Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... late and memorable occasion , the " in- character would be in so much retrieved , the vincible and super - eminent Napoleon " declared honor of Administration in so far vindicated . to his Conservative Senate of slaves , in pretty For ...
... late and memorable occasion , the " in- character would be in so much retrieved , the vincible and super - eminent Napoleon " declared honor of Administration in so far vindicated . to his Conservative Senate of slaves , in pretty For ...
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... late , by a repeal of the Orders in Council , to prevent a war . The public sensibil- ity was alive in requiring full assurance that the charge of the fraudulent concealment of this decree - a charge which the French Minister of Foreign ...
... late , by a repeal of the Orders in Council , to prevent a war . The public sensibil- ity was alive in requiring full assurance that the charge of the fraudulent concealment of this decree - a charge which the French Minister of Foreign ...
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... late Executive , on the subject of French affairs , sufficiently full , free , and entire Mr. Speaker : In a Government like this , where not only freedom , but publicity of debate is guarantied by the charter of our rights ; where the ...
... late Executive , on the subject of French affairs , sufficiently full , free , and entire Mr. Speaker : In a Government like this , where not only freedom , but publicity of debate is guarantied by the charter of our rights ; where the ...
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... late Secretary of State , has lost its con- clusive authority with many of his former ad- mirers ? be it so ; the facts , however , here stated , never have been denied , they are susceptible of proof , and you are pointed to the ...
... late Secretary of State , has lost its con- clusive authority with many of his former ad- mirers ? be it so ; the facts , however , here stated , never have been denied , they are susceptible of proof , and you are pointed to the ...
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... late , it was apprehended war must be organized , the repeal of the Orders in Council the result of the state of things in America . took place . Mr. S. said he was sorry to find Gentlemen may talk about French perfidy as the upon ...
... late , it was apprehended war must be organized , the repeal of the Orders in Council the result of the state of things in America . took place . Mr. S. said he was sorry to find Gentlemen may talk about French perfidy as the upon ...
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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...