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Page 79
... gentleman from Virginia suggested an opinion that their refusal to receive Mr. Pinckney was owing altogether to his not being invested with extraordinary powers , this was evidently not the case , as the Directory had been well informed ...
... gentleman from Virginia suggested an opinion that their refusal to receive Mr. Pinckney was owing altogether to his not being invested with extraordinary powers , this was evidently not the case , as the Directory had been well informed ...
Page 81
... gentleman's second propo- sition , if it was proper to be discussed at all , it would have been more properly ... gentleman , not even the gentleman from Virginia himself , would doubt this . It had been argued that this country had not ...
... gentleman's second propo- sition , if it was proper to be discussed at all , it would have been more properly ... gentleman , not even the gentleman from Virginia himself , would doubt this . It had been argued that this country had not ...
Page 95
... gentleman had wholly mista- ken the proposition . In the first place , it con- tained no apology for the conduct of France . In this respect he had not gone farther than the re- port itself , or the President . On the contrary , it ...
... gentleman had wholly mista- ken the proposition . In the first place , it con- tained no apology for the conduct of France . In this respect he had not gone farther than the re- port itself , or the President . On the contrary , it ...
Page 101
... gentleman , said Mr. S. , thinks the demands of France are not unjust , I think they are . They had been declared to be unjust in the most solemn manner ; and , if the committee think they are so , it was the gentleman's own po- sition ...
... gentleman , said Mr. S. , thinks the demands of France are not unjust , I think they are . They had been declared to be unjust in the most solemn manner ; and , if the committee think they are so , it was the gentleman's own po- sition ...
Page 135
... gentleman from Georgia , ( Mr. BALDWIN , ) that it bore evident appearances of being the composition of a young man ; he thought it a just and proper composition . But , though he approved the composition , he would not say it could not ...
... gentleman from Georgia , ( Mr. BALDWIN , ) that it bore evident appearances of being the composition of a young man ; he thought it a just and proper composition . But , though he approved the composition , he would not say it could not ...
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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...