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... called together . As to any laws being about to expire , he did not believe there were any , as all such were attended to last session . Mr. GILES thought there was no necessity for this committee . He thought the question , how- ever ...
... called together . As to any laws being about to expire , he did not believe there were any , as all such were attended to last session . Mr. GILES thought there was no necessity for this committee . He thought the question , how- ever ...
Page 81
... called in question . For his part , Mr. S. said , he had not the least hesitation to believe that the Executive would go all lengths , consistent with the honor and dignity of the country , to restore harmony between the two Republics ...
... called in question . For his part , Mr. S. said , he had not the least hesitation to believe that the Executive would go all lengths , consistent with the honor and dignity of the country , to restore harmony between the two Republics ...
Page 85
... called upon us to re- collect our " weakness . " It might have been as well if he had left that to have been discovered from another quarter . He hoped we had suffi- cient confidence in the means of defence which we possessed , if ...
... called upon us to re- collect our " weakness . " It might have been as well if he had left that to have been discovered from another quarter . He hoped we had suffi- cient confidence in the means of defence which we possessed , if ...
Page 109
... called for immediate attention . It was much to be wished that committees appointed for this purpose would confine themselves to the instructions which were given to them on the occasion , which were in general terms , viz : " to ...
... called for immediate attention . It was much to be wished that committees appointed for this purpose would confine themselves to the instructions which were given to them on the occasion , which were in general terms , viz : " to ...
Page 111
... called dictating when we merely express our opin- ion and advice to him , on points which he has himself laid before us ; and , in order to deliberate on which we were thus unusually called together ? Very low and debasing , indeed ...
... called dictating when we merely express our opin- ion and advice to him , on points which he has himself laid before us ; and , in order to deliberate on which we were thus unusually called together ? Very low and debasing , indeed ...
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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...