A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1908: 1849-1861Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1908 |
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... Secretary of War . Great embarrassment has resulted from the effect upon rank in the Army heretofore given to brevet and staff commissions . The views of the Secretary of War on this subject are deemed important , and if carried into ...
... Secretary of War . Great embarrassment has resulted from the effect upon rank in the Army heretofore given to brevet and staff commissions . The views of the Secretary of War on this subject are deemed important , and if carried into ...
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... Secretary of State to the governor of Texas on the 12th day of February , 1847 , that the boundary between the State of Texas and the Territory of New Mexico " is a subject which more properly belongs to the legislative than to the ...
... Secretary of State to the governor of Texas on the 12th day of February , 1847 , that the boundary between the State of Texas and the Territory of New Mexico " is a subject which more properly belongs to the legislative than to the ...
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... secretary of for- eign affairs of the State of Nicaragua , to Mr. Buchanan , the Secretary of State of the United States , dated 17th March , 1848 , a translation of which is herewith submitted , recites the aggressions of Great Britain ...
... secretary of for- eign affairs of the State of Nicaragua , to Mr. Buchanan , the Secretary of State of the United States , dated 17th March , 1848 , a translation of which is herewith submitted , recites the aggressions of Great Britain ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury recommended , in his correspondence with the Committee on Commerce in the House of Representatives , reciprocal free trade in the natural products of the United States and Canada ; that in March and June , 1849 ...
... Secretary of the Treasury recommended , in his correspondence with the Committee on Commerce in the House of Representatives , reciprocal free trade in the natural products of the United States and Canada ; that in March and June , 1849 ...
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... Secretary of State , with accompanying papers , * in answer to its resolu- tion of the 28th of March last . To the Senate of the United States : Z. TAYLOR . WASHINGTON , May 20 , 1850 . I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of ...
... Secretary of State , with accompanying papers , * in answer to its resolu- tion of the 28th of March last . To the Senate of the United States : Z. TAYLOR . WASHINGTON , May 20 , 1850 . I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of ...
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Էջ 391 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Էջ 423 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate Slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Էջ 380 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Էջ 624 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Էջ 68 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title, and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States; but they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected...
Էջ 612 - All the powers of government, legislative, executive and judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one.
Էջ 612 - ... in a representative republic, where the executive magistracy is carefully limited, both in the extent and the duration of its power, and where the legislative power is exercised by an assembly which is inspired (by a supposed influence over the people) with an intrepid confidence in its own strength; which is sufficiently numerous to feel all the passions which actuate a multitude, yet not so numerous as to be incapable of pursuing the objects of its passions, by means which reason prescribes;...
Էջ 354 - California," and of the twelfth section of the act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled " An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and for other purposes...
Էջ 322 - States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Էջ 248 - An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works heretofore commenced under the authority of law...