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... claim to the right of visitation and search . Questions of the most exciting character have arisen , to which General Cass was necessarily a party . He never shrinked from his just responsibility : but , in so doing , he has often been ...
... claim to the right of visitation and search . Questions of the most exciting character have arisen , to which General Cass was necessarily a party . He never shrinked from his just responsibility : but , in so doing , he has often been ...
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... United States nearly all the land to which they laid claim within the limits of Ohio , a part in the State of Indiana , and a portion in the Territory of Michigan . This treaty was at once transmitted to Washington , and OF LEWIS CASS .
... United States nearly all the land to which they laid claim within the limits of Ohio , a part in the State of Indiana , and a portion in the Territory of Michigan . This treaty was at once transmitted to Washington , and OF LEWIS CASS .
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... claim your attention , with a view of establishing , through it , a communication between Green Bay and the west end of Lake Superior . " To aid you in the accomplishment of these important objects , some officers of topographical ...
... claim your attention , with a view of establishing , through it , a communication between Green Bay and the west end of Lake Superior . " To aid you in the accomplishment of these important objects , some officers of topographical ...
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... claim by conquest from the English , and , subsequently , from the Indians themselves , in Wayne's war and the war of 1812 ; and yet they only claimed the right of pre- emption when the Indians saw fit to sell their lands . At that ...
... claim by conquest from the English , and , subsequently , from the Indians themselves , in Wayne's war and the war of 1812 ; and yet they only claimed the right of pre- emption when the Indians saw fit to sell their lands . At that ...
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... claims will yet be regarded . " In like manner , the boundary of Illinois has been extended to the parallel of forty - two degrees thirty minutes , probably forty miles north of the line established by the ordinance . How the claims of ...
... claims will yet be regarded . " In like manner , the boundary of Illinois has been extended to the parallel of forty - two degrees thirty minutes , probably forty miles north of the line established by the ordinance . How the claims of ...
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Fifty Years of Public Life: The Life and Times of Lewis Cass William L. G. Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
Fifty Years of Public Life: The Life and Times of Lewis Cass William L. G. Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
Fifty Years of Public Life: The Life and Times of Lewis Cass William L. G. Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
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Էջ 359 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Էջ 599 - Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Էջ 576 - Pennsylvania moved as an amendment the proviso "that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Էջ 164 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Էջ 283 - Nor am I less persuaded, that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
Էջ 646 - Constitution ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences...
Էջ 661 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Էջ 661 - And the Governor, legislative Council, and House of Representatives shall have authority to make laws in all Cases for the good government of the district not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared.
Էջ 624 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Էջ 403 - His Royal Highness can never admit, that in the exercise of the undoubted and hitherto undisputed right of searching neutral merchant vessels in time of war, the impressment of British seamen, when found therein, can be deemed any violation of a neutral flag. Neither can he admit, that the taking such seamen from on board such vessels, can be considered by any Neutral State as a hostile measure, or a justifiable cause of war.