Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1835-March 3, 1839D. Appleton, 1860 |
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... political cir- cumstances , but upon those high and paramount considerations which belong to the great rights of property , as well as individual and political safety , which are connected with it . Mr. PATTON said that the vote which ...
... political cir- cumstances , but upon those high and paramount considerations which belong to the great rights of property , as well as individual and political safety , which are connected with it . Mr. PATTON said that the vote which ...
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... political vane upon the steeple , whose friendship and whose opinions swing round the compass with every variation of the winds , and are steadfast only to the breath of the breeze . One of the gentleman's questions which I heard was ...
... political vane upon the steeple , whose friendship and whose opinions swing round the compass with every variation of the winds , and are steadfast only to the breath of the breeze . One of the gentleman's questions which I heard was ...
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... political maxim is better established than that which tells us that an improvident expenditure of money is the parent of profligacy , and that no people can hope to perpetuate their liberties , who long acquiesce in a policy which taxes ...
... political maxim is better established than that which tells us that an improvident expenditure of money is the parent of profligacy , and that no people can hope to perpetuate their liberties , who long acquiesce in a policy which taxes ...
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... political evils which are seen as soon as they are dangerous , them to make room for her on notes ; and this and ... politicians out of power . They may succeed , but he ( Mr. B. ) would not despair . The darkest hour of night is just ...
... political evils which are seen as soon as they are dangerous , them to make room for her on notes ; and this and ... politicians out of power . They may succeed , but he ( Mr. B. ) would not despair . The darkest hour of night is just ...
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... political considerations from any desire for individual popularity : every man must have known that its political effect would have been precisely that which has been produced . Higher considerations than a thirst for personal ...
... political considerations from any desire for individual popularity : every man must have known that its political effect would have been precisely that which has been produced . Higher considerations than a thirst for personal ...
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Abijah Mann ADAMS adopted amendment amount Andrew Jackson answer authority BENTON CALHOUN called CAMBRELENG Chair character Chilton Allan circulation citizens committee Congress considered constitution convention currency deposit banks deposit law District of Columbia dollars duty effect elected ernment Executive existence Expunging Resolution fact favor Federal friends gentleman Gideon Lee gold and silver Government Hiland Hall honorable House institutions interest issue Jackson JANUARY John Calhoon journal King of Georgia last session legislative Legislature measure ment Message Michigan millions Missouri motion nation object officers opinion paper passed payment petition Peyton political present President principle proceedings proposed proposition public lands public money purpose question R. M. Whitney received referred Resolved revenue Secretary Senate Senator from Missouri slavery slaves South Carolina Speaker specie Standefer Sub-Treasury Bill surplus thing tion Treasury Union United vote whole WISE yeas and nays
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Página 134 - 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 238 - 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 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 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 323 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...
Página 30 - State, the propositions set forth in "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes...
Página 32 - an act to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Página 73 - An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed...
Página 323 - 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 - Governments, and out of the numerous and constantly occurring struggles for dominion in Spanish America, so wisely consistent with our just principles has been the action of our Government, that we have, under the most critical circumstances, avoided all censure, and encountered no other evil than that produced by a transient estrangement of good will in those against whom we have been by force of evidence compelled to decide.