SPEECH OF MR. NORVELL, OF MICHIGAN, OF THE BILL OF MR. CRITTENDEN TO PREVENT THE INTERFERENCE OF CERTIAN FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ELECTIONS |
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Commodore John Paul Jones had the command of a squadron formed by France
and America to annoy their common enemy. This squadron, while under the
command of Commodore Jones, captured fifteen vessels off the coast of France,
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Commodore John Paul Jones had the command of a squadron formed by France
and America to annoy their common enemy. This squadron, while under the
command of Commodore Jones, captured fifteen vessels off the coast of France,
...
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States when the capture was complete, and that this took place the moment the
captors had subjected the vessels to their will, and taken them to a place where
they were, or, which is the same thing, ought to have been, in safety. To me, sir, I
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States when the capture was complete, and that this took place the moment the
captors had subjected the vessels to their will, and taken them to a place where
they were, or, which is the same thing, ought to have been, in safety. To me, sir, I
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I will read a portion of this contract: “The division of the prizes to the superior *
officers and crews of the said squadron shall be 'made agreeable to the
American laws; but it is 'agreed, that the proportion of the whole coming “to each
vessel in ...
I will read a portion of this contract: “The division of the prizes to the superior *
officers and crews of the said squadron shall be 'made agreeable to the
American laws; but it is 'agreed, that the proportion of the whole coming “to each
vessel in ...
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The rule is well defined by Secretary Forsyth, in his answer to Aaron Leggett, of
New York, in relation to his claim for vessels employed in his lawful business,
and which had been seized by Mexico, and armed and equipped by her for the ...
The rule is well defined by Secretary Forsyth, in his answer to Aaron Leggett, of
New York, in relation to his claim for vessels employed in his lawful business,
and which had been seized by Mexico, and armed and equipped by her for the ...
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The entrance of the Americans with these prizes, on which no competent tribunal
had passed sentence, into a port of Norway very much frequented by vessels,
could not remain a secret: and the British minister near the Court of Copenhagen,
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The entrance of the Americans with these prizes, on which no competent tribunal
had passed sentence, into a port of Norway very much frequented by vessels,
could not remain a secret: and the British minister near the Court of Copenhagen,
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ADDRESS OF CHARLES H. ALLEN TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF PORTO ... Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1900 |
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Էջ 16 - Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other of the said states, or territory, the person to whom such labor, or service, may be due, his agent, or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing, or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Էջ 16 - That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, his agent or attorney, in so seizing or arresting such fugitive from labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared; or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Էջ 16 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slaveholding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude. The full recognition of this right and title was indispensable to the security of this species of property in all the slaveholding states; and, indeed, was so vital to the preservation of their domestic...