A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: Appendix. IndexU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Presidents |
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... land were obtained with the full understanding and free consent of the acknowledged proprietors , and that the said ... lands ? If so , shall the commissioners be instructed , if they can not obtain the said cessions on better terms ...
... land were obtained with the full understanding and free consent of the acknowledged proprietors , and that the said ... lands ? If so , shall the commissioners be instructed , if they can not obtain the said cessions on better terms ...
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... lands to Georgia , be in- structed to use their highest exertions to obtain a cession of said lands ? If so , shall the commissioners be instructed , if they can not obtain the said cessions on better terms , to offer for the same and ...
... lands to Georgia , be in- structed to use their highest exertions to obtain a cession of said lands ? If so , shall the commissioners be instructed , if they can not obtain the said cessions on better terms , to offer for the same and ...
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... lands nothing except what is directed by the existing laws , viz , gold and silver , and in the proper cases Virginia land scrip : Provided , That till the 15th of Decem- ber next the same indulgences heretofore extended as to the kind ...
... lands nothing except what is directed by the existing laws , viz , gold and silver , and in the proper cases Virginia land scrip : Provided , That till the 15th of Decem- ber next the same indulgences heretofore extended as to the kind ...
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... lands now in its possession shall be surrendered to any claimant except as hereinafter provided . III . Abandoned lands are defined in section 2 of the act of Congress approved July 2 , 1864 , as lands " the lawful owner whereof shall ...
... lands now in its possession shall be surrendered to any claimant except as hereinafter provided . III . Abandoned lands are defined in section 2 of the act of Congress approved July 2 , 1864 , as lands " the lawful owner whereof shall ...
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... lands are situated . Each application must be accompanied by— First . Evidence of special pardon by the President or a copy of the oath of amnesty prescribed in the President's proclamation of May 29 , 1865 , when the applicant is not ...
... lands are situated . Each application must be accompanied by— First . Evidence of special pardon by the President or a copy of the oath of amnesty prescribed in the President's proclamation of May 29 , 1865 , when the applicant is not ...
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Page 340 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies...
Page 445 - ... was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 340 - ... the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid ; the diffusion of information, and...
Page 166 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 417 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 491 - States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose, but the Academy shall receive no compensation whatever for any services to the Government of the United States.
Page 340 - ... the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Page 493 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 607 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and...
Page 510 - British power supported them during the struggles of the latter part of the eighteenth and the early part of the nineteenth century.