The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1856 - United States |
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... duties of clerkships to all the committees Mr. JONES , of Iowa . There is already a law without our being compelled to go ... duty to move that the Committee on Finance be allowed to employ a clerk for the Congress ; that is for the two ...
... duties of clerkships to all the committees Mr. JONES , of Iowa . There is already a law without our being compelled to go ... duty to move that the Committee on Finance be allowed to employ a clerk for the Congress ; that is for the two ...
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... duty to their constituents with the paltry pelf of an office , or a contempt- ible advantage in the distribution of the powers of the House . They offer a creed and a candidate that ought to command southern Know Nothing votes ; but the ...
... duty to their constituents with the paltry pelf of an office , or a contempt- ible advantage in the distribution of the powers of the House . They offer a creed and a candidate that ought to command southern Know Nothing votes ; but the ...
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... duty , our duty to the country and to God , to draw up a distinct line between the national sentiment and the sectional sentiment of this House . It is said that it is to be expected that there should be at least some concession here of ...
... duty , our duty to the country and to God , to draw up a distinct line between the national sentiment and the sectional sentiment of this House . It is said that it is to be expected that there should be at least some concession here of ...
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... duty he owes to the Constitu- tion , I neither vote for that man , nor support him , nor entertain him for any political station . [ General applause in the Hall and galleries . ] Mr. JONES . Will my friend from Kentucky allow me to say ...
... duty he owes to the Constitu- tion , I neither vote for that man , nor support him , nor entertain him for any political station . [ General applause in the Hall and galleries . ] Mr. JONES . Will my friend from Kentucky allow me to say ...
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... duty as a supporter of the Constitution of the United States , it is my duty to conciliate , to compromise , to hold out the olive branch to gentlemen of the North , who have not placed me under a ban or stigmatized me as wishing to ...
... duty as a supporter of the Constitution of the United States , it is my duty to conciliate , to compromise , to hold out the olive branch to gentlemen of the North , who have not placed me under a ban or stigmatized me as wishing to ...
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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.