Register of Debates in Congress: 20th Congress, 1st session, pt. 2. Feb. 7 to May 26, 1828. 1473-2840 columns. With appendixGales & Seaton, 1827 |
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... millions . We had now in market more than one hundred millions of acres , and for the last years the receipts had frequently been below a million , while the whole revenue of the coun- try , in those years , had ranged from twenty to ...
... millions . We had now in market more than one hundred millions of acres , and for the last years the receipts had frequently been below a million , while the whole revenue of the coun- try , in those years , had ranged from twenty to ...
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... millions in interest , with money derived from other sources , have the mortification , at the end of nearly half a century , to see the debt about as large as it was , and themselves still recurred to to fur- nish ten or twelve millions ...
... millions in interest , with money derived from other sources , have the mortification , at the end of nearly half a century , to see the debt about as large as it was , and themselves still recurred to to fur- nish ten or twelve millions ...
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... millions of the capital , will not ex - aggregate of the whole annual levy , under the exactions ceed the sum total of nine or ten millions . Thus , Mr. President , in the brief space of five years , the whole public debt may be paid ...
... millions of the capital , will not ex - aggregate of the whole annual levy , under the exactions ceed the sum total of nine or ten millions . Thus , Mr. President , in the brief space of five years , the whole public debt may be paid ...
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... millions upon our present Custom house revenue - a sum in itself four times as great as that direct tax of the year '98 , which overturned the President of this Union , ruined his party , and marked an era in the history of this country ...
... millions upon our present Custom house revenue - a sum in itself four times as great as that direct tax of the year '98 , which overturned the President of this Union , ruined his party , and marked an era in the history of this country ...
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... millions and upwards of lands , heretofore sold , including the ex- pense of surveying , was only 3 and 6-10ths per cent . on the amount of the sales : and this was cheaper than our revenue from commerce , which had been estimated at ...
... millions and upwards of lands , heretofore sold , including the ex- pense of surveying , was only 3 and 6-10ths per cent . on the amount of the sales : and this was cheaper than our revenue from commerce , which had been estimated at ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 529 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Página 155 - American 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 579 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Página 291 - When a member shall be called to order, he shall sit down until the President shall have determined whether he is in order or not ; and every question of order shall be decided by the President, subject to an appeal to the Senate...
Página 157 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.
Página 511 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Página 579 - Congress assembled, for the benefit of the said states, all right, title and claim, as well of soil as jurisdiction, which this Commonwealth hath to the territory or tract of country within the limits of the Virginia charter, situate, lying and being to the northwest of the river Ohio...
Página 155 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Página 511 - The Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States...
Página 157 - Confederation, to the effect that no State should be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.