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... leaving for Greenock on the next evening , the 25th of March . The next evening they embarked , the defendant Highat ... leave to Liverpool , and when there applied to Jones & Co. for means to return to the ship . By the defendant ...
... leaving for Greenock on the next evening , the 25th of March . The next evening they embarked , the defendant Highat ... leave to Liverpool , and when there applied to Jones & Co. for means to return to the ship . By the defendant ...
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... leaving the port of Liverpool for the purpose of joining the ship . The question for consideration was , whether the ... leave this country with an intention on the part of the defendants that the men should be induced at sea to enlist ...
... leaving the port of Liverpool for the purpose of joining the ship . The question for consideration was , whether the ... leave this country with an intention on the part of the defendants that the men should be induced at sea to enlist ...
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... leaving you six months ago are all ever received . Now , am I not encouraged to write and to write often by tender appeals ... leave here for Halifax by the instant at farthest , and to try my 27 best to get to you as soon as possible 14 ...
... leaving you six months ago are all ever received . Now , am I not encouraged to write and to write often by tender appeals ... leave here for Halifax by the instant at farthest , and to try my 27 best to get to you as soon as possible 14 ...
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... leave here by the 20th instant for Halifax , and take my chances for running the blockade . If I am to stay till spring I wish my wife to join me , under flag of truce , if possible . I am afraid to risk a winter's residence in this ...
... leave here by the 20th instant for Halifax , and take my chances for running the blockade . If I am to stay till spring I wish my wife to join me , under flag of truce , if possible . I am afraid to risk a winter's residence in this ...
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... leave and license of her Majesty , equip , furnish , and fit out , and knowingly aid and assist , and was concerned in the equipment , furnish- ing , and fitting out of a certain ship called the Victor , otherwise called the Scylla ...
... leave and license of her Majesty , equip , furnish , and fit out , and knowingly aid and assist , and was concerned in the equipment , furnish- ing , and fitting out of a certain ship called the Victor , otherwise called the Scylla ...
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Page 391 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 392 - Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion...
Page 116 - ... equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Page 542 - The true test of its existence, as found in the writings of the sages of the common law, may be thus summarily stated; when the regular course of justice is interrupted by revolt, rebellion, or insurrection, so that the courts of justice cannot be kept open, civil war exists, and hostilities may be prosecuted on the same footing as if those opposing the government were foreign enemies invading the land.
Page 93 - Such assent having been given, the treaty shall remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into operation, and further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 17 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 317 - ... in either of which cases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (as the case may be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours...
Page 229 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 384 - An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect.
Page 393 - State, the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the Constitution, and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained...