Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the ... Session of the ... Congress, Volume 1; Volume 43Gales & Seaton, 1825 |
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... SPEAKER , ( Hon . HENRY CLAY , of Kentucky , ) took the chair ; and the roll being called , one hundred and eighty members answered to their names ; and a committee was appointed on the part of this House to join with such committee as ...
... SPEAKER , ( Hon . HENRY CLAY , of Kentucky , ) took the chair ; and the roll being called , one hundred and eighty members answered to their names ; and a committee was appointed on the part of this House to join with such committee as ...
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... SPEAKER then rose , and , in behalf of the House , addressed the Nation's Guest , in the following eloquent strain , adorned by those graces of oratory for which he is distinguished : a To which address , General LAFAYETTE replied , in ...
... SPEAKER then rose , and , in behalf of the House , addressed the Nation's Guest , in the following eloquent strain , adorned by those graces of oratory for which he is distinguished : a To which address , General LAFAYETTE replied , in ...
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... Speaker , I am declared to have , in every instance , been faithful to those American principles of liberty , equality , and true social order , the devotion to which , as it has been from my earliest youth , so it shall continue to be ...
... Speaker , I am declared to have , in every instance , been faithful to those American principles of liberty , equality , and true social order , the devotion to which , as it has been from my earliest youth , so it shall continue to be ...
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... SPEAKER laid before the House a communica- tion from the Department of the Treasury , accompanied by a report from the First Comptroller of the Treasury , with enclosures on the subject of the collection of ton- nage duties on Canal ...
... SPEAKER laid before the House a communica- tion from the Department of the Treasury , accompanied by a report from the First Comptroller of the Treasury , with enclosures on the subject of the collection of ton- nage duties on Canal ...
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... Speaker's calling the orders of the day ; when The bill from the Senate , " making provision for Gen. LAFAYETTE , " was taken up and read a first time ; and , on motion of Mr. MALLARY , was laid for the present upon the table ...
... Speaker's calling the orders of the day ; when The bill from the Senate , " making provision for Gen. LAFAYETTE , " was taken up and read a first time ; and , on motion of Mr. MALLARY , was laid for the present upon the table ...
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Page 39 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
Page 1 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Page 151 - An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes...
Page 153 - Statutes, which provides, among other things, that 'every person who commits murder' 'upon the high seas, or in any arm of the sea, or in any river, haven, creek, basin, or bay, within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 101 - And they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President and of all persons voted for as Vice...
Page 101 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Page 641 - An act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims...
Page 3 - ... to you cordial congratulations upon the occasion of your recent arrival in the United States, in compliance with the wishes of Congress, and to assure you of the very high satisfaction which your presence affords on this early theatre of your glory and renown. Although but few of the members...
Page 339 - State, or when committed within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State on board any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States or of any State, Territory or District thereof.
Page 465 - ... dollars out of any moneys in the treasury or to come into the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect.