Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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... possession of an enemy , your committee believe that the next step in importance is : 2. To provide such means of defence of the coast near the import- ant harbors as will compel hostile vessels to seek for a point at some distance from ...
... possession of an enemy , your committee believe that the next step in importance is : 2. To provide such means of defence of the coast near the import- ant harbors as will compel hostile vessels to seek for a point at some distance from ...
Pàgina 11
... possession by the United States of the outlets of Lake Ontario , and of Montreal and its communications , would cut ... possessed by Great Britain ? Undoubtedly ; and a better one . The Erie and Hudson canal can readily be so enlarged as ...
... possession by the United States of the outlets of Lake Ontario , and of Montreal and its communications , would cut ... possessed by Great Britain ? Undoubtedly ; and a better one . The Erie and Hudson canal can readily be so enlarged as ...
Pàgina 12
... possession of the power to transfer a blockaded fleet by a safe inland route from New York to New Orleans , or from New Orleans to New York , is , of itself , an incalculable advantage in times of war with a strong mari- time power . A ...
... possession of the power to transfer a blockaded fleet by a safe inland route from New York to New Orleans , or from New Orleans to New York , is , of itself , an incalculable advantage in times of war with a strong mari- time power . A ...
Pàgina 27
... possessions , and even levying contributions in the unprotected ports ; blockading for a time the narrow seas , and harassing the coasting commerce of the enemy's home ; -these are objects which our own history shows may be accomplished ...
... possessions , and even levying contributions in the unprotected ports ; blockading for a time the narrow seas , and harassing the coasting commerce of the enemy's home ; -these are objects which our own history shows may be accomplished ...
Pàgina 28
... possessed by the people of the earlier ages . That na- tion , therefore , which consumes the smallest portion of its disposable population , and which is the least liable to have the regular operations of its laboring classes disturbed ...
... possessed by the people of the earlier ages . That na- tion , therefore , which consumes the smallest portion of its disposable population , and which is the least liable to have the regular operations of its laboring classes disturbed ...
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