Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... proposed measure as connected with sound principles of military organization and command . I desire now to present some considerations of a different nature . Our military commanders in Mexico are operating in an enemy's country of vast ...
... proposed measure as connected with sound principles of military organization and command . I desire now to present some considerations of a different nature . Our military commanders in Mexico are operating in an enemy's country of vast ...
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... proposed to be created for the extraordinary emergency in which the country is placed , and will cease with it . I desire it to be distinctly understood that the measure is proposed with a view to the vigorous prosecution of the war ...
... proposed to be created for the extraordinary emergency in which the country is placed , and will cease with it . I desire it to be distinctly understood that the measure is proposed with a view to the vigorous prosecution of the war ...
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... proposed officer , there was no breach of mili- happened that the nature of the plan required tary rule , law , etiquette , or propriety , in the a head to the army - one head to the whole proposed appointment . The office was original ...
... proposed officer , there was no breach of mili- happened that the nature of the plan required tary rule , law , etiquette , or propriety , in the a head to the army - one head to the whole proposed appointment . The office was original ...
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... proposed one possesses . Three Million Loan . 2D SESS . ] [ JANUARY , 1847 . Finally , and to conclude the vindication of the President in this particular , I can say that Mr. Polk is not the first President who pro- posed to give me ...
... proposed one possesses . Three Million Loan . 2D SESS . ] [ JANUARY , 1847 . Finally , and to conclude the vindication of the President in this particular , I can say that Mr. Polk is not the first President who pro- posed to give me ...
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... proposed his proviso against the introduc- tion of slavery in the territory which should be acquired , which created so much excitement for some time , and was finally rejected on showing that slavery was then extinct in the territory ...
... proposed his proviso against the introduc- tion of slavery in the territory which should be acquired , which created so much excitement for some time , and was finally rejected on showing that slavery was then extinct in the territory ...
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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.