Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole .., Volume 5; Volume 20; Volume 49Gales & Seaton, 1830 - Law |
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... effect of that resolution , we were at work on the matter again . He would call the attention of the Senate to the resolution of the 24th May last , and which would be found at page 153 of the Laws . Those who have been any time in ...
... effect of that resolution , we were at work on the matter again . He would call the attention of the Senate to the resolution of the 24th May last , and which would be found at page 153 of the Laws . Those who have been any time in ...
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... effect the original in- tention and spirit of the compact between the two Govern- ments . The sixteenth section was not selected as the sec- tion to be set apart for school lands , because there was any peculiar virtue in the number ...
... effect the original in- tention and spirit of the compact between the two Govern- ments . The sixteenth section was not selected as the sec- tion to be set apart for school lands , because there was any peculiar virtue in the number ...
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... effect a tax upon the American people , for the benefit of foreigners . He had a regard for the South Americans , but he loved his own constituents better . He should be glad to see every branch of industry prosper , but he could not ...
... effect a tax upon the American people , for the benefit of foreigners . He had a regard for the South Americans , but he loved his own constituents better . He should be glad to see every branch of industry prosper , but he could not ...
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... effect of the bill was not generally understood , and made some further remarks as to the great extent of drawback proposed to be allowed . The farming and agricultural interest ( he said ) would be the next to come here , and demand a ...
... effect of the bill was not generally understood , and made some further remarks as to the great extent of drawback proposed to be allowed . The farming and agricultural interest ( he said ) would be the next to come here , and demand a ...
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... effect of the amend - known to the Senate , he did not conceive it necessary to ment would be to place him in a ... effects of any proposed measure dubious , it was usual to fix a duration to its existence , that the Legislature may act ...
... effect of the amend - known to the Senate , he did not conceive it necessary to ment would be to place him in a ... effects of any proposed measure dubious , it was usual to fix a duration to its existence , that the Legislature may act ...
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Page 231 - ... the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 231 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 231 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways and forever free...
Page 291 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 258 - To regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.
Page 227 - ... with any king, prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state ; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility.
Page 130 - ... to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood that this agreement is not to be...
Page 174 - ... citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have 'to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 277 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the Government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the National Legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 240 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...