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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... obligation . The resolution which so powerfully honors my father's memory shall be deposited , as a most sacred family prop- erty , in that room of mourning where once his son and grandsons used to receive , with avidity , from him ...
... obligation . The resolution which so powerfully honors my father's memory shall be deposited , as a most sacred family prop- erty , in that room of mourning where once his son and grandsons used to receive , with avidity , from him ...
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... obligation of making to the claimants some degree of compensation . Those reports were accompanied by documents , state- ments , and estimates , of a voluminous size , all of which had been printed , and he supposed had been before ...
... obligation of making to the claimants some degree of compensation . Those reports were accompanied by documents , state- ments , and estimates , of a voluminous size , all of which had been printed , and he supposed had been before ...
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... obligation of this character had been discharged by the Government , as far as it had the power , by those negotiations . These claims had been pressed on the ground that the United States had , by the treaty of 1800 , made provision ...
... obligation of this character had been discharged by the Government , as far as it had the power , by those negotiations . These claims had been pressed on the ground that the United States had , by the treaty of 1800 , made provision ...
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... obligations he was under to his Creator . The Senator had also spoken in strong language as to [ DEC . 18 , 1834 . that part of the report which related to the committee of exchange . He had said that a false issue had been presented ...
... obligations he was under to his Creator . The Senator had also spoken in strong language as to [ DEC . 18 , 1834 . that part of the report which related to the committee of exchange . He had said that a false issue had been presented ...
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... obligations to The right to compensation was not destroyed France . by a state of war . For the purpose of showing the character of the in- juries inflicted upon our commerce , it will be necessary to examine the commercial relations ...
... obligations to The right to compensation was not destroyed France . by a state of war . For the purpose of showing the character of the in- juries inflicted upon our commerce , it will be necessary to examine the commercial relations ...
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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...