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 1409
... Yeas 94 , nays 51 . Mr. MORGAN called for the yeas and nays on the question of taking the main question : which were order- ed , and , being taken , were : Yeas 121 , nays 52 . So the House determined that the main question should now ...
... Yeas 94 , nays 51 . Mr. MORGAN called for the yeas and nays on the question of taking the main question : which were order- ed , and , being taken , were : Yeas 121 , nays 52 . So the House determined that the main question should now ...
Page 1411
... yeas and nays on the question of consideration ; which were ordered , and were : Yeas 115 , nays 57 . So the House determined that the resolution should be now considered . Mr. HAWES inquired if his motion for the previous question was ...
... yeas and nays on the question of consideration ; which were ordered , and were : Yeas 115 , nays 57 . So the House determined that the resolution should be now considered . Mr. HAWES inquired if his motion for the previous question was ...
Page 1413
... yeas and nays on the last- named motion ; which were ordered , and were : Yeas 11 , nays 192 . So the House refused to lay the bill on the table . The question recurred on the call for the previous question ; which was seconded by the ...
... yeas and nays on the last- named motion ; which were ordered , and were : Yeas 11 , nays 192 . So the House refused to lay the bill on the table . The question recurred on the call for the previous question ; which was seconded by the ...
Page 1415
... Yeas 86 , nays 110 . So the House determined that the bill should not be committed . Mr. THOMAS said that , if it was the sense of the House , he was prepared now to submit his remarks ; but if the House preferred an adjournment , he ...
... Yeas 86 , nays 110 . So the House determined that the bill should not be committed . Mr. THOMAS said that , if it was the sense of the House , he was prepared now to submit his remarks ; but if the House preferred an adjournment , he ...
Page 1417
... yeas and nays , which were or- dered . The motion to lay on the table was decided in the neg . ative : Yeas 40 , nays 126. And the question recurring upon the amendment of Mr. Boon , it was rejected : Yeas 58 , nays not counted . Mr ...
... yeas and nays , which were or- dered . The motion to lay on the table was decided in the neg . ative : Yeas 40 , nays 126. And the question recurring upon the amendment of Mr. Boon , it was rejected : Yeas 58 , nays not counted . Mr ...
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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.