Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1864 |
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... conditions under which , by the usage of nations , a right of property in lands uninhabited , or occupied by wandering tribes , may be acquired . The basis usually relied on to support a right of this nature is discovery ; but it is a ...
... conditions under which , by the usage of nations , a right of property in lands uninhabited , or occupied by wandering tribes , may be acquired . The basis usually relied on to support a right of this nature is discovery ; but it is a ...
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... The assumption is equally inconsistent with the conditions of the treaties be- tween Great Britain and the United States , which virtually preclude such an exclusive exercise of sovereignty on her part THE OREGON QUESTION . 85.
... The assumption is equally inconsistent with the conditions of the treaties be- tween Great Britain and the United States , which virtually preclude such an exclusive exercise of sovereignty on her part THE OREGON QUESTION . 85.
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... condition will not be bettered , if this exemption from the operation of the British statute is to be exchanged for a forcible process of ejection without law . Under these circumstances , what is the duty of the United States ? As I do ...
... condition will not be bettered , if this exemption from the operation of the British statute is to be exchanged for a forcible process of ejection without law . Under these circumstances , what is the duty of the United States ? As I do ...
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... condition of Great Britain near at hand , I have no hesitation in saying that she was never capa- ble of greater efforts than she is at the present moment . I know that her inordinate distention contains within itself an element of ...
... condition of Great Britain near at hand , I have no hesitation in saying that she was never capa- ble of greater efforts than she is at the present moment . I know that her inordinate distention contains within itself an element of ...
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... condition has been greatly overstated . We have been told that our coast is denuded . I have heard , whether on this floor or elsewhere I do not know , that there is scarcely a gun mounted for the defence of the commercial metropolis of ...
... condition has been greatly overstated . We have been told that our coast is denuded . I have heard , whether on this floor or elsewhere I do not know , that there is scarcely a gun mounted for the defence of the commercial metropolis of ...
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Page 447 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 319 - ... establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 264 - 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 314 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 326 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States which has not, by becoming a State, acquired the means of self-government, may result necessarily from the fact that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular State, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the United States.
Page 83 - Majesty is now engaged they have sustained considerable losses and damage by reason of irregular or illegal Captures or Condemnations of their vessels and other property...
Page 48 - ART. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention ; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Page 73 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers belonging to the said parties respectively to carry whithersoever they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies...
Page 444 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 48 - October, 1818, hereby continued in force, shall be construed to impair, or in any manner affect, the claims which either of the contracting parties may have to any part of the country westward of the Stony or Rocky Mountains.