Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Volum 1D. Appleton, 1864 |
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Side 2
... respect which I entertain for both senators , I dis- sent from their opinions with great diffidence of my own . But I am constrained to regard the question of our rights in Oregon as one on which the propriety of the measures proposed ...
... respect which I entertain for both senators , I dis- sent from their opinions with great diffidence of my own . But I am constrained to regard the question of our rights in Oregon as one on which the propriety of the measures proposed ...
Side 5
... respect to the time within which , or the circumstances under which , a title by discovery must be perfected by occupation . The rules and maxims of international law are but a practi- cal application of the principles of universal ...
... respect to the time within which , or the circumstances under which , a title by discovery must be perfected by occupation . The rules and maxims of international law are but a practi- cal application of the principles of universal ...
Side 6
... respect to the exclusive navigation of the Pacific ; but these must not be permitted to prejudice her just claims to portions of the con- tinent washed by its waters , on the ground of discovery and occupation , and the declared ...
... respect to the exclusive navigation of the Pacific ; but these must not be permitted to prejudice her just claims to portions of the con- tinent washed by its waters , on the ground of discovery and occupation , and the declared ...
Side 11
... respect to Oregon , I trust it will not be deemed superfluous if I ex- amine them somewhat in detail . Before making the explorations above referred to , Meares had landed at Nootka Sound , and left a party to build a small vessel . He ...
... respect to Oregon , I trust it will not be deemed superfluous if I ex- amine them somewhat in detail . Before making the explorations above referred to , Meares had landed at Nootka Sound , and left a party to build a small vessel . He ...
Side 15
... not , as now , a right to build huts , but to plant colonies if we thought proper . Surely these were not acquisitions , or rather conquests , This I now proceed to state certain facts in respect to THE OREGON QUESTION . 15.
... not , as now , a right to build huts , but to plant colonies if we thought proper . Surely these were not acquisitions , or rather conquests , This I now proceed to state certain facts in respect to THE OREGON QUESTION . 15.
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.