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 .., Volume 7; Volume 21; Volume 52Gales & Seaton, 1831 |
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... character . No one in the cir- him , by them exhibited , in the name of themselves , and cle in which he moved had a larger share of the confidence of all the People of the United States , reply , that the said and affections of his ...
... character . No one in the cir- him , by them exhibited , in the name of themselves , and cle in which he moved had a larger share of the confidence of all the People of the United States , reply , that the said and affections of his ...
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... character and person of the King , as sacred , protected contempt any man who might utter or publish what they those of his judges in like manner . This opinion was go- might deem a libel . Was not this a grievance ? The law ing the ...
... character and person of the King , as sacred , protected contempt any man who might utter or publish what they those of his judges in like manner . This opinion was go- might deem a libel . Was not this a grievance ? The law ing the ...
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... character of the land claims , and the transactions out of which this impeachment had grown ; the arduous and Mr. MEREDITH rose and opened the grounds of de- perilous difficulties which the respondent had to encoun fence . He said that ...
... character of the land claims , and the transactions out of which this impeachment had grown ; the arduous and Mr. MEREDITH rose and opened the grounds of de- perilous difficulties which the respondent had to encoun fence . He said that ...
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... character as threatened its existence . It was desire to hear from the Committee on Commerce a report now , he said , proposed to refer the memorial to the Com- on the subject of internal improvements and the Ameri- mittee on ...
... character as threatened its existence . It was desire to hear from the Committee on Commerce a report now , he said , proposed to refer the memorial to the Com- on the subject of internal improvements and the Ameri- mittee on ...
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... character of both deposites is the same ; Ohio , even those of the lower Mississippi , are generally they are both the property of the United States ; both per- refused at the United States ' Branch Bank in St. Louis , manent ; both ...
... character of both deposites is the same ; Ohio , even those of the lower Mississippi , are generally they are both the property of the United States ; both per- refused at the United States ' Branch Bank in St. Louis , manent ; both ...
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Page 657 - Constitution ; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United States.
Page 625 - Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; — who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 205 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 319 - Is on the engrossment of the amendment and the third reading of the bill. the amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time.
Page 655 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute, or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon a...
Page 265 - Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur ; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.
Page 665 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 49 - Where the private interests of a member are concerned in a bill or question he is to withdraw. And where such an interest has appeared, his voice has been disallowed, even after a division. In a case so contrary, not only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principle of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own cause, it is for the honor of the House that this rule of immemorial observance should be strictly adhered to.
Page 657 - ... may, at their discretion, if the cause shall have been once remanded before, proceed to a final decision of the same and award execution.