Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1835-March 3, 1839D. Appleton, 1860 - Law |
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... reason which I gave at that time for declining to support them was precisely the same reason which the gentleman from Virginia now gives for reconsidering this motion - namely , to keep the discussion of the subject out of the House . I ...
... reason which I gave at that time for declining to support them was precisely the same reason which the gentleman from Virginia now gives for reconsidering this motion - namely , to keep the discussion of the subject out of the House . I ...
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... reasons , when they reported a bill , for so doing ; but there the committee which had the whole management of the appropria- tions of the House introduced bills without a solitary reason to sustain them . He wished to know what were ...
... reasons , when they reported a bill , for so doing ; but there the committee which had the whole management of the appropria- tions of the House introduced bills without a solitary reason to sustain them . He wished to know what were ...
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... reason why the docu- in the District of Columbia . ment should be printed . His constituents would not permit him to ... reasons for voting to print this document . He should not only vote to print the usual number , but he would vote to ...
... reason why the docu- in the District of Columbia . ment should be printed . His constituents would not permit him to ... reasons for voting to print this document . He should not only vote to print the usual number , but he would vote to ...
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... reason for vigi- lance and caution in relation to the fanatics ; but there was also abundant reason to rely on the enlightened patriotism of the non - slave- holding States . There are great moral causes at work in favor of the South ...
... reason for vigi- lance and caution in relation to the fanatics ; but there was also abundant reason to rely on the enlightened patriotism of the non - slave- holding States . There are great moral causes at work in favor of the South ...
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... reason to fear that prodigal- ity will soon supersede those characteristics which have thus far made us look with so much pride and confidence to the State Governments as the mainstay of our union and liberties . The State Legislatures ...
... reason to fear that prodigal- ity will soon supersede those characteristics which have thus far made us look with so much pride and confidence to the State Governments as the mainstay of our union and liberties . The State Legislatures ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 323 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.