Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 1 |
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... motion of Mr John W. Taylor , Ordered , That a message be sent to the Senate informing that body that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled , and that the House is ready to proceed to business . Mr. Mercer rose , and ...
... motion of Mr John W. Taylor , Ordered , That a message be sent to the Senate informing that body that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled , and that the House is ready to proceed to business . Mr. Mercer rose , and ...
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... motion of Mr Wickliffe , Resolved , That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of paying Samuel Overton for a horse lost in the service of the United States . Mr. Everett , of Massachusetts , submitted the ...
... motion of Mr Wickliffe , Resolved , That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of paying Samuel Overton for a horse lost in the service of the United States . Mr. Everett , of Massachusetts , submitted the ...
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... motion of Mr. Anderson , Ordered , That the petition of Nathaniel Blake , presented January 22 , 1827 , be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means . On motion of Mr. Huntington , Ordered , That the petition of Russel Hunt ...
... motion of Mr. Anderson , Ordered , That the petition of Nathaniel Blake , presented January 22 , 1827 , be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means . On motion of Mr. Huntington , Ordered , That the petition of Russel Hunt ...
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... motion of Mr. Standefer , Ordered , That the petition of John McClenahan , presented January 30 , 1826 , be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs . On motion of Mr. Clay , Ordered , That the petition of John McCartney , presented ...
... motion of Mr. Standefer , Ordered , That the petition of John McClenahan , presented January 30 , 1826 , be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs . On motion of Mr. Clay , Ordered , That the petition of John McCartney , presented ...
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... motion of Mr. McIntire , Resolved , That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the claims of Stephen Porter , deceased , an assistant commissary in the army of the revolution , and report what sum , if any ...
... motion of Mr. McIntire , Resolved , That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the claims of Stephen Porter , deceased , an assistant commissary in the army of the revolution , and report what sum , if any ...
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Abraham Rencher amendment Bates Cooke Brodhead John Cambreleng Chinn Nathaniel Chittenden Lyon Christopher Tompkins Committee of Claims Committee on Revolutionary Congress Daniel Wardwell David Potts desired by one-fifth Ebenezer Young Elisha Whittlesey entitled An act Frederick Whittlesey Gamaliel H George Grennell Grattan H Griffin Thomas Harmar Denny Heman Allen Henry A. S. Dearborn Henry Horn Humphrey H James Findlay James McKay James Standefer Jeremiah Nelson Jesse Speight Job Pierson Joel John T. H. Worthington Joseph Bouck Joseph Draper Joseph Lecompte Laughlin Bethune Leonard Jarvis Lewis Dewart Lewis Maxwell Michael Hoffman motion Nathan Soule Nathaniel H nays being desired Noyes Barber Ordered Peter Ihrie petition of inhabitants petition was referred Philemon Thomas praying presented a petition Public Lands relief resolution Resolved Robert McCoy Rufus McIntire Senate Thomas Chandler Thomas H Thomas M. T. McKennan Ulysses F United Verplanck voted Watmough Whole House Wickliffe William Cahoon William Heister
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Page 190 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connection with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do.
Page 594 - When a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof...
Page 190 - ... the part of the Federal Government to coerce the State, shut up her ports, destroy or harass her commerce, or to enforce the...
Page 601 - No standing rule or order of the House shall be rescinded or changed without one day's notice being given of the motion therefor. Nor shall any rule be suspended, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present.
Page 182 - To avoid these evils, it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue, would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation; and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution, that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Page 591 - He shall have a general direction of the hall. He shall have a right to name any member to perform the duties of the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.
Page 595 - House during its sitting; to execute the commands of the House from time to time; together with all such process, issued by authority thereof as shall be directed to him by the Speaker.
Page 594 - A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and, if carried, shall be considered equivalent to its rejection.
Page 14 - The most they have anticipated is a temporary and generally incidental protection, which they maintain has the effect to reduce the price by domestic competition below that of the foreign article. Experience, however, our best guide on this, as on other subjects, makes it doubtful whether the advantages of this system are not counterbalanced by many evils, and whether it does not tend to beget in the minds of a large portion of our countrymen a spirit of discontent and jealousy dangerous to the stability...
Page 309 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.