Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, Information in Relation to the Abductin of Rey, Alias Garcia, from New Orleans

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Página 159 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are (at) peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars and imprisoned...
Página 59 - York and declared him free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers, and privileges as are allowed to the consuls of the most favored nations...
Página 53 - Where a party, being apprised of the evidence to be adduced against him, has the means of explanation or refutation in his power, if the charge or claim against him be unfounded, and does not explain or refute that evidence, the strongest presumption arises that the charge is true or the claim well founded. It would be contrary to all experience of human nature and conduct to come to any other conclusion.
Página 59 - July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and of the independence of the United States the seventy-fifth.
Página 159 - ... you will give early notice to the Department. Should you, on reaching Cat Island and its vicinity, ascertain that a hostile movement is on foot and has proceeded against the Island of Cuba, you will repair with the force under your command to that island, and use all proper means in your power by [ ? for] preventing their landing, so as to avert and prevent the violation of our obligations of amity and peace with Spain.
Página 159 - Cuba; that on the 28th ultimo he had [077] raised four hundred men in New Orleans ; that *he expected to raise in that city, in all, eight hundred, and corresponding numbers in Boston, New York, and Baltimore; that the recruits at New Orleans are. to be drilled at Cat Island, from which point they are to embark in the steamer Fanny, about the 20th or 25th instant, for the south side of Cuba; and that a considerable number of the military in Cuba are said to be in communication with them.
Página 159 - Mexico is a violation of our obligations of neutrality, as we are at peace with both governments. The United States are bound to respect the rights both of Spain and of Mexico, and " no person is permitted, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, to begin or to set on foot or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with which the...
Página 159 - ... movements and operations of any bands or assemblages of people, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any hostile military expedition or enterprise is begun or set on foot, or any means provided against the territory or dominions of any prince or state, or any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace. Should you discover and ascertain any such attempt, by any portion of our citizens, to invade either Cuba or Mexico, you will employ the force under your command to...
Página 156 - The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the Senate of the...
Página 11 - ... apprehended and taken before a justice of the county in which he may be found; and it shall be the duty of such justice to require the accused to enter into a recognizance, with one or more good securities, in a sum not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, conditioned for his appearance at...

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