The Statesman's Manual: The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States, Inaugural, Annual, and Special, from 1789 to 1854; with a Memoir of Each of the Presidents and a History of Their Administrations: Also, the Constitution of the United States, and a Selection of Important Documents and Statistical Information, Volume 3E. Walker, 1854 - United States |
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Page 1080
... commissioner of the general land office , which will be laid before you by the secretary of the treasury , will show how the affairs of that office have been conducted for the past year . The disposi- tion of the public lands is one of ...
... commissioner of the general land office , which will be laid before you by the secretary of the treasury , will show how the affairs of that office have been conducted for the past year . The disposi- tion of the public lands is one of ...
Page 1086
... commissioner of Indian affairs , that the most sanguine expectations of the friends and promoters of this system have been realized . The Choctaws , Cherokees , and other tribes that first emigrated beyond the Mississippi , have , for ...
... commissioner of Indian affairs , that the most sanguine expectations of the friends and promoters of this system have been realized . The Choctaws , Cherokees , and other tribes that first emigrated beyond the Mississippi , have , for ...
Page 1119
... commissioner of the United States under our convention with Texas , for the demarcation of the line which separates us from that republic . The commissioners of both governments met in New Orleans in August last . The joint VAN BUREN'S ...
... commissioner of the United States under our convention with Texas , for the demarcation of the line which separates us from that republic . The commissioners of both governments met in New Orleans in August last . The joint VAN BUREN'S ...
Page 1142
... commissioners were appointed shortly after the adjournment of Congress , under the act of the last session providing for the exploration and survey of the line which separates the states of Maine and New Hampshire from the British ...
... commissioners were appointed shortly after the adjournment of Congress , under the act of the last session providing for the exploration and survey of the line which separates the states of Maine and New Hampshire from the British ...
Page 1143
... commissioners appointed in pursuance of the convention between the United States and Texas , for marking the boundary between them , have , according to the last report received from our commissioner , sur- veyed and established the ...
... commissioners appointed in pursuance of the convention between the United States and Texas , for marking the boundary between them , have , according to the last report received from our commissioner , sur- veyed and established the ...
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Page 13 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 1453 - October, 1818, it is agreed, that, " any country that may be claimed by either party, on the Northwest Coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years, from the date of the signature of the convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
Page 1097 - It is, nevertheless, understood that during a term of ten years, counting from the signature of the present convention, the ships of both Powers, or which belong to their citizens or subjects respectively, may reciprocally frequent, without any hindrance whatever, the interior seas, gulfs, harbors, and creeks, upon the coast mentioned in the preceding article, for the purpose of fishing and trading with the natives of the country.
Page 1443 - That justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country...
Page 13 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 1453 - ... well understood, that this Agreement is not to be construed to the Prejudice of any Claim, which either of the Two High Contracting Parties may have to any part of the said Country, nor shall it be taken to affect the Claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said Country; the only object of the High Contracting Parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst Themselves.
Page 1198 - Creator has made no distinction among men ; that all are upon an equality ; and that the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. The Constitution of the United States is the instrument containing this grant of power to the several departments composing the government. On an examination of that instrument it will be found to contain declarations of power granted, and of power withheld. The latter is also susceptible of division into power which the majority...
Page 1421 - In answer to the second question, which relates to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several States, I reply, that I think no such distribution should be made.
Page 1135 - The power to make anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts, is withdrawn from the States, on the same principle with that of issuing a paper currency.