National Documents: State Papers So Arranged as to Illustrate the Growth of Our Country from 1606 to the Present DayUnit Book Publishing Company, 1904 - 494 páginas |
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... Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies : For taking away our Charters , abolishing our most valu- able Laws , and altering fundamentally the Forms ...
... Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies : For taking away our Charters , abolishing our most valu- able Laws , and altering fundamentally the Forms ...
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... boundary , jurisdiction or any other cause whatever ; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following . Whenever the legislative or executive authority or lawful agent of any State in controversy with another shall ...
... boundary , jurisdiction or any other cause whatever ; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following . Whenever the legislative or executive authority or lawful agent of any State in controversy with another shall ...
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... boundaries of the said United States may be prevented , it is hereby agreed and declared , that the follow- ing are , and shall be their boundaries , viz : From the north- west angle of Nova Scotia , viz . that angle which is formed by ...
... boundaries of the said United States may be prevented , it is hereby agreed and declared , that the follow- ing are , and shall be their boundaries , viz : From the north- west angle of Nova Scotia , viz . that angle which is formed by ...
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... boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part , and East Florida on the other , shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are , or heretofore have been , within the limits of the ...
... boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part , and East Florida on the other , shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are , or heretofore have been , within the limits of the ...
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... the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States , as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same , shall become fixed and 92 NATIONAL DOCUMENTS.
... the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States , as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same , shall become fixed and 92 NATIONAL DOCUMENTS.
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Página 315 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 98 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Página 167 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 291 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Página 170 - Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real Patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.
Página 89 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Página 170 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another,...
Página 58 - For the more convenient management of the general interest of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Página 58 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Página 254 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal...