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... adopt the argument his fertile mind presented them with , and also the conclusion such argument required . This was entirely natural . Here was a man of extra- ordinary powers in all respects — not the least of which , by any means ...
... adopt the argument his fertile mind presented them with , and also the conclusion such argument required . This was entirely natural . Here was a man of extra- ordinary powers in all respects — not the least of which , by any means ...
Page 58
... adopted by Congress , and the triumph of Mr. Clayton and his friends over those whose abuses he had exposed , was completed by the passage of a law providing for the thorough reorgani- zation and reformation of the Department . From the ...
... adopted by Congress , and the triumph of Mr. Clayton and his friends over those whose abuses he had exposed , was completed by the passage of a law providing for the thorough reorgani- zation and reformation of the Department . From the ...
Page 61
... ordinance of nullification . Her State troops were organized , and a new military system adopted by her , for the avowed purpose of active resistance to 8 JOHN M. CLAYTON . 61 refusing to take their notes in payment of the custom- ...
... ordinance of nullification . Her State troops were organized , and a new military system adopted by her , for the avowed purpose of active resistance to 8 JOHN M. CLAYTON . 61 refusing to take their notes in payment of the custom- ...
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... adopted and reported by that committee , estimating the whole revenue necessary to be raised for support of Government at only twelve millions of dollars , and imposing duties , the average of which did . not exceed fifteen per cent ...
... adopted and reported by that committee , estimating the whole revenue necessary to be raised for support of Government at only twelve millions of dollars , and imposing duties , the average of which did . not exceed fifteen per cent ...
Page 65
... adopt them as my political text - book , but leave me , untrammeled by any mandate , to follow the course which my own judgment may dictate in relation to the whole subject . " But , sir , my sentiments were no secret to the people who ...
... adopt them as my political text - book , but leave me , untrammeled by any mandate , to follow the course which my own judgment may dictate in relation to the whole subject . " But , sir , my sentiments were no secret to the people who ...
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Page 198 - ... and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass between the states or governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of...
Page 196 - V.—" The contracting parties further engage that when the said canal shall have been completed they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 197 - ... should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in...
Page 198 - State through which the. proposed ship canal may pass, a contract for the construction of such a canal as that specified in this convention, to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object, and the said persons or company shall, moreover, have made preparations, and expended time, money, and trouble, on...
Page 199 - ... the aforesaid period, such persons or company be not able to commence and carry out the proposed enterprise, then the Governments of the United States and Great Britain shall be free to afford their protection to any other persons or company that shall be prepared to commence and proceed with the construction of the canal in question.
Page 89 - Union, to that extensive tract of country which lies to the westward of the frontiers of the United States, the property of which was not vested in, or granted to, individuals at the commencement of the present war...
Page 280 - An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 224 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 199 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same, shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable...
Page 200 - IX. The ratifications of this convention shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from this day, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals.