A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: 1869-1881U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Presidents |
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... question of specie payments is in abeyance the prudent business man is careful about contracting debts payable in the distant future . The nation should follow the same rule . A pros- trate commerce is to be rebuilt and all industries ...
... question of specie payments is in abeyance the prudent business man is careful about contracting debts payable in the distant future . The nation should follow the same rule . A pros- trate commerce is to be rebuilt and all industries ...
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... question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privi- leges in any State . It seems to me very desirable that this question should be settled ...
... question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privi- leges in any State . It seems to me very desirable that this question should be settled ...
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... question of the adoption of that constitution shall be submitted to the citizens of the State ; and if this should seem desirable , I would recommend that a separate vote be taken upon such parts as may be thought expedient , and that ...
... question of the adoption of that constitution shall be submitted to the citizens of the State ; and if this should seem desirable , I would recommend that a separate vote be taken upon such parts as may be thought expedient , and that ...
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... question until the next meeting of Congress . It may be advisable to modify taxation and tariff in instances where unjust or burdensome discriminations are made by the present laws , but a general revision of the laws regulating this ...
... question until the next meeting of Congress . It may be advisable to modify taxation and tariff in instances where unjust or burdensome discriminations are made by the present laws , but a general revision of the laws regulating this ...
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... question of the disposition to be made of the bonds so purchased . The bonds now held by the Treasury amount to ... questions . For more than a year a valuable province of Spain , and a near neighbor of ours , in whom all our people can ...
... question of the disposition to be made of the bonds so purchased . The bonds now held by the Treasury amount to ... questions . For more than a year a valuable province of Spain , and a near neighbor of ours , in whom all our people can ...
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Page 56 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 14 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 596 - ... all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed...
Page 88 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 270 - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Page 385 - An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and for other purposes...
Page 56 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 519 - That the United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the treaties and of the consular convention heretofore concluded between the United States and France, and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the Government or citizens of the United States.
Page 393 - That the people inhabiting said proposed states do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof...
Page 516 - And, reciprocally, Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States, shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and exemptions in respect to travel or residence, as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.