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
... relation of an agent to his prin- cipal . It certainly cannot be , as the supporters of this measure have contended , that the importer sustains to the Federal Government the relation that the collector of the revenues in the States ...
... relation of an agent to his prin- cipal . It certainly cannot be , as the supporters of this measure have contended , that the importer sustains to the Federal Government the relation that the collector of the revenues in the States ...
Page 2611
... relation to it , in which some gentlemen from the South evinced a disposition to participate , when an honorable and distin- guished gentleman from Virginia , whose great experi ence gave him a well - merited influence here , [ Mr ...
... relation to it , in which some gentlemen from the South evinced a disposition to participate , when an honorable and distin- guished gentleman from Virginia , whose great experi ence gave him a well - merited influence here , [ Mr ...
Page 2647
... relation to this preliminary question . Mr. CLAIBORNE , of Virginia , begged leave to make a response to an inquiry put yesterday by an honorable member from Maryland , [ Mr. HoWARD ; ] an inquiry that might be expected to come from ...
... relation to this preliminary question . Mr. CLAIBORNE , of Virginia , begged leave to make a response to an inquiry put yesterday by an honorable member from Maryland , [ Mr. HoWARD ; ] an inquiry that might be expected to come from ...
Page 2653
... relation to the case now before the House . The gen- tleman from Ohio [ Mr. VINTON ] objects to this bill , as the claimants may select a very valuable tract of land , and even may locate it on a site for a town . This Mr.R. said may be ...
... relation to the case now before the House . The gen- tleman from Ohio [ Mr. VINTON ] objects to this bill , as the claimants may select a very valuable tract of land , and even may locate it on a site for a town . This Mr.R. said may be ...
Page 2671
... relation of the South and West to the North is to be forever that of tribute- payers to tribute - receivers , of colonies to a mother coun- try , ay , sir , to a step - mother country , and that this is our irreversible destiny , the ...
... relation of the South and West to the North is to be forever that of tribute- payers to tribute - receivers , of colonies to a mother coun- try , ay , sir , to a step - mother country , and that this is our irreversible destiny , 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.
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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...