The French Spoliation Claims: With Special Reference to Insurance CompaniesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - 235 strani |
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... debt . These claims at that time were supposed to amount to about $ 20,000,000 , so that it would be only natural that they would defer action for the time being . And then after that , of course , a new group of people came into the ...
... debt . These claims at that time were supposed to amount to about $ 20,000,000 , so that it would be only natural that they would defer action for the time being . And then after that , of course , a new group of people came into the ...
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... debts due from France to American citizens - chiefly for supplies and provisions furnished the French Government . This famous second article , noting the disagreement between the two nations regarding the claims for indemnities and the ...
... debts due from France to American citizens - chiefly for supplies and provisions furnished the French Government . This famous second article , noting the disagreement between the two nations regarding the claims for indemnities and the ...
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... debts , for which prompt settlement was provided under the third and fourth articles of the convention of September 30 , 1800 . Article 4 states definitely , " but this shall not extend to indemni- ties claimed on account of captures or ...
... debts , for which prompt settlement was provided under the third and fourth articles of the convention of September 30 , 1800 . Article 4 states definitely , " but this shall not extend to indemni- ties claimed on account of captures or ...
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... debts , etc. , prior to 1800 , and the treaties of latter for spoliations after 1801 as already set forth , see the clear 1803 and 1831 . exposition in Sumner's Report , pages 24-26 ; and Court of Claims , volume 21 , pages 393-398 ...
... debts , etc. , prior to 1800 , and the treaties of latter for spoliations after 1801 as already set forth , see the clear 1803 and 1831 . exposition in Sumner's Report , pages 24-26 ; and Court of Claims , volume 21 , pages 393-398 ...
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... debt ( time of Mexican war ) ; that the claims have been long before Congress and if just would have been paid before . Then he adds that he doubts the justice of the claims . In view of his uncertainty , it is strange that he could not ...
... debt ( time of Mexican war ) ; that the claims have been long before Congress and if just would have been paid before . Then he adds that he doubts the justice of the claims . In view of his uncertainty , it is strange that he could not ...
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Stran 82 - 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.
Stran 166 - People from it, the evident tendency of their arts and those of their agents to countenance and invigorate opposition, their disregard of solemn treaties and the laws of nations, their war upon our defenceless commerce, their treatment of our minister of peace, and their demands amounting to tribute, could not fail to excite in me corresponding sentiments with those my countrymen have so generally expressed in their affectionate addresses to you.
Stran 152 - I shall persevere in the endeavor to fulfill it to the utmost extent of what shall be consistent with a just and indispensable regard to the rights and honor of our country; nor will I easily cease to cherish the expectation that a spirit of justice, candor, and friendship on the part of the Republic will eventually insure success. In pursuing this course, however, I...
Stran 72 - Whereas, the treaties concluded between the United States and France have been repeatedly violated on the part of the French government, and the just claims of the United States for reparation of the injuries so committed have been refused, and their attempts to negotiate an amicable adjustment of all complaints between the two nations have been repelled with indignity...
Stran 73 - ... forever against all other powers, to wit, the United States to his most Christian Majesty the present possessions of the Crown of France in America as well as those which it may acquire by the future Treaty of peace; and his most Christian Majesty guarantees on his part to the United States their liberty, sovereignty and independence absolute and unlimited...
Stran 165 - President discloses sentiments more alarming than the refusal of a minister, because more dangerous to our independence and union, and at the same time studiously marked with indignities towards the government of the United States. It evinces a disposition to separate the people of the United States...
Stran 123 - But hostilities may subsist between two nations, more confined in its nature and extent being limited as to places, persons, and things; and this is more properly termed imperfect war, because not solemn, and because those who are authorized to commit hostilities, act under special authority, and can go no farther than to the extent of their commission.
Stran 160 - the essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, sovereignty, and independence, absolute and unlimited, of the United States...
Stran 162 - Gentlemen of the Senate ; The communications which I have made to you during your present session, from the despatches of our minister in London, contain a serious aspect of our affairs with Great Britain. But, as peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal, before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, and cannot fail to check the advanced prosperity of the United States, is contemplated...
Stran 79 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?