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 2; Volume 13; Volume 69Gales & Seaton, 1837 - Law |
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Page 1429
... nation has solemnly declared to belong equally and inalienably to to all , your laws have deprived them of all personal rights , and subjugated their wills to the absolute control of others , to whom they are said to belong as property ...
... nation has solemnly declared to belong equally and inalienably to to all , your laws have deprived them of all personal rights , and subjugated their wills to the absolute control of others , to whom they are said to belong as property ...
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... nation require , to secure to all the inhabitants of the District of Columbia , equally and alike , the protec- tion of the laws , and the enjoyment of all those immuni ties and advantages which our declaration of independ- ence and our ...
... nation require , to secure to all the inhabitants of the District of Columbia , equally and alike , the protec- tion of the laws , and the enjoyment of all those immuni ties and advantages which our declaration of independ- ence and our ...
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... nations , and marks its career with deso- lation and blood . To call the orderly proceedings of the free people of ... nation . But , sir , neither the time nor the occasion will justify my going into an elaborate disquisition on the ...
... nations , and marks its career with deso- lation and blood . To call the orderly proceedings of the free people of ... nation . But , sir , neither the time nor the occasion will justify my going into an elaborate disquisition on the ...
Page 1477
... nations , could have received the sanction of any respectable portion of the people , if they had not been deluded and their confidence abused by their favorite leaders ; if the principle itself had not been arrayed in the guises of ...
... nations , could have received the sanction of any respectable portion of the people , if they had not been deluded and their confidence abused by their favorite leaders ; if the principle itself had not been arrayed in the guises of ...
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... nation was called to this subject , in the most solemn manner , by General Jackson , in his first inaugural address , in which he em- ploys the following language : " The recent demonstra . tions of public sentiment inscribe on the list ...
... nation was called to this subject , in the most solemn manner , by General Jackson , in his first inaugural address , in which he em- ploys the following language : " The recent demonstra . tions of public sentiment inscribe on the list ...
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Page 1439 - Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 1603 - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution.
Page 1505 - The said territory, and the states which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.
Page 1973 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Page 1529 - ... it may well be doubted whether those tribes which reside within the acknowledged boundaries of the United States can, with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may, more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations.
Page 1527 - They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion...
Page 1583 - Senate, to make a list of the votes as they shall he declared ; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote, and the persons elected, to the two Houses assembled as aforesaid ; which shall be deemed a declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses.
Page 1529 - Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our Government for protection : rely upon its kindness and its power : appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the President as their great father.
Page 1761 - In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or lobby, the Speaker (or Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House,) shall have power to order the same to be cleared.
Page 1603 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.