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Page 91
... gentleman seemed to suppose that a dismissed of corruption and fraud , in certain mail contracts , having ficer was incompetent to testify , merely because he had been distinctly preferred to the committee , with offers , on been ...
... gentleman seemed to suppose that a dismissed of corruption and fraud , in certain mail contracts , having ficer was incompetent to testify , merely because he had been distinctly preferred to the committee , with offers , on been ...
Page 109
... gentleman's former political course . Our separation tion in Poland , and was exulting in the glorious event . In must be perpetual ; and I can only now look back with a half reverie , my mind was ruminating on the vicissitudes pride ...
... gentleman's former political course . Our separation tion in Poland , and was exulting in the glorious event . In must be perpetual ; and I can only now look back with a half reverie , my mind was ruminating on the vicissitudes pride ...
Page 113
... gentleman from Maine gentleman from Maine , makes the land turn pale . " It should exclaim " proscription . " Should a postmaster will be recollected that , on the 1st May , 1829 , the post- violate the secrecy of correspondence , which ...
... gentleman from Maine gentleman from Maine , makes the land turn pale . " It should exclaim " proscription . " Should a postmaster will be recollected that , on the 1st May , 1829 , the post- violate the secrecy of correspondence , which ...
Page 117
... gentleman from Ohio , [ Mr. BURNET . ] On this morning we have received that report , containing upwards of 6,000 pages ; and surely , after gentlemen have heard the reasons assigned by the Postmaster General for the delay , their lips ...
... gentleman from Ohio , [ Mr. BURNET . ] On this morning we have received that report , containing upwards of 6,000 pages ; and surely , after gentlemen have heard the reasons assigned by the Postmaster General for the delay , their lips ...
Page 119
... gentleman from Maine . My business is with dollars and cents -- post offices , and post roads , and this is a poor subject for poetical display . It requires the imagination and genius of the gentleman from Maine to strew flowers over ...
... gentleman from Maine . My business is with dollars and cents -- post offices , and post roads , and this is a poor subject for poetical display . It requires the imagination and genius of the gentleman from Maine to strew flowers over ...
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Page 629 - 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 659 - Act read in its essential parts as follows: (A) final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page 661 - ... may, at their discretion, if the cause shall have been once remanded before, proceed to a final decision of the same and award execution.
Page 303 - SEC. 3. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be immediately available, to be expended at the discretion of the President of the United States of America, for the purpose of carrying this joint resolution into effect.
Page 667 - In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.
Page 659 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 683 - When any motion or proposition is made, the question, "Will the House now consider it?" shall not be put, unless it is demanded by some member, or is deemed necessary by the Speaker.
Page 669 - ... the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
Page 215 - States, shall make a settlement on any lands belonging, or secured, or granted by treaty with the United States, to any Indian tribe, or shall survey, or attempt to survey, such lands, or designate any of the boundaries, by marking trees or otherwise, such offender shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment not exceeding twelve months.
Page 629 - Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, Sir, assume the province of determining ; — but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided.