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... authority , is a large part of the claims which are still pending before Congress . As if to complete this strange , eventful history , another edict , at once in- hospitable and unjust , was launched by the Directory , January 17 ...
... authority , is a large part of the claims which are still pending before Congress . As if to complete this strange , eventful history , another edict , at once in- hospitable and unjust , was launched by the Directory , January 17 ...
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... authority much quoted at the time , when he says : " To refuse an ally the succors due to him , without a just dispensation , is doing him an injury , and there being a natural obligation to repair the damage done by our fault , and ...
... authority much quoted at the time , when he says : " To refuse an ally the succors due to him , without a just dispensation , is doing him an injury , and there being a natural obligation to repair the damage done by our fault , and ...
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... authority . ( 1. ) It is according to common sense that any " individual " interest appro- priated to a " national " purpose must create a debt on the part of the nation , which , of course , is still further enhanced , if , through ...
... authority . ( 1. ) It is according to common sense that any " individual " interest appro- priated to a " national " purpose must create a debt on the part of the nation , which , of course , is still further enhanced , if , through ...
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... authority , " as it is for the public advantage that he thus disposes of them , the state is bound to indemnify the citizens who are sufferers by the transaction . ” — ( Vattel , Law of Nations , book 4 , ch . 2 , §12 . ) Words more ...
... authority , " as it is for the public advantage that he thus disposes of them , the state is bound to indemnify the citizens who are sufferers by the transaction . ” — ( Vattel , Law of Nations , book 4 , ch . 2 , §12 . ) Words more ...
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... authority is equally explicit . Of course , in urging them upon France , earnestly and most assiduously , by successive plenipotentiaries , there was a plain adoption of them as just . But even after their abandonment they continued to ...
... authority is equally explicit . Of course , in urging them upon France , earnestly and most assiduously , by successive plenipotentiaries , there was a plain adoption of them as just . But even after their abandonment they continued to ...
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1st Session American plenipotentiaries annual appropriation Approved March Big Stone Lake bill captures certify the foregoing chairman citizens claimants claims and counter-claims commerce committee Congress assembled Constitution construction Consul convention of 1800 correct copy counter-claims of France day of March debts declared dollars duty EDWARD MCPHERSON Favorable Foreign Affairs French plenipotentiaries French republic French spoliations grant of land guarantee H. C. ROGERS HENRY H honorable body honorable the Senate House of Representatives indemnities JOHN Q July justice Lake Superior LEGISLATURE OF MINNESOTA Louisiana mail route MARCH 25 March 9 MARSHALL McLeod county MEMORIAL memorialists millions minister Mississippi river navigation negotiation Northern Pacific railroad obligations original on file paid payment present President printed representatives in Congress Resolved SEAL Secretary Senate and House senators and representatives Speaker stipulations sufferers Sundry merchants THOMAS H tion treaties true and correct United vessels whereas Witness my hand
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Page 10 - Whereas, the treaties concluded between the United States and France have been repeatedly violated on the part of the French government, and the just claims of the United States for reparation of the injuries so committed have been refused, and their attempts to negotiate an amicable adjustment of all complaints between the two nations have been repelled with indignity...
Page 18 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground. Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Page 13 - The two parties guarantee, mutually, from the present time and forever, against all other powers, to wit, the United States to his most Christian Majesty, the present possessions of the Crown of France in America, as well as those which it may acquire by the future treaty of peace; and his most Christian Majesty guarantees, on his part, to the United States, their liberty, sovereignty, and independence, absolute and unlimited...
Page 25 - February, 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce of the same date, and the convention of 14th of November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time; and until they may have agreed upon these points the said treaties and convention shall have no operation...