Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 1, 1817-March 3, 1821D. Appleton, 1858 - Law |
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... object but obtain the most money fo his goods , attains his object , and makes a vey important saving in the duties . Where the ad valorem duties are considerable , as ours nov are , varying from seven and a half to thiry per centum ...
... object but obtain the most money fo his goods , attains his object , and makes a vey important saving in the duties . Where the ad valorem duties are considerable , as ours nov are , varying from seven and a half to thiry per centum ...
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... object , with impunity , be- tained by the revenue in the ad valorem duties , came better understood . do not result from any want of vigilance or fidelity on the part of the officers of the custons who collect both the ad valorem and ...
... object , with impunity , be- tained by the revenue in the ad valorem duties , came better understood . do not result from any want of vigilance or fidelity on the part of the officers of the custons who collect both the ad valorem and ...
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... object to the last clause of the resolution , which contemplated a concert with foreign nations . He thought this a most extraordinary proposition , and asserted that , ac- cording to his apprehension , no measure could be adopted more ...
... object to the last clause of the resolution , which contemplated a concert with foreign nations . He thought this a most extraordinary proposition , and asserted that , ac- cording to his apprehension , no measure could be adopted more ...
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... object invitation of others . So long , however , he said , the resolution had in view , of putting an entire as Spain or Portugal permitted this trade , and stop to the African slave trade - on this point , so long as any of our own ...
... object invitation of others . So long , however , he said , the resolution had in view , of putting an entire as Spain or Portugal permitted this trade , and stop to the African slave trade - on this point , so long as any of our own ...
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... object . If the Senate should refuse the inquiry , it might give rise to unjust surmises and suspicions as to the sincerity of the Government in passing laws for this purpose , and in entering into the stipu- lations of the Treaty of ...
... object . If the Senate should refuse the inquiry , it might give rise to unjust surmises and suspicions as to the sincerity of the Government in passing laws for this purpose , and in entering into the stipu- lations of the Treaty of ...
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Page 419 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Page 353 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 391 - State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government : Provided, The constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 43 - ... to be arrested and secured, and to cause notice of the arrest to be given to the executive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear.
Page 398 - Although, among the enumerated powers of government, we do not find the word "bank" or "incorporation," we find the great powers to lay and collect taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce, to declare and conduct a war, and to raise and support armies and navies. The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation, are intrusted to its government.
Page 435 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 409 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Page 391 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states . in . all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Page 16 - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice; and whereas both his majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object...
Page 336 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.