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... Union , bill ( No. 172 ) to authorize the people of the Territory of , to form a constitution and State government ... Union on an equal footing with the original States ... 1439 , 1506 , 1519 , 1539 bill ( H. R. No. 411 ) for the ...
... Union , bill ( No. 172 ) to authorize the people of the Territory of , to form a constitution and State government ... Union on an equal footing with the original States ... 1439 , 1506 , 1519 , 1539 bill ( H. R. No. 411 ) for the ...
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... Union . The subject of a dissolution of this Union has been , sir , for some time past , too lightly spoken of , in violation of the admonitions of the great father of his country , who enjoined upon those who were to succeed him a ...
... Union . The subject of a dissolution of this Union has been , sir , for some time past , too lightly spoken of , in violation of the admonitions of the great father of his country , who enjoined upon those who were to succeed him a ...
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... Union , a leading paper in my own district - a paper devoted to the advo- cacy of the Democratic party of this country . That paper , of the 13th of the present month , in commenting upon an article to be found in another paper ...
... Union , a leading paper in my own district - a paper devoted to the advo- cacy of the Democratic party of this country . That paper , of the 13th of the present month , in commenting upon an article to be found in another paper ...
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... Union - the Union alone , upon which the reflecting man of this country bases his hopes and rests his affections . With him the Union is secondary in importance to the principles it was designed to perpetuate and establish , and is only ...
... Union - the Union alone , upon which the reflecting man of this country bases his hopes and rests his affections . With him the Union is secondary in importance to the principles it was designed to perpetuate and establish , and is only ...
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... Union whether its constitu- tion does or does not recognize slavery as a part of its social system , meet in this Hall this even- ing , at half past seven o'clock , for the purpose of having a conference to devise some plan by which a ...
... Union whether its constitu- tion does or does not recognize slavery as a part of its social system , meet in this Hall this even- ing , at half past seven o'clock , for the purpose of having a conference to devise some plan by which a ...
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Page 138 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 137 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 98 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 109 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page lv - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Page 18 - 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...
Page 78 - I ask for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.
Page 133 - Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices; three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives...
Page 59 - The unqualified right of the people of the Slaveholding States to the protection of their property in the States, in the Territories, and in the wilderness in which Territorial Governments are as yet unorganized.
Page 79 - ... should vote in the affirmative, every question for more would be precluded : but at that extreme which would unite few, and then to advance or recede, till you get to a number which will unite a bare majority.