The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1835 |
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... voted on that occasion , or whether he addressed the House on the subject -- that is , to prolong the time for the bill's going into effect . ] Mr. BENTON said he well remembered how he him- self had voted , and that his vote had been ...
... voted on that occasion , or whether he addressed the House on the subject -- that is , to prolong the time for the bill's going into effect . ] Mr. BENTON said he well remembered how he him- self had voted , and that his vote had been ...
Page 105
... vote for twenty thousand copies . Mr. EWING stated that he should vote for twenty thousand copies , as the document was one of the highest importance , and the number was not too large for dis- tribution . Mr. PORTER said he should also ...
... vote for twenty thousand copies . Mr. EWING stated that he should vote for twenty thousand copies , as the document was one of the highest importance , and the number was not too large for dis- tribution . Mr. PORTER said he should also ...
Page 143
... vote against the bill , whether modified in that particular or not , and he should do so under the most full and clear convic- tion that it was a proposition fraught with greater dan- gers to the public treasury than any law which had ...
... vote against the bill , whether modified in that particular or not , and he should do so under the most full and clear convic- tion that it was a proposition fraught with greater dan- gers to the public treasury than any law which had ...
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... vote of the Senate on one of sev- eral reasons , and it left an implication in the sentiment which might be otherwise avoided , that the reason had ceased to exist , but that a certain line of conduct might be adopted , which would lead ...
... vote of the Senate on one of sev- eral reasons , and it left an implication in the sentiment which might be otherwise avoided , that the reason had ceased to exist , but that a certain line of conduct might be adopted , which would lead ...
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... vote for any resolution of this character . It was simply because the French Chambers had been convened ear- lier than was expected by the President of the United States at the commencement of the present session of Congress , that he ...
... vote for any resolution of this character . It was simply because the French Chambers had been convened ear- lier than was expected by the President of the United States at the commencement of the present session of Congress , that he ...
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Page 11 - 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 35 - ... 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 aforementioned, 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 of the same Prince, or under several...
Page 513 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
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 147 - America, in congress assembled, that the United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the treaties, and of the consular convention, heretofore concluded between the United States and France, and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the government or citizens of the United States.
Page 1 - That a committee of three Members be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.
Page 121 - ... proper either for building or repairing ships, and all other goods whatever which have not been worked into the form of any instrument or thing prepared for war by land or by sea, shall not be reputed contraband, much less such as have been already wrought and made up for any other use : all which shall be wholly reckoned among free goods ; as likewise all other merchandizes and things which are not comprehended and particularly mentioned in the foregoing enumeration of contraband goods...
Page 165 - November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutually due or claimed, the parties will negotiate further on these subjects at a convenient time, and until they may have agreed upon these points the said treaties and convention shall have no operation, and the relations of the two countries shall be regulated as follows :* Art.
Page 51 - French republic consents to accept, ratify, and confirm the above convention, with the addition importing that the convention shall be in force for the space of eight years, and with the retrenchment of the second article : provided that by this retrenchment the two States renounce the respective pretensions which are the object of the said article.