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 11; Volume 63Gales & Seaton, 1835 - Law |
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... asked whether , if the resolution was laid on the table , the committee , not having been dis- charged , would not be obliged to report the bill . The SPEAKER replied , that to lay the resolution on the table would be considered as an ...
... asked whether , if the resolution was laid on the table , the committee , not having been dis- charged , would not be obliged to report the bill . The SPEAKER replied , that to lay the resolution on the table would be considered as an ...
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... asked , should we dispense with a currency so economical , and which saves so much interest upon idle capital annually , which would otherwise be lost to the nation ? Sir , of what consequence is it to the nation to secure in perpetuity ...
... asked , should we dispense with a currency so economical , and which saves so much interest upon idle capital annually , which would otherwise be lost to the nation ? Sir , of what consequence is it to the nation to secure in perpetuity ...
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... asked at your hands more than strict justice in the distribution of your favors , and has not received even that . Her commercial advantages depend upon the laws of nature , and of these she cannot be deprived by legislation . Transfer ...
... asked at your hands more than strict justice in the distribution of your favors , and has not received even that . Her commercial advantages depend upon the laws of nature , and of these she cannot be deprived by legislation . Transfer ...
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... asked the yeas and nays on this motion ; whereupon Mr. BURGES withdrew it . Mr. FILLMORE now demanded a division of the question ; and it was accordingly put , first , simply on re- commitment , and decided in the negative : Yeas 91 ...
... asked the yeas and nays on this motion ; whereupon Mr. BURGES withdrew it . Mr. FILLMORE now demanded a division of the question ; and it was accordingly put , first , simply on re- commitment , and decided in the negative : Yeas 91 ...
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... asked the yeas and nays on the motion of self to vote for the bill , but it was not so palpably mon- his colleague . strous and absurd , on its face , as to render it proper for the House to refuse to consider it . The gentleman said ...
... asked the yeas and nays on the motion of self to vote for the bill , but it was not so palpably mon- his colleague . strous and absurd , on its face , as to render it proper for the House to refuse to consider it . The gentleman said ...
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Page 20 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
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