...resolutions, submitted some days ago by Mr. Clay (the speaker) being under consideration: 1. Resolved, that the Constitution of the United States vests in congress the power to dispose of the territory belonging to them, and that no treaty, purporting to alienate any portion...

...powers could scarcely have been granted, without jeoparding the existence of the whole system. Without the power to lay and collect taxes, to provide for the common defence, and promote the general welfare, the whole system would have been vain and illusory. Without...

...laws, to regulate commerce among the several states, by enacting and enforcing such a prohibition ? The constitution of the United States vests in congress the power 'to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'...

...submitted some days ago by Mr. Clay (the speaker) being under consideration : First, resolved, that the constitution of the United States vests in congress the power to dispose of the territory belonging to them ; and that no treaty, purporting to alienate any portion...

...cede that country to Spain. Mr. Clay, in 1820, introduced the following resolution: "Resolred, That the constitution of the United States vests in Congress the power to dispose of the territory belonging to them; and mat no treaty purporting to alienate any portion thereof...

...the legality of the cession, as well as its expediency. I will read the first one : " Resolved, That the constitution of the United States vests in Congress the power to dispose of the territory belonging to them ; and that no treaty purporting to alienate any part thereof...

...the legality of the cession, as well as its expediency. I will read the first one : " Resolved, That the constitution of the United States vests in Congress the power to dispose of the territory belonging to them ; and that no treaty purporting to alienate any part thereof...

...the Committee, ER POTTER, President. WR STAPLES, Secretary. PATENTS AND PATENTEES IN RHODE ISLAND. The constitution of the United States vests in Congress the power to " promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and...

...submitted some days ago by Mr. Clay (the speaker) being under consideration : First, resolved, that the constitution of the United States vests in congress the power to dispose of the territory belonging to them ; and that no treaty, purporting to alienate any portion...

...powers could scarcely have been granted, without jeoparding the existence of the whole system. Without the power to lay and collect taxes, to provide for the common defence, and promote the general welfare, the whole system would have been vain and illusory. Without...