Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 1 |
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... existing States . 2. That property in slaves shall be entitled to the same protection from the government of the United States in all of its departments , everywhere , which the Constitution confers the power upon it to extend to any ...
... existing States . 2. That property in slaves shall be entitled to the same protection from the government of the United States in all of its departments , everywhere , which the Constitution confers the power upon it to extend to any ...
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... existing , and shall not be interfered with by Congress ; but shall be protected as property by all the departments of the territorial government during its continuance ; and when any Territory , north or south of said line , within ...
... existing , and shall not be interfered with by Congress ; but shall be protected as property by all the departments of the territorial government during its continuance ; and when any Territory , north or south of said line , within ...
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... existing Territories . SEC . 3. The area of all new States shall be as nearly uniform in size as may be practicable , having due regard to convenient bound- aries and natural capacities , and shall not be less than sixty nor more than ...
... existing Territories . SEC . 3. The area of all new States shall be as nearly uniform in size as may be practicable , having due regard to convenient bound- aries and natural capacities , and shall not be less than sixty nor more than ...
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... existing ; but , as the Kilby was compensated for the service performed by the Lucy Thompson also , the claim of the latter is against the Kilby , and not against the United States . In view of these facts , the committee report that ...
... existing ; but , as the Kilby was compensated for the service performed by the Lucy Thompson also , the claim of the latter is against the Kilby , and not against the United States . In view of these facts , the committee report that ...
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... existing line . The committee think that it became the duty of the government to furnish increased facili- ties . The immense sum of the commercial transactions , amounting to $ 101,717,232 in the value of gold transferred to the ...
... existing line . The committee think that it became the duty of the government to furnish increased facili- ties . The immense sum of the commercial transactions , amounting to $ 101,717,232 in the value of gold transferred to the ...
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5th and 20th A. G. Sloo accompany bill additional compensation additional expense additional service affirmative amendments annum Bigler BRADY California mails carrying the mails claim Collamer contract contractors Crittenden Davis direct line direct steamers Doolittle Douglas duties following REPORT GEORGE LAW Grimes Havana and Aspinwall Havana and Chagres Hunter inclose instant July June June 18 June 23 letter M. O. ROBERTS Mail Steamship Company memorialists ment Messrs N. K. HALL nays negative negative-yeas obedient servant Orleans and Aspinwall Orleans and Chagres Panama patent petitioner pinwall POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Postmaster Powell President proposition question to agree received referred reply respectfully Rice route rule-yeas Samuel F. B. Morse San Francisco Savannah schedule Secretary Secretary of War Senate Seward ships submitted the following Territory tion Toombs twice a month U. S. Mail Steamship ultimo UNITED STATES MAIL United States Navy voted Wade York and Aspinwall York and Chagres
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Page 11 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 8 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 1 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " JOHN B. FLOYD, Secretary of War.
Page 19 - Cincinnati, for the transportation of the United States mail from New York to New Orleans, twice a month and back, touching at Charleston, (if practicable,) Savannah, and Havana; and from Havana to Chagres and back, twice a month.
Page 6 - State laws which conflict with the fugitive slave acts, or any other constitutional acts of Congress, or which in their operation impede, hinder, or delay the free course and due execution of any of said acts, are null and void by the plain provisions of the Constitution of the United States. Yet those State laws, void as they are, have given color to practices, and led to consequences which have obstructed the due administration and execution of acts of Congress, and especially the acts for the...