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... performed without compensation , but with the expectation and promise thereof , the committee have reported a bill to embrace the whole sub- ject , and confidently recommend its passage . ( S. 339. ) IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED SHEPHERD ...
... performed without compensation , but with the expectation and promise thereof , the committee have reported a bill to embrace the whole sub- ject , and confidently recommend its passage . ( S. 339. ) IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED SHEPHERD ...
Side 2
... performed ; and that in this con- juncture Stephen Decatur , the husband of your petitioner , then a lieutenant commanding the schooner Enterprise , conceived and pro- posed the idea of entering the harbor of Tripoli by night , and of ...
... performed ; and that in this con- juncture Stephen Decatur , the husband of your petitioner , then a lieutenant commanding the schooner Enterprise , conceived and pro- posed the idea of entering the harbor of Tripoli by night , and of ...
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... the frigate out of the harbor , but did not do so on account of the peremptory order of Commodore Preble . He succeeded in performing his duty and de- stroying the frigate in a manner which received and entitled 4 SUSAN DECATUR .
... the frigate out of the harbor , but did not do so on account of the peremptory order of Commodore Preble . He succeeded in performing his duty and de- stroying the frigate in a manner which received and entitled 4 SUSAN DECATUR .
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... performed was that of her destruction , and not of her capture . His peremptory orders were to set her on fire , and , after blowing out her bottom , to abandon her . These orders were inconsistent with the idea of a capture . He was to ...
... performed was that of her destruction , and not of her capture . His peremptory orders were to set her on fire , and , after blowing out her bottom , to abandon her . These orders were inconsistent with the idea of a capture . He was to ...
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... performed under circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger , with consummate skill , at night , in the face of powerful batteries , and with the most perfect self - possession and courage . By a vigorous and well organized attack ...
... performed under circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger , with consummate skill , at night , in the face of powerful batteries , and with the most perfect self - possession and courage . By a vigorous and well organized attack ...
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Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volum 1 United States. Congress. Senate Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1864 |
Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volum 1 United States. Congress. Senate Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1854 |
Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volum 4 United States. Congress. Senate Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1878 |
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30th Congress act of Congress aforesaid agent alleged allowed amount Andrew Atkinson Answer to cross-interrogatory appointed arbitration army Attorney authority award boats British Captain Reid cent certificate chief clerk citizens claimant commissioners compensation contract Court of Claims DECEMBER 18 decided decision Deponent dollars duties East Florida entitled established evidence executive facts Faithful Majesty Fayal February Fort Dearborn Hayburn's House of Representatives hundred Illinois Central Railroad injury interest interrogatory JOHN ETHERIDGE judge judgment judicial jurisdiction justice law of nations letter lieutenant losses March ment Myerle navy neutral officers opinion paid parties patent payment pension persons petition port Portugal Portuguese present President protection provisions question received referred resolution respectfully Secretary Secretary of War Senate Ship Yard Solicitor Stat statute submitted Supreme Court testimony tion treaty tribunal troops United United States Solicitor vessel Witness answers
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Side 4 - 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.
Side 114 - It is a maxim not to be disregarded that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit when the very point is presented for decision. The reason of this maxim is obvious. The question actually before the court is investigated with care, and considered in its full extent. Other principles which may serve to illustrate...
Side 90 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Side 93 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...
Side 3 - That, by virtue of this, it is not only the right, but the bounden and solemn duty of a State to advance the safety, happiness and prosperity of its people, and to provide for its general welfare, by any and every act of legislation, which it may deem to be conducive to these ends; where the power over the particular subject, or the manner of its exercise, is not surrendered or restrained, in the manner just stated. That all those powers which relate to merely municipal legislation, or what may,...
Side 71 - ... according to justice and equity." That this provision gave to the present commission a broader and more comprehensive power than was given by the 7th article of the treaty of 1794 between the United States and Great Britain (8 Stat.
Side 30 - Powers, in the analogous Case, he did not mean to give an opinion that it ought to be done to Great Britain...
Side 7 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.