The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1851 |
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Page 57
... measures ought to be pursued with this view , our treaties with Prussia and Sweden , one of which is expired , and the other near expiring , might be renewed . Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : But although the establishment ...
... measures ought to be pursued with this view , our treaties with Prussia and Sweden , one of which is expired , and the other near expiring , might be renewed . Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : But although the establishment ...
Page 67
... measures of the Executive in relation to foreign nations . If he were not wrong in this , it was of the utmost consequence that the papers which had just been read , should also be laid before them previous to its discussion , as they ...
... measures of the Executive in relation to foreign nations . If he were not wrong in this , it was of the utmost consequence that the papers which had just been read , should also be laid before them previous to its discussion , as they ...
Page 69
... measures , and a refusal of all negotiation on the subject of our mutual complaints , " We will consider the several subjects which you have recommended to our consideration , with the atten- tion which their importance demand , and ...
... measures , and a refusal of all negotiation on the subject of our mutual complaints , " We will consider the several subjects which you have recommended to our consideration , with the atten- tion which their importance demand , and ...
Page 73
... measure of this kind , they produce division , they must not charge those who opposed their measures with it . Those who produced the division must answer it . He would not , if his life depended upon it , vote for a He confessed that ...
... measure of this kind , they produce division , they must not charge those who opposed their measures with it . Those who produced the division must answer it . He would not , if his life depended upon it , vote for a He confessed that ...
Page 77
... measure which he proposed was strictly Constitutional . The President was to negotiate , but it was the duty of the Legislature to deliberate on the proper measures to be taken . Government , he said , could never be carried on , except ...
... measure which he proposed was strictly Constitutional . The President was to negotiate , but it was the duty of the Legislature to deliberate on the proper measures to be taken . Government , he said , could never be carried on , except ...
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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...