Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 6
... effect the passage , a fleet of armored steamships , by a similar sacri- fice , ( and probably single ones without sacrifice , ) can achieve a simi- lar result in 1862 . PRESENT SYSTEM OF DEFENCES DEFECTIVE . Here , then , is the first ...
... effect the passage , a fleet of armored steamships , by a similar sacri- fice , ( and probably single ones without sacrifice , ) can achieve a simi- lar result in 1862 . PRESENT SYSTEM OF DEFENCES DEFECTIVE . Here , then , is the first ...
Pàgina 22
... effect this removal under the fire of the batteries . Such obstructions need not be resorted to until the breaking out of a war , as they could then be speedily formed , should the preparation of the enemy be of a threatening nature ...
... effect this removal under the fire of the batteries . Such obstructions need not be resorted to until the breaking out of a war , as they could then be speedily formed , should the preparation of the enemy be of a threatening nature ...
Pàgina 68
... effect , to compel him to do us justice by inviting his descent upon our shores , and by all those consequences which mark the progress of an invading force , whether for depredation or for conquest . By the ocean only can we be ...
... effect , to compel him to do us justice by inviting his descent upon our shores , and by all those consequences which mark the progress of an invading force , whether for depredation or for conquest . By the ocean only can we be ...
Pàgina 71
... effect upon the social or political systems of the country . The power belongs to all , and is exercised by all . It follows , therefore , that an enemy could have no inducement to hazard an expedition against any of our cities , under ...
... effect upon the social or political systems of the country . The power belongs to all , and is exercised by all . It follows , therefore , that an enemy could have no inducement to hazard an expedition against any of our cities , under ...
Pàgina 75
... effect to their exertions . But perhaps the most striking objection to the completion of this extensive plan is , that under no possible circumstance can it effect the desired object . That object , if I understand it , is not the mere ...
... effect to their exertions . But perhaps the most striking objection to the completion of this extensive plan is , that under no possible circumstance can it effect the desired object . That object , if I understand it , is not the mere ...
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