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 ..., Svazek 12,Svazek 66Gales & Seaton, 1836 |
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Strana 2613
... practice of both branches of Congress has been to lay them on the table , or to refer them to a committee . This has been the practice not only of this House , but of the Senate al- so . There they were laid , there they have remained ...
... practice of both branches of Congress has been to lay them on the table , or to refer them to a committee . This has been the practice not only of this House , but of the Senate al- so . There they were laid , there they have remained ...
Strana 2617
... practice of Congress , from the origin of this Government to this time . Not a word , during the whole session , was spoken , to the best of my recollec- tion , on abolition , either on the floor of Congress or elsewhere . I deplore it ...
... practice of Congress , from the origin of this Government to this time . Not a word , during the whole session , was spoken , to the best of my recollec- tion , on abolition , either on the floor of Congress or elsewhere . I deplore it ...
Strana 2629
... practice of the Chair , heretofore , to put the question , " Will the House proceed to the orders of the day ? " This was in compliance with the forty - third rule of the House . But , with regard to the resolution of the 27th of ...
... practice of the Chair , heretofore , to put the question , " Will the House proceed to the orders of the day ? " This was in compliance with the forty - third rule of the House . But , with regard to the resolution of the 27th of ...
Strana 2631
... practice of the House , when the gentleman himself had a seat in the Chair . Now , so far as the correct proceeding might be concerned , Mr. M. would not profess to be qualified to decide between the various gentlemen who had occupied ...
... practice of the House , when the gentleman himself had a seat in the Chair . Now , so far as the correct proceeding might be concerned , Mr. M. would not profess to be qualified to decide between the various gentlemen who had occupied ...
Strana 2649
... practice for the petitioner to exhibit the names of the illegal voters , and the place at which they voted ; but it had not been so in his case . Whenever he called on the petitioner to give the names , he received no answer , and was ...
... practice for the petitioner to exhibit the names of the illegal voters , and the place at which they voted ; but it had not been so in his case . Whenever he called on the petitioner to give the names , he received no answer , and was ...
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Strana 3061 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Strana 3063 - It is not unfrequently a question of real nicety in Legislative bodies, whether the operation of a particular measure will, or will not extend beyond the Legislative sphere. On the other side, the Executive power being restrained within a narrower compass, and being more simple in its nature, and the Judiciary being described by landmarks, still less uncertain, projects of usurpation by either of these departments would immediately betray and defeat themselves. Nor is this all : as the Legislative...
Strana 3115 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation...
Strana 3013 - There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
Strana 3045 - Having carefully and anxiously considered all the facts and arguments, which have been submitted to him, relative to a removal of the public deposites from the bank of the United States, the president deems it his duty, to communicate in this manner to his cabinet the final conclusions of his own mind, and the reasons on which they are founded, in order to put them in durable form, and to prevent misconceptions.
Strana 3071 - France or her said colonies ; and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the ports of New Orleans, and in all other legal ports of entry within the ceded territory, in the same manner as the ships of the United States...
Strana 2575 - States, and leave a widow, or, If no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or, if no widow, such child or children shall be entitled to and receive half the monthly pay...
Strana 3035 - An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals as he...
Strana 3179 - Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic life ; unaccustomed to the din of arms; totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill ; which, being followed by a want of confidence in themselves, when opposed to troops regularly trained, disciplined, and appointed; superior in knowledge and superior in arms ; makes them timid and ready to fly from their own shadows.
Strana 3131 - It is inexpedient at present to adopt any legislative measures in regard to the state of affairs between the United States and France.