Speeches and AddressesPhillips, Samson, 1858 - 486 páginas |
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... favor of the amendment which has just been offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts , ( Mr. Reed . ) I believe that the soldiers of the revolution have a just claim upon us for a much larger amount than any that has been proposed to ...
... favor of the amendment which has just been offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts , ( Mr. Reed . ) I believe that the soldiers of the revolution have a just claim upon us for a much larger amount than any that has been proposed to ...
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... favor of the soldiers of the revolu- tion , and he would repeal them . This word , pension , is held up to us as a name of terror . There has been an odium attached to it , which has been , in some degree , extended to the persons who ...
... favor of the soldiers of the revolu- tion , and he would repeal them . This word , pension , is held up to us as a name of terror . There has been an odium attached to it , which has been , in some degree , extended to the persons who ...
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... favor of the Bill , declared that he felt him- self bound to admit that the argument which they had just heard , and all arguments to show that the claim of the heirs was not , in all respects , equal to that of the officer himself ...
... favor of the Bill , declared that he felt him- self bound to admit that the argument which they had just heard , and all arguments to show that the claim of the heirs was not , in all respects , equal to that of the officer himself ...
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... favor of the bill ; and I am induced . to offer my reasons for being so ; because I cannot entirely coin- cide in opinion with either of the gentlemen from Massachusetts , ( Mr. Davis and Mr. Dwight , ) who have addressed you ; and be ...
... favor of the bill ; and I am induced . to offer my reasons for being so ; because I cannot entirely coin- cide in opinion with either of the gentlemen from Massachusetts , ( Mr. Davis and Mr. Dwight , ) who have addressed you ; and be ...
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... favor of the claim , and the late President of the United States , who , of all men in the National Government , had the best means of understanding it , and certainly had no reason to be unduly biased in its favor , acknowledged its ...
... favor of the claim , and the late President of the United States , who , of all men in the National Government , had the best means of understanding it , and certainly had no reason to be unduly biased in its favor , acknowledged its ...
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Página 159 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Página 246 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 246 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 167 - In the establishment of these relations, the rights of the original inhabitants were, in no instance, entirely disregarded ; but were necessarily, to a considerable extent, impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion...
Página 449 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 143 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Página 96 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Página 143 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Página 8 - sit up late,' and ' eat the bread of carefulness...
Página 191 - Congress, for the encouragement and promotion of such manufactories as will tend to render the United States independent of other nations for essential, particularly for military supplies" (Journal of the House, I, 141-42).