Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... constitution , as well as to that under the federal constitution , the people of Texas owed allegiance . Emigrants from foreign countries , including the United States , were invited by the colonization laws of the State and of the ...
... constitution , as well as to that under the federal constitution , the people of Texas owed allegiance . Emigrants from foreign countries , including the United States , were invited by the colonization laws of the State and of the ...
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... Constitution of Iowa . Mr. DODGE appealed to Mr. BRODHEAD to allow him to present the constitution of the State of Iowa , and have it referred ; and Mr. BRODHEAD having yielded the floor- Mr. DODGE presented the constitution and form of ...
... Constitution of Iowa . Mr. DODGE appealed to Mr. BRODHEAD to allow him to present the constitution of the State of Iowa , and have it referred ; and Mr. BRODHEAD having yielded the floor- Mr. DODGE presented the constitution and form of ...
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... constitution , set forth in the bill , taken in connection with one of the sections of the law of 1841. According to the present bill , the donation from the United States of five hundred thousand acres of public land to each new State ...
... constitution , set forth in the bill , taken in connection with one of the sections of the law of 1841. According to the present bill , the donation from the United States of five hundred thousand acres of public land to each new State ...
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... constitution was rejected , the act proposing the rejected boundaries fell of course , for it was on condition of their accept- ance , and this they refused . A second conven- tion , therefore , was held in January , 1846 , under the ...
... constitution was rejected , the act proposing the rejected boundaries fell of course , for it was on condition of their accept- ance , and this they refused . A second conven- tion , therefore , was held in January , 1846 , under the ...
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... constitution affords . They dare not pass a State line , or the constitution will speak in a voice of au- thority . Once assail us , and the laws will vin- dicate our rights . But when a new element is brought into existence - when new ...
... constitution affords . They dare not pass a State line , or the constitution will speak in a voice of au- thority . Once assail us , and the laws will vin- dicate our rights . But when a new element is brought into existence - when new ...
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Page 260 - ... employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 260 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 260 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 34 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 108 - 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 137 - Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations...
Page 260 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is, to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings, which spring from these misrepresentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Page 107 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 432 - Sir, he who sees these States, now revolving in harmony around a common centre, and expects to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe.
Page 265 - The accounts of the abundance of gold in that territory are of such an extraordinary character as would scarcely command belief were they not corroborated by the authentic reports of officers in the public service who have visited the mineral district and derived the facts which they detail from personal observation.