Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1Gales and Seaton, 1851 |
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... gentleman from Georgia , with respect to the style of the Answer reported ; but he believed that those gentlemen who would look at it without a perverted vision , would not discover the faults in it which that gentleman had discovered ...
... gentleman from Georgia , with respect to the style of the Answer reported ; but he believed that those gentlemen who would look at it without a perverted vision , would not discover the faults in it which that gentleman had discovered ...
Page 125
... gentlemen who are eager for the report , reply and show wherein the distinction lies . In 1793 , our Executive considered it as a cause of war only to permit the infraction of that law of na- tions , or the partial supply of one or ...
... gentlemen who are eager for the report , reply and show wherein the distinction lies . In 1793 , our Executive considered it as a cause of war only to permit the infraction of that law of na- tions , or the partial supply of one or ...
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... gentleman from Georgia , ( Mr. BALDWIN , ) that it bore evident appearances of being the composition of a young man ; he ... gentlemen who had spoken on this subject , that the House had got into this habit of answer- ing the President's ...
... gentleman from Georgia , ( Mr. BALDWIN , ) that it bore evident appearances of being the composition of a young man ; he ... gentlemen who had spoken on this subject , that the House had got into this habit of answer- ing the President's ...
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... gentlemen would rather prefer a rupture . If France had not been the nation referred to , there would not have been one dissenting voice against it . Mr. G. said , it was no secret that the United States had not done justice to France ...
... gentlemen would rather prefer a rupture . If France had not been the nation referred to , there would not have been one dissenting voice against it . Mr. G. said , it was no secret that the United States had not done justice to France ...
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... gentlemen then say that this House is precluded from the free exercise of opinion on the most interesting concerns of the nation ? Will they say that the Representatives of the people shall have no voice or deliberative weight in ...
... gentlemen then say that this House is precluded from the free exercise of opinion on the most interesting concerns of the nation ? Will they say that the Representatives of the people shall have no voice or deliberative weight 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...