The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1854 - United States |
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... ment ; and that , whatever doubts might exist as to the Constitutional power of Congress to legislate on the subject , the States would never urge that objection , but would always cordially co - operate in On the question " Shall this ...
... ment ; and that , whatever doubts might exist as to the Constitutional power of Congress to legislate on the subject , the States would never urge that objection , but would always cordially co - operate in On the question " Shall this ...
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... ment of all public accounts . The pecuniary embar- rassments by which the Government was pressed at that period , requiring a system of the most rigid econ- omy in the public disbursements , could not fail to give peculiar force to the ...
... ment of all public accounts . The pecuniary embar- rassments by which the Government was pressed at that period , requiring a system of the most rigid econ- omy in the public disbursements , could not fail to give peculiar force to the ...
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... ment , the clothing department , the purchase of arms and munitions of war , and to the Indian Department , were referred to the Accountant of the War Depart- ment . The additional duties imposed upon the Accountant by this act have ...
... ment , the clothing department , the purchase of arms and munitions of war , and to the Indian Department , were referred to the Accountant of the War Depart- ment . The additional duties imposed upon the Accountant by this act have ...
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... ment of the Patent Office , to which , as at present , a single clerk was fully competent . On the whole , he could not see the necessity for creating a new department , the head of which would have a place in the Cabinet , and be one ...
... ment of the Patent Office , to which , as at present , a single clerk was fully competent . On the whole , he could not see the necessity for creating a new department , the head of which would have a place in the Cabinet , and be one ...
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... ment would follow of course . On the other hand , it was argued that the At- torney General was an officer of great importance , to whom was confided the management of the law concerns of the United States ; who was con- tinually ...
... ment would follow of course . On the other hand , it was argued that the At- torney General was an officer of great importance , to whom was confided the management of the law concerns of the United States ; who was con- tinually ...
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Page 259 - House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make to them; and Mr.
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Page 193 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.
Page 251 - ... capital which nourishes our manufactures should be domestic ; as its influence in that case, instead of exhausting, as it may do in foreign hands, would be felt advantageously on agriculture and every other branch of industry. Equally important is it to provide at home a market for our raw materials, as, by extending the competition, it will enhance the price, and protect the cultivator against the casualties incident to foreign markets.
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