As soon as the movement assumed such a steady and consistent form as to make the success of the Provinces probable, the rights to which they were entitled by the law of nations as equal parties to a civil war were extended to them.
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According to my judgment it cannot be derived from either of those powers, nor from all of them united, and in consequence it does not exist.
I transmit to Congress translations of two letters from Don Joaquin d'Anduaga to the Secretary of State, which have been received at Department of State since my last message communicating copies of his correspondence with this Government.
Congress do not possess the power under the Constitution to pass such a law.
This power can be granted only by an amendment to the Constitution and in the mode prescribed by it.
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