The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1851 |
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Page 57
... committed on our commerce , the insults offered to our citizens , and the description of vessels by which these abuses have been practised . As the sufferings of our mercantile and seafaring citizens cannot be ascribed to the omission ...
... committed on our commerce , the insults offered to our citizens , and the description of vessels by which these abuses have been practised . As the sufferings of our mercantile and seafaring citizens cannot be ascribed to the omission ...
Page 85
... commit spoliations upon our commerce long before the British Treaty was ever dreamt of ? Their first decree ... committed upon our commerce . If the Ex- ecutive conceive we have a right to redress , that subject will of course ...
... commit spoliations upon our commerce long before the British Treaty was ever dreamt of ? Their first decree ... committed upon our commerce . If the Ex- ecutive conceive we have a right to redress , that subject will of course ...
Page 155
... committed upon a right predicated upon this supposition . I should not argue with any gentleman on the right of ... commit- tee . I shall just observe . sir , on that part of the article referred to which relates to supplying bel ...
... committed upon a right predicated upon this supposition . I should not argue with any gentleman on the right of ... commit- tee . I shall just observe . sir , on that part of the article referred to which relates to supplying bel ...
Page 213
... committed upon our com- merce . The same reason would induce him to vote for striking out the words now proposed to be struck out . He thought there had been much unnecessary debate on this subject , about French party and English party ...
... committed upon our com- merce . The same reason would induce him to vote for striking out the words now proposed to be struck out . He thought there had been much unnecessary debate on this subject , about French party and English party ...
Page 225
... committed , and at this hour committing , upon the property of his constituents ? They would not permit him to doubt on the subject ; they would say to him , Look at the tears of the widows and children ; our injuries stare every one in ...
... committed , and at this hour committing , upon the property of his constituents ? They would not permit him to doubt on the subject ; they would say to him , Look at the tears of the widows and children ; our injuries stare every one 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 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...