Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Feb. 11, 1828-March 30, 1830D. Appleton, 1859 - Law |
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... territory beyond the limits of the treaty ; that she had been kind to him , and he States . As much as I wish to see the Indians would remember her . The commissioners were independent , prosperous , and happy , I do not induced , under ...
... territory beyond the limits of the treaty ; that she had been kind to him , and he States . As much as I wish to see the Indians would remember her . The commissioners were independent , prosperous , and happy , I do not induced , under ...
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... Territory which they inhabit - not in their local situation - but in the relation in which they stand to us ? Their con- dition cannot be improved by the establishment of a military despotism over them . If man can rise to a high state ...
... Territory which they inhabit - not in their local situation - but in the relation in which they stand to us ? Their con- dition cannot be improved by the establishment of a military despotism over them . If man can rise to a high state ...
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... Territory , and thus cut off from improvement so much of these States as the Indian country embraces . All the States feel a strong and very natural desire to increase their population ; and from this cause , more than from any other ...
... Territory , and thus cut off from improvement so much of these States as the Indian country embraces . All the States feel a strong and very natural desire to increase their population ; and from this cause , more than from any other ...
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... territory presented a barrier west , or into the unsettled country bordering to our advancing population . on the Southwest , would be resisted by the The very prosperity of our settlements latter , as unjust and oppressive , especially ...
... territory presented a barrier west , or into the unsettled country bordering to our advancing population . on the Southwest , would be resisted by the The very prosperity of our settlements latter , as unjust and oppressive , especially ...
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... territory designated , on conditions which ocean in which there is too much cause to fear shall be satisfactory to themselves , and honora- they are destined , ultimately , to terminate their ble to the United States . This can be done ...
... territory designated , on conditions which ocean in which there is too much cause to fear shall be satisfactory to themselves , and honora- they are destined , ultimately , to terminate their ble to the United States . This can be done ...
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Page 350 - ... the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 436 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 283 - 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 345 - ... with any king, prince or state ; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state ; nor shall the United States in Congress assembled, or any of them, grant any title of nobility.
Page 432 - ... each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 350 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 345 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States...
Page 435 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 310 - ... convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have 'to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 392 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said state, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several states through which the road shall pass...