Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1835-March 3, 1839D. Appleton, 1860 |
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... fact that he attributed to me a disposition to throw obstacles in the way to the consideration of the bill ... facts ; and yet that gentleman honestly and innocently believes that I , and not he and his friends , have been endeavoring to ...
... fact that he attributed to me a disposition to throw obstacles in the way to the consideration of the bill ... facts ; and yet that gentleman honestly and innocently believes that I , and not he and his friends , have been endeavoring to ...
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... fact , nounced by a distinguished individual , at this it would be entitled to the most profound re- time sufficiently jealous of the exercise of ex- spect and consideration , and no change should ecutive patronage , and greatly alarmed ...
... fact , nounced by a distinguished individual , at this it would be entitled to the most profound re- time sufficiently jealous of the exercise of ex- spect and consideration , and no change should ecutive patronage , and greatly alarmed ...
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... fact , that but two - fifths of those who enter the Academy graduate , and that but a fraction more than one - fifth ... facts , and observe with how much wisdom , justice , and sound policy , you retain the provisions of the law of 1812 ...
... fact , that but two - fifths of those who enter the Academy graduate , and that but a fraction more than one - fifth ... facts , and observe with how much wisdom , justice , and sound policy , you retain the provisions of the law of 1812 ...
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... facts of the case , they were detailed in the President's Message , and in the documents which had been reported with the bill : he was fully aware that they present- ed a case , in regard to which the judgments of gentlemen might ...
... facts of the case , they were detailed in the President's Message , and in the documents which had been reported with the bill : he was fully aware that they present- ed a case , in regard to which the judgments of gentlemen might ...
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... fact . The first question was , whether the Senate was competent to declare the act of the last conven- tion a valid act . The law required that a con- vention should be called for the express object of expressing assent or dissent to ...
... fact . The first question was , whether the Senate was competent to declare the act of the last conven- tion a valid act . The law required that a con- vention should be called for the express object of expressing assent or dissent to ...
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Página 135 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Página 137 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Página 79 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Página 213 - Trajan was ambitious of fame; and as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.
Página 33 - They shall have no power to prevent emigrants to this State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Página 188 - The length of time since some of the injuries have been committed, the repeated and unavailing applications for redress, the wanton character of some of the outrages upon the property and persons of our citizens, upon the officers and flag of the United States, independent of recent insults to this Government and people by the late extraordinary Mexican minister, would justify in the eyes of all nations immediate war.
Página 28 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.
Página 321 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Página 236 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Página 35 - Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the States in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the United States...