Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ...Gales & Seaton, 1835 |
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... effect , to take private property for public uses without just compensation . And if this has been done , the claimants are entitled to a fair compensation . The indemnities were not abandoned by the negotia- tors , but they postponed ...
... effect , to take private property for public uses without just compensation . And if this has been done , the claimants are entitled to a fair compensation . The indemnities were not abandoned by the negotia- tors , but they postponed ...
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... effect of the bill : to refund the entire difference between the two acts , paid into the treasury for a period of six months . And . for whose benefit was this money to be refunded ? Was it for the consumer who had to pay the merchant ...
... effect of the bill : to refund the entire difference between the two acts , paid into the treasury for a period of six months . And . for whose benefit was this money to be refunded ? Was it for the consumer who had to pay the merchant ...
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... effect , to the 30th of September . ] The minority had done all in their power to defer the period ; they had struggled hard , but their efforts were unavailing . He believed it was out of the power of any gentleman to put forward one ...
... effect , to the 30th of September . ] The minority had done all in their power to defer the period ; they had struggled hard , but their efforts were unavailing . He believed it was out of the power of any gentleman to put forward one ...
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... effect on the public , that the public should have every opportunity to under- stand its provisions , and to accommodate their conduct to the new state of things produced by the law . On that very principle , the French Government had ...
... effect on the public , that the public should have every opportunity to under- stand its provisions , and to accommodate their conduct to the new state of things produced by the law . On that very principle , the French Government had ...
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... effect on the 30th of June next ensuing . This limitation of time had been attached to successive sections of the bill . An attempt was made by the Senate to change the 30th of June to the 30th of September ; the motion did not then ...
... effect on the 30th of June next ensuing . This limitation of time had been attached to successive sections of the bill . An attempt was made by the Senate to change the 30th of June to the 30th of September ; the motion did not then ...
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Page 667 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 87 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 277 - California, and of the 12th section of the Act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three and for other purposes...
Page 539 - That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, shall be valid as part of said Constitution, namely: "ARTICLE — . "SECTION 1.
Page 143 - It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens aforesaid to sail with the ships and merchandise before mentioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy before mentioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction...
Page 121 - ... all which shall be wholly reckoned among free goods; as likewise all other merchandises and things which are not comprehended, and particularly mentioned in the foregoing enumeration of contraband goods...
Page 121 - States their liberty, sovereignty and independence, absolute and unlimited, as well in matters of government as commerce, and also their possessions, and the additions or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the war, from any of the dominions now, or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America...
Page 123 - ... although the whole lading or any part thereof, should appertain to the enemies of either, contraband goods being always excepted. It is also agreed, in like manner, that the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board a free ship...
Page 143 - It shall be lawful for all and singular the Subjects of the most Christian King and the Citizens People and Inhabitants of the said United States to sail with their Ships with all manner of Liberty and Security; no distinction being made, who are the Proprietors of the Merchandizes laden thereon, from any Port to the places of those who now are or hereafter shall be at Enmity with the most Christian King or the United States.
Page 443 - And the use of all of these terms, 'treaty', 'agreement', 'compact', show that it was the intention of the framers of the Constitution to...