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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... granted that , as respected many of have been , what it was not , an atrocious libel , founded in our laws and acts of Congress , especially those which pro- falschood , an infamous and defamatory libel , where was vided for the ...
... granted that , as respected many of have been , what it was not , an atrocious libel , founded in our laws and acts of Congress , especially those which pro- falschood , an infamous and defamatory libel , where was vided for the ...
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... granted the writ , and decided to discharge him from pri- tachment upon the editor . Considering that the judge son , on the ground that there was no seal to the order or appeared to point at him as the author of the article , in ...
... granted the writ , and decided to discharge him from pri- tachment upon the editor . Considering that the judge son , on the ground that there was no seal to the order or appeared to point at him as the author of the article , in ...
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... granted to ships and vessels bound to foreign ports , and to repeal the duties on cinnamon and other spices , was taken up . [ SENATE . to state the grounds of defence on which the respondent relied , with the evidence to support that ...
... granted to ships and vessels bound to foreign ports , and to repeal the duties on cinnamon and other spices , was taken up . [ SENATE . to state the grounds of defence on which the respondent relied , with the evidence to support that ...
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... granted in 1694 , ( for the Bill of Rights was then fresh Directors should have declined to recommend to the Court in the memories of Englishmen , ) but the charter as amend- of Proprietors the consideration of the paper delivered by ed ...
... granted in 1694 , ( for the Bill of Rights was then fresh Directors should have declined to recommend to the Court in the memories of Englishmen , ) but the charter as amend- of Proprietors the consideration of the paper delivered by ed ...
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... granted these Indians a perpetual annuity , that they should get something for it . If we give them , said he , the perpetuity of six thousand dollars , and the stock is transferred to us , we get something for it ; otherwise , we get ...
... granted these Indians a perpetual annuity , that they should get something for it . If we give them , said he , the perpetuity of six thousand dollars , and the stock is transferred to us , we get something for it ; otherwise , we get ...
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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.