The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1851 |
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... SMITH . From Vermont - MATTHEW LYON . From New York - DAVID BROOKS , JAMES COCH- RAN , LUCAS ELMENDORPH , HENRY GLEN , JONA- THAN N. HAVENS , HEZEKIAH L. HOSMER , ED- WARD LIVINGSTON , JOHN E. VAN ALEN , PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT , and JOHN ...
... SMITH . From Vermont - MATTHEW LYON . From New York - DAVID BROOKS , JAMES COCH- RAN , LUCAS ELMENDORPH , HENRY GLEN , JONA- THAN N. HAVENS , HEZEKIAH L. HOSMER , ED- WARD LIVINGSTON , JOHN E. VAN ALEN , PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT , and JOHN ...
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... SMITH observed that the rules of a for- mer House were not binding upon a new House , until that House had determined that they should be so . It had been the practice heretofore , on the meeting of a new Congress , that the rules of ...
... SMITH observed that the rules of a for- mer House were not binding upon a new House , until that House had determined that they should be so . It had been the practice heretofore , on the meeting of a new Congress , that the rules of ...
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... SMITH mentioned to- morrow ; Mr. NICHOLAS , Monday . Mr. GILES said the Answer could not be printed before to - morrow . As it was perhaps the most important Answer which was ever returned to a Speech since the commencement of the ...
... SMITH mentioned to- morrow ; Mr. NICHOLAS , Monday . Mr. GILES said the Answer could not be printed before to - morrow . As it was perhaps the most important Answer which was ever returned to a Speech since the commencement of the ...
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... SMITH , from Pinckney district , South Carolina ; SAMUEL SMITH , from Maryland ; JOHN ALLEN , from Connecticut ; and WILLIAM FIND- LEY , from Pennsylvania , appeared , produced their credentials , were qualified , and took their seats ...
... SMITH , from Pinckney district , South Carolina ; SAMUEL SMITH , from Maryland ; JOHN ALLEN , from Connecticut ; and WILLIAM FIND- LEY , from Pennsylvania , appeared , produced their credentials , were qualified , and took their seats ...
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... SMITH thought it would not show the wisdom and dignity of that House to agree to the amendment . It was put and negatived , there being only 30 votes for it . Mr. Corr said he thought that part of the 5th paragraph which related to the ...
... SMITH thought it would not show the wisdom and dignity of that House to agree to the amendment . It was put and negatived , there being only 30 votes for it . Mr. Corr said he thought that part of the 5th paragraph which related to the ...
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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 607 - States respectively, or to the people," therefore also the same act of Congress passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, and entitled "An act in addition to the act entitled an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States...
Page 631 - Hidalgo, and the said article and the thirty-third article of the treaty of Amity, commerce, and navigation...
Page 479 - An act to regulate trade, and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Page 621 - I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States, with the reserve only, that I shall not be called into the field, until the army is in a situation to require my presence, or it becomes indispensable by the urgency of circumstances.
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 49 - In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Page 563 - An act more effectually to protect the commerce and coasts of the United States.
Page 593 - ... present shall agree, at the expense of such absent members, respectively, unless such excuse for non-attendance shall be made as the Senate, when a quorum is convened, shall judge sufficient : and in that case the expense shall be paid out of the contingent fund. And this rule shall apply as well to the first convention of the Senate, at the legal time of meeting, as to each day of the session, after the hour is arrived to which the Senate stood adjourned.
Page 55 - The diplomatic intercourse between the United States and France being at present suspended, the Government has no means of obtaining official information from that country. Nevertheless, there is reason to believe that the Executive Directory passed a decree on the...