Speeches in CongressC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... express their convictions on the subject . They propose not to reason , but to testify ; they speak what they do know . Mr. President , the members of this meeting have not trans- mitted their proceedings by mail ; nor have they rested ...
... express their convictions on the subject . They propose not to reason , but to testify ; they speak what they do know . Mr. President , the members of this meeting have not trans- mitted their proceedings by mail ; nor have they rested ...
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... express my own opinions upon the present state of things , and upon the prospects before us . In the first place , then , Sir , I wish to express my belief , that nearly all practical men and men of business in the country , friends or ...
... express my own opinions upon the present state of things , and upon the prospects before us . In the first place , then , Sir , I wish to express my belief , that nearly all practical men and men of business in the country , friends or ...
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... express words or terms , nor by any particular occasions for its exercise specifically and expressly designated or prescribed by the law , yet it is not to be admitted , as the committee think , that this power is to be exercised ...
... express words or terms , nor by any particular occasions for its exercise specifically and expressly designated or prescribed by the law , yet it is not to be admitted , as the committee think , that this power is to be exercised ...
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... express terms setting forth the occasions for its exercise , it is to be construed accord- ing to the subject and object of the trust . As in other cases of the deposit of moneys in banks , the primary object sought to be accomplished ...
... express terms setting forth the occasions for its exercise , it is to be construed accord- ing to the subject and object of the trust . As in other cases of the deposit of moneys in banks , the primary object sought to be accomplished ...
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... express words of the charter forbid it . But , as a reason for removing the deposits , it appears to the committee quite immaterial whether the bank be right or wrong in claiming these damages . If wrong , it will not recover them . It ...
... express words of the charter forbid it . But , as a reason for removing the deposits , it appears to the committee quite immaterial whether the bank be right or wrong in claiming these damages . If wrong , it will not recover them . It ...
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Page 508 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 124 - The first section of the third article of the constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Page 169 - 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 123 - But a separation of departments, so far as practicable, and the preservation of clear lines of division between them, is the fundamental idea in the creation of all our constitutions; and, doubtless, the continuance of regulated liberty depends on maintaining these boundaries.
Page 515 - Let us, then, bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals.
Page 104 - 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 110 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering' was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 208 - 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 371 - Resolved, That the intermeddling of any state or states, or their citizens, to abolish slavery in this district, or any of the territories, on the ground or under the pretext that it is immoral or sinful, or the passage of any act or measure of Congress with that view, would be a direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of all the slave-holding states.
Page 50 - He never stooped to the arena of partisan discussions, but in the consideration of important subjects, especially that of the removal of the public deposits from the Bank of the United States, he proved himself to be a statesman of high rank, and a most accomplished debater.