Political Quotes

the locations of the land warrants of the said volunteers should 'be subject to such regulations as to priority of choice and manner of location as the President of the United States shall direct'

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, I transmit to them the proceedings of the commissioner appointed under the act 'to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the…

It was not until the 22d of December following that a corresponding discontinuance of discriminating duties on British vessels and their cargoes in American ports took effect under the authority vested in the Executive by the act of March…

The United States, having been the first to abolish within the extent of their authority the transportation of the natives of Africa into slavery.