A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Prepared Under the Joint Committee on Printing of the House and Senate, Pursuant to an Act of the Fifty-second Congress of the United States (with Additions and Encyclopedic Index by Private Enterprise)Bureau of National Literature, 1897 - Presidents |
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Page 3641
... STANTON , WILLIAM H. SEWARD . EXECUTIVE MANSION , Washington , D. C. , October 26 , 1866 . Secretary of War . SIR : Recent advices indicate an early evacuation of Mexico by the French expeditionary forces and that the time has arrived ...
... STANTON , WILLIAM H. SEWARD . EXECUTIVE MANSION , Washington , D. C. , October 26 , 1866 . Secretary of War . SIR : Recent advices indicate an early evacuation of Mexico by the French expeditionary forces and that the time has arrived ...
Page 3642
... STANTON , EXECUTIVE MANSION , Washington , D. C. , November 1 , 1866 . Secretary of War . SIR : In the report of General Grant of the 27th ultimo , inclosed in your communication of that date , reference is made to the force at pres ...
... STANTON , EXECUTIVE MANSION , Washington , D. C. , November 1 , 1866 . Secretary of War . SIR : In the report of General Grant of the 27th ultimo , inclosed in your communication of that date , reference is made to the force at pres ...
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... STANTON , Secretary of War . EXECUTIVE MANSION , Washington , August 12 , 1867 . SIR : By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States , you are hereby sus- pended from ...
... STANTON , Secretary of War . EXECUTIVE MANSION , Washington , August 12 , 1867 . SIR : By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States , you are hereby sus- pended from ...
Page 3781
... Stanton from the exercise of the office of Secretary of War , and on the same day designated General Grant to act as Secretary of War ad interim . The following are copies of the Executive orders : Hon . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of ...
... Stanton from the exercise of the office of Secretary of War , and on the same day designated General Grant to act as Secretary of War ad interim . The following are copies of the Executive orders : Hon . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of ...
Page 3782
... Stanton should retire from my Cabinet . The mutual confidence and general accord which should exist in such a relation had ceased . I supposed that Mr. Stanton was well advised that his continuance in the Cabinet was contrary to my ...
... Stanton should retire from my Cabinet . The mutual confidence and general accord which should exist in such a relation had ceased . I supposed that Mr. Stanton was well advised that his continuance in the Cabinet was contrary to my ...
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Page 4000 - 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 3645 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 3623 - States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation ory custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 3998 - States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 3709 - States in the same from the said foreign nation or from any other foreign country, the said suspension to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer...
Page 3627 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 3974 - 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 3739 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm ) , 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, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Page 4002 - ... 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 3633 - States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.