Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1861 |
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... course of vigorous and successful prosecution , being still anxious to arrest its evils , and considering that , after the brilliant victories of our arms on the eighth and ninth of May last , the national honor could not be com ...
... course of vigorous and successful prosecution , being still anxious to arrest its evils , and considering that , after the brilliant victories of our arms on the eighth and ninth of May last , the national honor could not be com ...
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... course , for it was on condition of their accept- ance , and this they refused . A second conven- tion , therefore , was held in January , 1846 , under the law passed in 1845. The eighth sec- tion of that law showed the necessity of a ...
... course , for it was on condition of their accept- ance , and this they refused . A second conven- tion , therefore , was held in January , 1846 , under the law passed in 1845. The eighth sec- tion of that law showed the necessity of a ...
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... course had been adopted in 1803 , in the acquisition of Louisiana ; in 1806 , in the acquisition of Flori- da ; and , lastly , in that body at its last session , in 1846. Unless gentlemen had changed their opinions since that time ...
... course had been adopted in 1803 , in the acquisition of Louisiana ; in 1806 , in the acquisition of Flori- da ; and , lastly , in that body at its last session , in 1846. Unless gentlemen had changed their opinions since that time ...
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... course consist- ent with the honor of the American nation . I believe that it may be terminated by a course which shall not only consist with our interests , but which shall place us in that elevated posi- tion which , as the first free ...
... course consist- ent with the honor of the American nation . I believe that it may be terminated by a course which shall not only consist with our interests , but which shall place us in that elevated posi- tion which , as the first free ...
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... course be accounted for at the treasury , not as secret - service money , but like other expenditures . " Now , on this Message of the President , the Committee on Foreign Relations made the fol- lowing report to the Senate : “ Resolved ...
... course be accounted for at the treasury , not as secret - service money , but like other expenditures . " Now , on this Message of the President , the Committee on Foreign Relations made the fol- lowing report to the Senate : “ Resolved ...
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Página 256 - ... employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 256 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Página 256 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Página 133 - ... characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Página 103 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 133 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Página 133 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest,...
Página 103 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Página 430 - Secession ! Peaceable secession ! Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. The dismemberment of this vast country without convulsion ! The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep without ruffling the surface...
Página 302 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted, at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...