Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1Gales and Seaton, 1851 |
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... given yesterday , Mr. READ obtained permission to introduce a bill to autho- rize the President of the United States to lay , regulate , and revoke embargoes ; which was read , and ordered to the second reading . Ordered , That this ...
... given yesterday , Mr. READ obtained permission to introduce a bill to autho- rize the President of the United States to lay , regulate , and revoke embargoes ; which was read , and ordered to the second reading . Ordered , That this ...
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... given for the purpose ; it might be the order for any day on which the gen- tleman chose to bring forward the subject . [ H. OF R. The SPEAKER said the notice was not necessary , but was not improper to be given . PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ...
... given for the purpose ; it might be the order for any day on which the gen- tleman chose to bring forward the subject . [ H. OF R. The SPEAKER said the notice was not necessary , but was not improper to be given . PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ...
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... given to the late Minister of the United States , on his in the rank of the most esteemed and respected in the taking leave of the Executive Directory . The Speech nation . The direct object of his mission was expressed of the President ...
... given to the late Minister of the United States , on his in the rank of the most esteemed and respected in the taking leave of the Executive Directory . The Speech nation . The direct object of his mission was expressed of the President ...
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... given or intended . [ He read the object of his mission from the President's Speech , viz : " faithfully to represent , " & c . ] If these , he said , were all the objects expressed in his letters of credence - and if there had been ...
... given or intended . [ He read the object of his mission from the President's Speech , viz : " faithfully to represent , " & c . ] If these , he said , were all the objects expressed in his letters of credence - and if there had been ...
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... given full force to this circumstance , but seemed to have weakened the evidence . [ He referred to what Mr. Pickering had said upon the subject . ] It was Mr. Pickering's idea , that the stipulation of free ships making free goods ...
... given full force to this circumstance , but seemed to have weakened the evidence . [ He referred to what Mr. Pickering had said upon the subject . ] It was Mr. Pickering's idea , that the stipulation of free ships making free goods ...
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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...