Register of Debates in Congress: 19th Congress, 2nd session. Dec. 4, 1826 to Mar. 3, 1827. 1598 columnsGales & Seaton, 1829 - United States |
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... debtors , will be of vast importance to the character and permanent in- terests of this country , I now ask leave to ... debtor and his whole family were sold into slavery , for the satisfaction of a debt which it was out of his power to ...
... debtors , will be of vast importance to the character and permanent in- terests of this country , I now ask leave to ... debtor and his whole family were sold into slavery , for the satisfaction of a debt which it was out of his power to ...
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... debtor and creditor , and honor and justice had taken the place of vengeance panting for the pound of flesh , to be cut off nearest the heart . It could be shewn , that , wher- ever this system had been abolished , the change had been ...
... debtor and creditor , and honor and justice had taken the place of vengeance panting for the pound of flesh , to be cut off nearest the heart . It could be shewn , that , wher- ever this system had been abolished , the change had been ...
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... debtor , without the intervention of the law , could be divested of his property and receive a release from his creditors . There could be no possible objection , supposing all the creditors to join in the composition : the only ...
... debtor , without the intervention of the law , could be divested of his property and receive a release from his creditors . There could be no possible objection , supposing all the creditors to join in the composition : the only ...
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... debtor arraigned before this tribunal , would have it in his This power to assent to the act of Bankruptcy or not . might be productive of a good effect ; but he [ Mr. B. ] thought it might produce a bad one . He wished to strip the ...
... debtor arraigned before this tribunal , would have it in his This power to assent to the act of Bankruptcy or not . might be productive of a good effect ; but he [ Mr. B. ] thought it might produce a bad one . He wished to strip the ...
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... debtor , in case Carolina for having laid his finger upon what appeared to of his total failure . The agricultural ... debtors , tirely mistaken in the object of this section . Its object of which , under existing laws , they are ...
... debtor , in case Carolina for having laid his finger upon what appeared to of his total failure . The agricultural ... debtors , tirely mistaken in the object of this section . Its object of which , under existing laws , they are ...
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Page 267 - March, 1802, to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 573 - Resolved, That the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating $30,000, to enable Professor Morse to establish a line of telegraph between Washington and Baltimore.
Page 211 - The committee of ways and means of the house of representatives of the United States...
Page 3 - Rule 27.] [In the appointment of the standing committees, the Senate will proceed, by ballot, severally to appoint the chairman of each committee; and then, by one ballot the other members necessary to complete the same ; and a majority of the whole number of votes given shall be necessary to the choice of a chairman of a standing committee.
Page 621 - House went again into Committee of the Whole on the bill for the relief of the surviving officers of the Revolutionary War.
Page 403 - An act concerning navigation," passed on the 18th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; an act supplementary thereto passed the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and an act entitled "An act to regulate the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain British ports...
Page 55 - Finance,' as it is the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House of Representatives that holds the position equivalent to that occupied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Page 267 - State or district; and that it shall be the duty of the military force of the United States, when called upon by the civil magistrate or any proper officer or other person duly authorized for that purpose and having a lawful warrant, to aid and assist such magistrate, officer, or other person so authorized in arresting such offender and committing him to safe custody for trial according to law.
Page 319 - Africa, with their own consent, of such persons of color as are already free, and of such others as the humanity of individuals or the laws of the different states may hereafter liberate.
Page 323 - Indeed, nothing is more to be wished than that the United States would themselves undertake to make such an establishment on the coast of Africa.