Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... hands of our Minister in France , and trans- mitted to the French Minister in the United 750,000 5,615,000 The committee therefore ask leave to report the following bills : 1. A bill for the assessment and collection of direct taxes . 2 ...
... hands of our Minister in France , and trans- mitted to the French Minister in the United 750,000 5,615,000 The committee therefore ask leave to report the following bills : 1. A bill for the assessment and collection of direct taxes . 2 ...
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... hands it must be admitted , that a shameful fraud has been somewhere perpetrated . The reputation of the nation demanded that this fraud should be placed to the account of those who had committed it . Upon this imposture he , in his ...
... hands it must be admitted , that a shameful fraud has been somewhere perpetrated . The reputation of the nation demanded that this fraud should be placed to the account of those who had committed it . Upon this imposture he , in his ...
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... hands of all able - bodied men within the District , willing to be em- bodied to perform military duty ; and also in the hands of such members of this House as may be willing to receive them , to act against the enemy in any manner not ...
... hands of all able - bodied men within the District , willing to be em- bodied to perform military duty ; and also in the hands of such members of this House as may be willing to receive them , to act against the enemy in any manner not ...
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... hands , were immediately put into close confinement , to abide the fate of those con- fined by the enemy ; and the ... hand , the movements of the Ameri- can army have been followed by the reduction of York , and of Forts George , Erie ...
... hands , were immediately put into close confinement , to abide the fate of those con- fined by the enemy ; and the ... hand , the movements of the Ameri- can army have been followed by the reduction of York , and of Forts George , Erie ...
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... hands of the several departments , in order that the one may defend itself against the encroach- ment of the other . This is the only mode by which the weaker branches can restrain the stronger within their constitutional limits . The ...
... hands of the several departments , in order that the one may defend itself against the encroach- ment of the other . This is the only mode by which the weaker branches can restrain the stronger within their constitutional limits . The ...
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Page 160 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 238 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Page 158 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 257 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty and particularly by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject...
Page 291 - I have considered the subject of the letter which you did me the honor to address to me on the 9th...
Page 238 - ... counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot, unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor...
Page 16 - That a committee of three Members be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.
Page 99 - So often and so essentially have we heretofore suffered from the want of secrecy and. dispatch that the Constitution would have been inexcusably defective if no attention had been paid to those objects.
Page 10 - that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate copies,
Page 84 - March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used...