Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... why the majority should pro- -The petty men Who walk under his huge legs , and peep about To find themselves dishonorable graves . 66 French Decrees . the merchandise and crew " -that free 24 ABRIDGMENT OF THE H. OF R.] ...
... why the majority should pro- -The petty men Who walk under his huge legs , and peep about To find themselves dishonorable graves . 66 French Decrees . the merchandise and crew " -that free 24 ABRIDGMENT OF THE H. OF R.] ...
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... majority , as they valued their own fame and their country's glory , to surcease , by one con- sentaneous impulse , all further opposition to the resolutions on the table . A deaf ear may be turned to this entreaty , but the day will ...
... majority , as they valued their own fame and their country's glory , to surcease , by one con- sentaneous impulse , all further opposition to the resolutions on the table . A deaf ear may be turned to this entreaty , but the day will ...
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... majority , contended , that the Pres- ing minds of the ruling party , driven on by ident had only discharged a ministerial duty , headstrong passion , have the master magicians doing nothing more than the law required of behind the ...
... majority , contended , that the Pres- ing minds of the ruling party , driven on by ident had only discharged a ministerial duty , headstrong passion , have the master magicians doing nothing more than the law required of behind the ...
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... majority rules . This Government has , by its legitimate act , declared war with Great Britain . Have the minority a right to oppose that war , | and bring disaster and disgrace upon their country ? He who opposes the adoption of in ...
... majority rules . This Government has , by its legitimate act , declared war with Great Britain . Have the minority a right to oppose that war , | and bring disaster and disgrace upon their country ? He who opposes the adoption of in ...
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... majority in Congress have been the sole cause of the war . It is only a circuitous course taken to enforce the charge with more effect . Through you all the people of the United States may be told this , and much sophistry urged to ...
... majority in Congress have been the sole cause of the war . It is only a circuitous course taken to enforce the charge with more effect . Through you all the people of the United States may be told this , and much sophistry urged to ...
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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...