Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3C. Tappan, 1846 |
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... administration of Mr. Madison , moved for a committee " to inquire into the expediency of removing the seat of Government , during the ses- sion of Congress , to a place of better security and less inconvenience . " The motion prevailed ...
... administration of Mr. Madison , moved for a committee " to inquire into the expediency of removing the seat of Government , during the ses- sion of Congress , to a place of better security and less inconvenience . " The motion prevailed ...
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... Administration . I followed him ; if I was seduced into error , or into unjustifiable opposition , there sits my seducer . --- " What , sir , were other leading sentiments , or leading measures , of that day ? On what other subjects did ...
... Administration . I followed him ; if I was seduced into error , or into unjustifiable opposition , there sits my seducer . --- " What , sir , were other leading sentiments , or leading measures , of that day ? On what other subjects did ...
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... administration was intrusted were countenancing opinions inevitably tending to its destruction . And I have , with far more pleasure , on other occa- sions , supported the constituted authorities , when I have deerned their measures to ...
... administration was intrusted were countenancing opinions inevitably tending to its destruction . And I have , with far more pleasure , on other occa- sions , supported the constituted authorities , when I have deerned their measures to ...
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... administration , when nominations made by him to fill vacancies occurring by death or resignation , were postponed , by a vote of the majority of the Senate , to a period beyond the fourth of March then next ; and this was done with no ...
... administration , when nominations made by him to fill vacancies occurring by death or resignation , were postponed , by a vote of the majority of the Senate , to a period beyond the fourth of March then next ; and this was done with no ...
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... administration which is to ensue ? And are those notions of an exclusive specie currency , and opposition to all banks , on which it is defended , to be espoused and maintained by the new administration , as they have been by its ...
... administration which is to ensue ? And are those notions of an exclusive specie currency , and opposition to all banks , on which it is defended , to be espoused and maintained by the new administration , as they have been by its ...
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