of the most decided character , and involving the most important consequences . What is it , sir , but a declaration that the Territory of Oregon , after the expiration of twelve months , shall no longer be open to the subjects ...
... measure of the most decided character , and involving the most important consequences . What is it , sir , but a declaration that the Territory of Oregon , after the expiration of twelve months , shall no longer be open to the subjects ...
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... measure , however politically expedient , which involves in it a severe reflection upon the minister who could permit so insidious an en- croachment upon the ancient and ac- knowledged rights of the Crown of Spain . " - Belsham's ...
... measure , however politically expedient , which involves in it a severe reflection upon the minister who could permit so insidious an en- croachment upon the ancient and ac- knowledged rights of the Crown of Spain . " - Belsham's ...
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... measure , in direct violation of the will of three fifths of the American people , would be a most serious , if not a melancholy hour in the history of the country . It might prelude the entrance of some Caius Gracchus into that ...
... measure , in direct violation of the will of three fifths of the American people , would be a most serious , if not a melancholy hour in the history of the country . It might prelude the entrance of some Caius Gracchus into that ...
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... measure was sustained by the constituted authorities of the country , and I have no desire or intention to call its wisdom in question . But it proves that we were not unwilling to afford Great Britain any facility she required for ...
... measure was sustained by the constituted authorities of the country , and I have no desire or intention to call its wisdom in question . But it proves that we were not unwilling to afford Great Britain any facility she required for ...
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... measures at our hands ; and I trust they will be executed with promptitude and decision . Will these measures produce war ? I cannot believe that they will . I cannot believe it , because they furnish no just ground of provocation . The ...
... measures at our hands ; and I trust they will be executed with promptitude and decision . Will these measures produce war ? I cannot believe that they will . I cannot believe it , because they furnish no just ground of provocation . The ...
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Stran 447 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Stran 319 - ... to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Stran 264 - States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Stran 367 - The importation of slaves into the colonies from the coast of Africa, hath long been considered as a trade of great inhumanity, and, under its present encouragement, we have too much reason to fear, will endanger the very existence of your Majesty's American dominions.
Stran 326 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States which has not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the fact that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular State, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the United States.
Stran 83 - Majesty is now engaged they have sustained considerable losses and damage by reason of irregular or illegal Captures or Condemnations of their vessels and other property...
Stran 48 - ART. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention ; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Stran 444 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Stran 48 - October, 1818, hereby continued in force, shall be construed to impair, or in any manner affect, the claims which either of the contracting parties may have to any part of the country westward of the Stony or Rocky Mountains.
Stran 444 - Of the territory under the forty-third and forty-second degrees, that to the westward, through which the Assenisipi or Rock River runs, shall be called A.ssenisipia ; and that to the eastward, in which are the fountains of the Muskingum, the two...