Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4049U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... statement Mr. Webster has always insisted that the commission erred . The consideration alleged to have been paid for the lands involved in these four cases was £ 1,820 . The com- mission found against Mr. Webster in only one case ...
... statement Mr. Webster has always insisted that the commission erred . The consideration alleged to have been paid for the lands involved in these four cases was £ 1,820 . The com- mission found against Mr. Webster in only one case ...
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... statement called a " report " from the Secretary of State , in the following form : Message of the President of the United States , communicating , in answer to a resolution of the Senate requesting a list of claims of citizens of the ...
... statement called a " report " from the Secretary of State , in the following form : Message of the President of the United States , communicating , in answer to a resolution of the Senate requesting a list of claims of citizens of the ...
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... statements are directly in opposition to each other . With- out attempting to account for the apparent discrepancy , it is clear that the statement last made is true , because , in the nature of things , the statement made in 1859 could ...
... statements are directly in opposition to each other . With- out attempting to account for the apparent discrepancy , it is clear that the statement last made is true , because , in the nature of things , the statement made in 1859 could ...
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... statement is not supported , but is refuted , by " the archives of the Government . " The injustice done Mr. Webster by this untrue representation of his conduct , whoever may have inflicted it , should be now removed . He should have a ...
... statement is not supported , but is refuted , by " the archives of the Government . " The injustice done Mr. Webster by this untrue representation of his conduct , whoever may have inflicted it , should be now removed . He should have a ...
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... statement of his case to the Earl of Kimberly , the principal secretary of state for the colonies , with a view to repara- tion by the British Government . To this it was replied that the infor- mation of the Government differed from ...
... statement of his case to the Earl of Kimberly , the principal secretary of state for the colonies , with a view to repara- tion by the British Government . To this it was replied that the infor- mation of the Government differed from ...
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Page 122 - Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession...
Page 357 - The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claims for indemnity, national and individual, of every kind, of either government, or of its citizens or subjects, against the other government, that may have arisen since the beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to the exchange of ratifications of the present treaty, including all claims for indemnity for the cost of the war. The United States will adjudicate and settle the claims of its citizens against Spain relinquished in this...
Page 14 - Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates, Forests, Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession; but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the Individual Chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of Pre-emption over such Lands as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate...
Page 530 - The United States will cause satisfaction to be made for the injuries, if any, which, by process of law, shall be established to have been suffered by the Spanish officers, and individual Spanish inhabitants, by the late operations of the American army in Florida.
Page 505 - Merchandizes; and if any thing be taken from them, or any Injury be done them within that Term by either Party or the People or Subjects of either, full Satisfaction shall be made for the same.
Page 27 - Parties agree to consider the result of the proceedings of this commission as a full, perfect and final settlement of every claim upon either government arising out of any transaction of a date prior to the exchange of the ratifications of the present Convention...
Page 510 - ... hindered from returning out of the said ports or roads, but may remove and depart when and whither they please, without any let or hindrance.
Page 498 - Resolved: That a ship or a vessel on the high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a lawful voyage, is, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State to which her flag belongs ; as much so as if constituting a part of its own domain.
Page 435 - ... has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof; that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page 249 - And in all cases of seizure, detention, or arrest, for debts contracted or offences committed by any citizen or subject of the one party, within the jurisdiction of the other, the same shall be made and prosecuted by order and authority of law only, and according to the regular course of proceedings usual in such cases.