Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ..., Volume 12; Volume 66Gales & Seaton, 1836 - Law |
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Page 2561
... claim upon its intrinsic justice ; that it is founded on correct principle ; and de- mand of us , as a matter of right , the passage of this bill ; to prove which , they assume that the importer is a mere agent of the Government ; that ...
... claim upon its intrinsic justice ; that it is founded on correct principle ; and de- mand of us , as a matter of right , the passage of this bill ; to prove which , they assume that the importer is a mere agent of the Government ; that ...
Page 2563
... claim for relief has any more foundation in principle and justice than that of the farmer whose crop has been cut short by the frosts or an unfavorable season . Upon the subject of the warehousing system of Eng . land , about which the ...
... claim for relief has any more foundation in principle and justice than that of the farmer whose crop has been cut short by the frosts or an unfavorable season . Upon the subject of the warehousing system of Eng . land , about which the ...
Page 2581
... claim to relief rests upon the same ground . I cannot distinguish between the merchant who has paid his bond punctually , in or- der to facilitate the importation or entry of other mer- It will be recollected that , on the 3d day of ...
... claim to relief rests upon the same ground . I cannot distinguish between the merchant who has paid his bond punctually , in or- der to facilitate the importation or entry of other mer- It will be recollected that , on the 3d day of ...
Page 2587
... claim relief . To this objection I would say , that whenever Savannah , or any other place , shall present a case similar in principle to the present one , we shall be bound to act upon it ; and I can never consent to withhold an act of ...
... claim relief . To this objection I would say , that whenever Savannah , or any other place , shall present a case similar in principle to the present one , we shall be bound to act upon it ; and I can never consent to withhold an act of ...
Page 2641
... claim of 30,000 dollars which has just pass- ed this House in the shape of a bill . But , whilst claims for large amounts against the Government are received and favorably considered by this House , the just claims of the people of the ...
... claim of 30,000 dollars which has just pass- ed this House in the shape of a bill . But , whilst claims for large amounts against the Government are received and favorably considered by this House , the just claims of the people of the ...
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Page 3021 - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Page 3035 - 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.
Page 3069 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 2657 - ... or misbranded, within the meaning of this act, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or the territories of the United States...
Page 3053 - Having carefully and anxiously considered all the facts and arguments, which have been submitted to him, relative to a removal of the public deposites from the bank of the United States, the president deems it his duty, to communicate in this manner to his cabinet the final conclusions of his own mind, and the reasons on which they are founded, in order to put them in durable form, and to prevent misconceptions.
Page 3079 - France or her said colonies ; and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the ports of New Orleans, and in all other legal ports of entry within the ceded territory, in the same manner as the ships of the United States...
Page 2751 - ... shall be referred to the same committee) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
Page 2575 - States, and leave a widow, or, If no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or, if no widow, such child or children shall be entitled to and receive half the monthly pay...
Page 3043 - An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals as he...
Page 3071 - But in a representative republic, where the executive magistracy is carefully limited; both in the extent and the duration of its power; and where the legislative power is exercised by an assembly, which is inspired, by a supposed influence over the people, with an intrepid confidence in its own strength...