History of Congress, biographical and political, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 87
Page v
... Oregon - Georgia Memorial- The Playfair Family . LAHM , SAMUEL , OF OHIO . Page 9-30 His Birth - Parentage - Education - Early Career - Admission to the Bar - Ap- pointment to Office - Case of forged Certificate of Deposit - Election to ...
... Oregon - Georgia Memorial- The Playfair Family . LAHM , SAMUEL , OF OHIO . Page 9-30 His Birth - Parentage - Education - Early Career - Admission to the Bar - Ap- pointment to Office - Case of forged Certificate of Deposit - Election to ...
Page vi
... Oregon Controversy - The Fifty - four Forties - Course of Mr. Douglas on that Question at the Twenty - eighth Congress - Resolution of the Baltimore Democratic Convention asserting the Title of the United States to the whole of the Oregon ...
... Oregon Controversy - The Fifty - four Forties - Course of Mr. Douglas on that Question at the Twenty - eighth Congress - Resolution of the Baltimore Democratic Convention asserting the Title of the United States to the whole of the Oregon ...
Page vii
... Oregon Question on the Basis of Forty - nine - The President's Message transmitting it -Asks the Advice of the Senate - That Body advises the Acceptance - The Vote thereon - Mr . Pakenham's Annunciation to the British Government of the ...
... Oregon Question on the Basis of Forty - nine - The President's Message transmitting it -Asks the Advice of the Senate - That Body advises the Acceptance - The Vote thereon - Mr . Pakenham's Annunciation to the British Government of the ...
Page viii
... Oregon Controversy - Reduction of Postage - United States Steamship Missouri - Explor- ing Expedition - Earl's Cordage - Wheels for Ocean Steamers - Claim of the Heirs of John Paul Jones - Report thereon - Passage of the Bill - The Bill ...
... Oregon Controversy - Reduction of Postage - United States Steamship Missouri - Explor- ing Expedition - Earl's Cordage - Wheels for Ocean Steamers - Claim of the Heirs of John Paul Jones - Report thereon - Passage of the Bill - The Bill ...
Page ix
... Oregon Controversy - The Mexican War -- The Ten Regiment Bill - Pontoon Train for General Taylor - Explanations thereon - Expenses in- curred in behalf of Volunteers . Page 251-267 GIDDINGS , JOSHUA REED , OF OHIO . His Repute and ...
... Oregon Controversy - The Mexican War -- The Ten Regiment Bill - Pontoon Train for General Taylor - Explanations thereon - Expenses in- curred in behalf of Volunteers . Page 251-267 GIDDINGS , JOSHUA REED , OF OHIO . His Repute and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adopted amendment American arbitration asked authority Bayly believe bill Britain British C. J. Ingersoll called candidate chairman citizens claim Columbia River commenced committee Congress Constitution convention declared Democratic party desire district Douglas duty elected existing favor forty-ninth parallel friends Garrett Davis gentleman Giddings give Hannegan Holmes honor House of Representatives Hudson's Bay Company Illinois Ingersoll institution interests Jacob Thompson JAMES BUCHANAN John land Legislature M'Clernand Maclay measures ment Mexico never North notice object occasion offer Ohio opinion Oregon Question Oregon Territory Pakenham peace political portion possession present President principles proposed proposition prosecution provisions reference resolution Resolved respect RICHARD PAKENHAM River Senate sentiment session slavery slaves South Carolina speak speaker speech taken Texas thousand eight hundred tion treaty undersigned Union United Virginia vote Whig Whig party whole Wilmot Proviso Winthrop
Popular passages
Page 375 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 105 - It is agreed, that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall. together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Page 148 - Britannic majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 148 - Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.
Page 92 - European nation should be respected, but it is due alike to our safety and our interests that the efficient protection of our laws should be extended over our whole territorial limits, and that it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy that no future European colony or dominion shall with our consent be planted or established on any part of the North American continent.
Page 177 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 82 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Page 106 - Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Page 406 - Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted ; after which the names of the absentees shall...
Page 406 - When a member shall be discharged from custody and admitted to his seat, the House shall determine whether such discharge shall be with or without paying fees ; and in like manner, whether a delinquent member, taken into custody by a special messenger, shall, or shall not, be liable to defray the expense of such special messenger.