Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the ... Session of the ... CongressGales & Seaton, 1831 |
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... necessary for the courts to adopt some principle which would authorize them to maintain their jurisdiction by punishing for contempts com- mitted within and against it . But the power of punishing for contempt was a high criminal power ...
... necessary for the courts to adopt some principle which would authorize them to maintain their jurisdiction by punishing for contempts com- mitted within and against it . But the power of punishing for contempt was a high criminal power ...
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... necessary by either House to exert the extraordinary pow- er proposed in the resolution , it is under no necessity to resort to the other for aid to carry it into effect ; and it is proper that it should be so : for it may be necessary ...
... necessary by either House to exert the extraordinary pow- er proposed in the resolution , it is under no necessity to resort to the other for aid to carry it into effect ; and it is proper that it should be so : for it may be necessary ...
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... necessary to secure the proper adminis ble funds of the department , in the first fifteen months of tration of its affairs . It would be recollected that , in the present administration , suffered an abstraction of 1826 , the celebrated ...
... necessary to secure the proper adminis ble funds of the department , in the first fifteen months of tration of its affairs . It would be recollected that , in the present administration , suffered an abstraction of 1826 , the celebrated ...
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... necessary to avert impending ruin . department , and the repairs of its buildings , were charged Did the Postmaster ... necessary to secure the proper administration of its affairs . " In proceeding under this broad commission , it ...
... necessary to avert impending ruin . department , and the repairs of its buildings , were charged Did the Postmaster ... necessary to secure the proper administration of its affairs . " In proceeding under this broad commission , it ...
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... necessary ; for the interrogatory carried the intent upon I shall not forejudge the case . I do not say that the the face of it . Even this mere preliminary question was Postmaster General has done right or wrong . This Se- seriously ...
... necessary ; for the interrogatory carried the intent upon I shall not forejudge the case . I do not say that the the face of it . Even this mere preliminary question was Postmaster General has done right or wrong . This Se- seriously ...
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Page 209 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 509 - States shall hereafter become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the original States, in conformity with the resolution of Congress of the 10th of October, 1780.
Page 23 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 657 - ... have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Page 643 - It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by, than what that rule is; that there may be a uniformity of proceeding in business not subject to the caprice of the Speaker or captiousness of the members. It is very material that order, decency, and regularity be preserved in a dignified public body, 2 Hats.
Page 427 - ... entitled to the like exclusive enjoyment of said copyright, with the benefit of each and all the provisions of this act for the security thereof, for the period of twenty-eight years from the first entry of said copyright, with the like privilege of renewal to the widow, child, or children, of author or authors, designer, inventor, or engraver, as is provided in relation to copyrights originally secured under this act: Provided, That this act shall not extend to any copyright heretofore secured,...
Page 657 - Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, Sir, assume the province of determining ; — but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided.
Page 561 - The first reading of a bill shall be for information, and, if opposition be made to it, the question shall be, " Shall this bill be rejected ?" If no opposition be made, or if the question to reject be negatived, the bill shall go to its second reading without a question.
Page 425 - Columbia to take into consideration all such petitions and matters or things touching the said District as shall be presented, or shall come in question, and be referred to them by the House;' and to report their opinion thereon, together with such propositions rela'.ive thereto as to them shall seem expedient.
Page 387 - An act to authorize the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated lands within the same...