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... passed a bill entitled " An act to provide for the further defence of the ports and harbors of the United States ; " in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate . SENATE . ] The bill was read the first and 21 22 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
... passed a bill entitled " An act to provide for the further defence of the ports and harbors of the United States ; " in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate . SENATE . ] The bill was read the first and 21 22 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
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... ports and harbors of the United States , " reported that the bill pass without amendment . Ordered , That this bill pass to a third reading . A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a ...
... ports and harbors of the United States , " reported that the bill pass without amendment . Ordered , That this bill pass to a third reading . A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that the House have passed a ...
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... ports of the United States ; or upon the ships and ves- sels of the United States , or the ships and vessels of any ... ports or places , under such regulations as the circumstances of the case may require , and to continue or revoke the ...
... ports of the United States ; or upon the ships and ves- sels of the United States , or the ships and vessels of any ... ports or places , under such regulations as the circumstances of the case may require , and to continue or revoke the ...
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... ports . The distance of the United States from Europe , and the well known promptitude , ardor , and courage of the people , in defence of their country , happily diminish the probability of inva- sion : nevertheless , to guard against ...
... ports . The distance of the United States from Europe , and the well known promptitude , ardor , and courage of the people , in defence of their country , happily diminish the probability of inva- sion : nevertheless , to guard against ...
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... port the Answer in half an hour . On motion , leave was given . DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PRESI- DENT'S SPEECH . The ... ports of France , who were immediately thrown into pri- son , and could not be released , until an order was got ...
... port the Answer in half an hour . On motion , leave was given . DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PRESI- DENT'S SPEECH . The ... ports of France , who were immediately thrown into pri- son , and could not be released , until an order was got ...
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Abiel Foster Abraham Venable Abram Trigg agreed amendment appointed armed believed bill pass Bingham Chauncey Goodrich Chipman citizens commerce committee Congress consider and report David Bard dollars duty entitled An act Executive favor foreign coin Foster France French frigates GALLATIN Goodhue Government HARPER Henry Glen Hezekiah L Hillhouse House of Representa House of Representatives impeachment informed the Senate James Machir John Joshua Coit Laurance Livermore Matthew Clay measures ment Minister motion Nathan Bryan nays NAYS-Messrs NICHOLAS object officers opinion petition Pinckney ports postponed present President President's Speech proposed question read the second read the third referred the bill referred to Messrs report thereon resolution Resolved respect Richard Stanford Samuel second reading Sedgwick Senate resumed sent session SITGREAVES SMITH South Carolina Stockton Tazewell thereof third reading Thomas thought tion tives for concurrence Tracy treaty United vessels vote William Blount William Hindman wished YEAS-Messrs
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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...