Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1Gales and Seaton, 1851 |
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... committed on our commerce , the insults offered to our citizens , and the description of vessels by which these abuses have been practised . As the sufferings of our mercantile and seafaring citizens cannot be ascribed to the omission ...
... committed on our commerce , the insults offered to our citizens , and the description of vessels by which these abuses have been practised . As the sufferings of our mercantile and seafaring citizens cannot be ascribed to the omission ...
Page 85
... committed upon our commerce . If the Ex- ecutive conceive we have a right to redress , that subject will of course ... commit spoliations upon our commerce long before the British Treaty was ever dreamt of ? Their first decree ...
... committed upon our commerce . If the Ex- ecutive conceive we have a right to redress , that subject will of course ... commit spoliations upon our commerce long before the British Treaty was ever dreamt of ? Their first decree ...
Page 213
... committed upon our com- merce . The same reason would induce him to vote for striking out the words now proposed to be struck out . He thought there had been much unnecessary debate on this subject , about French party and English party ...
... committed upon our com- merce . The same reason would induce him to vote for striking out the words now proposed to be struck out . He thought there had been much unnecessary debate on this subject , about French party and English party ...
Page 219
... committed against them might , indeed , be so great as to be a just cause of war , or of a partial war of retaliation , or for a call upon the nation committing the injury for redress . It had been denied , when the former question was ...
... committed against them might , indeed , be so great as to be a just cause of war , or of a partial war of retaliation , or for a call upon the nation committing the injury for redress . It had been denied , when the former question was ...
Page 225
... committed , and at this hour committing , upon the property of his constituents ? They would not permit him to doubt on the subject ; they would say to him , Look at the tears of the widows and children ; our injuries stare every one in ...
... committed , and at this hour committing , upon the property of his constituents ? They would not permit him to doubt on the subject ; they would say to him , Look at the tears of the widows and children ; our injuries stare every one in ...
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Page 599 - AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory NORTHWEST of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river...
Page 55 - Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.
Page 561 - An Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky River, and of the Acts amendatory of the same.
Page 601 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 595 - This act had been preceded five days by an act "to provide for the valuation of Lands and Dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States.
Page 559 - An act more effectually to protect the commerce and coasts of the United States.
Page 9 - Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
Page 349 - That he shall have declared, on oath or affirmation, before the supreme, superior, district, or circuit court of some one of the States or of the territorial districts of the United States...
Page 405 - That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States...
Page 481 - An Act to provide more effectually for the Collection of the Duties imposed by Law on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels...