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... bill ( S. 2264 ) for the relief of the several States of the Union . Allen , Mr. Resolution that , in the judgment of the Senate of the United States , the Secretary of the Treasury is not clothed with any legal authority to issue and ...
... bill ( S. 2264 ) for the relief of the several States of the Union . Allen , Mr. Resolution that , in the judgment of the Senate of the United States , the Secretary of the Treasury is not clothed with any legal authority to issue and ...
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... bill 4864 Call , Mr. Resolution instructing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire and report to the Senate as to the legality of the approval of public lands by the Secretary of the Interior to the State of Florida for the benefit of ...
... bill 4864 Call , Mr. Resolution instructing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire and report to the Senate as to the legality of the approval of public lands by the Secretary of the Interior to the State of Florida for the benefit of ...
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... bill No. 6478. Part II . Chandler , Mr. Papers relative to establishment of free port at Fort Pond Bay , N. Y .. Chandler , Mr. Resolution relative to the padrone system , under which immigrants from Italy and other countries fall into ...
... bill No. 6478. Part II . Chandler , Mr. Papers relative to establishment of free port at Fort Pond Bay , N. Y .. Chandler , Mr. Resolution relative to the padrone system , under which immigrants from Italy and other countries fall into ...
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... bill 4864. Resolution by Mr. Hale relative to a full and free . Conference asked by the House of Representatives . Motion by Mr. Gray that the Senate insist upon its amendments to H. R. 4864 and consents to the further .. Conference ...
... bill 4864. Resolution by Mr. Hale relative to a full and free . Conference asked by the House of Representatives . Motion by Mr. Gray that the Senate insist upon its amendments to H. R. 4864 and consents to the further .. Conference ...
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... bill No. 1917 should become a law at the present ses- sion of Congress , by .. Coxey , J. S. Resolution by Mr. Allen relative to the arrest of Coxey , J. S. Amendment to the resolution submitted by Mr. Allen , relative to the arrest of ...
... bill No. 1917 should become a law at the present ses- sion of Congress , by .. Coxey , J. S. Resolution by Mr. Allen relative to the arrest of Coxey , J. S. Amendment to the resolution submitted by Mr. Allen , relative to the arrest of ...
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Page 185 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 172 - Men being, as has been said, by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
Page 301 - But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Page 224 - ... your collectors and comptrollers, and of all the slaves that adhered to them. Such would, and, in no long time, must be, the effect of attempting to forbid as a crime, and to suppress as an evil, the command and blessing of Providence,
Page 200 - American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character.
Page 137 - Gladstone, a not too friendly critic, has said that " as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
Page 235 - Resolved therefore, that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases.
Page 227 - What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the United States directly, and to the nations of Europe more remotely.
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Page 382 - Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.