Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1835-March 3, 1839D. Appleton, 1860 |
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... thought it was not requir- ing too much of the House , to ask it to put a more decided seal of reprobation on them , by peremptorily rejecting this . throughout all the country , without regard to consequences , and that House had no ...
... thought it was not requir- ing too much of the House , to ask it to put a more decided seal of reprobation on them , by peremptorily rejecting this . throughout all the country , without regard to consequences , and that House had no ...
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... thought the gentleman from Virginia had gone rather far in speaking for his constituents . The question being on the motion of Mr. ROBERTSON to recommit the report , with in- structions to report a resolution declaring that Congress has ...
... thought the gentleman from Virginia had gone rather far in speaking for his constituents . The question being on the motion of Mr. ROBERTSON to recommit the report , with in- structions to report a resolution declaring that Congress has ...
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... thought it susceptible of demonstration . It had been his opinion , long before it was ever talked of by many who now ride upon it as a hobby . The gentleman had said that the report gave up the constitutional question . It does no such ...
... thought it susceptible of demonstration . It had been his opinion , long before it was ever talked of by many who now ride upon it as a hobby . The gentleman had said that the report gave up the constitutional question . It does no such ...
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... thought , in all fairness , the estoppel effected by such an act of assent ought not to be accepted and held binding . It was based upon an act that was wholly void . It was said , indeed , that a majority of the people had voted ; but ...
... thought , in all fairness , the estoppel effected by such an act of assent ought not to be accepted and held binding . It was based upon an act that was wholly void . It was said , indeed , that a majority of the people had voted ; but ...
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... thought commendable in them . [ Mr. EwING explained . I contended for the third section . I thought it of no importance then , nor do I now . ] Mr. GRUNDY resumed . He was speaking of the Senator's exertions in regard to another bill ...
... thought commendable in them . [ Mr. EwING explained . I contended for the third section . I thought it of no importance then , nor do I now . ] Mr. GRUNDY resumed . He was speaking of the Senator's exertions in regard to another bill ...
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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...