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 .., Volume 9; Volume 56Gales & Seaton, 1838 - Law |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 11
... grant a quantity of land to the State of Mis- souri , for the purpose of enabling said State to open a canal in the ... grants . These persons were protected by the bill . On motion of Mr. SPRAGUE , who wished time for further ...
... grant a quantity of land to the State of Mis- souri , for the purpose of enabling said State to open a canal in the ... grants . These persons were protected by the bill . On motion of Mr. SPRAGUE , who wished time for further ...
Page 73
... grant , by which Kentucky shall It was said that there is some discontent in the West ; and be stripped of what belongs to her in common with Vir- how was it proposed to allay this discontent ? ginia and the other members of the ...
... grant , by which Kentucky shall It was said that there is some discontent in the West ; and be stripped of what belongs to her in common with Vir- how was it proposed to allay this discontent ? ginia and the other members of the ...
Page 83
... grant this , let the States treated by its friends , ) the account ought to be fairly dispose of them to their minds , and let not Congress dic- stated from the commencement of the firm . Then we tate to them ; it corrupts and ...
... grant this , let the States treated by its friends , ) the account ought to be fairly dispose of them to their minds , and let not Congress dic- stated from the commencement of the firm . Then we tate to them ; it corrupts and ...
Page 85
... grant from her to the States move these embarrassments , but to continue them continues of that imperfect right must be unavoidably imperfect . an inequality among the States , and is therefore unconsti- The Senator from Kentucky , who ...
... grant from her to the States move these embarrassments , but to continue them continues of that imperfect right must be unavoidably imperfect . an inequality among the States , and is therefore unconsti- The Senator from Kentucky , who ...
Page 91
... grant , and terms of the treaty , you had a swamps , all the swamps on the Mississippi , & c . , when right at the beginning never to settle those States , and there was no such provision or principle in that bill . So thus perpetuate ...
... grant , and terms of the treaty , you had a swamps , all the swamps on the Mississippi , & c . , when right at the beginning never to settle those States , and there was no such provision or principle in that bill . So thus perpetuate ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acre adopted amendment argument articles of confederation asked authority CALHOUN called cent citizens committee common compact confederation Congress consideration constitution convention debt declared deeds of cession delegated doctrine dollars duties ernment Executive exercise existing favor Federal Government force FORSYTH Frelinghuysen gentleman Georgia give grant GRUNDY honorable Senator important interests judge judicial Judiciary justice Kentucky laws legislation Legislature liberty limits MANGUM Massachusetts means measure ment military Missouri motion necessary nullification object officers opinion oppression ordinance party pass peace Pennsylvania POINDEXTER political present President principles proceeds proposed proposition protection provisions public lands purpose question ratified reason reduction reference reserved powers resistance resolution respect Revenue Collection Bill Secretary session South Carolina sovereign sovereignty stitution supposed Supreme Court tariff thing tion treasury treaty unconstitutional Union United violation Virginia vote Waggaman whole
Popular passages
Page 285 - ... 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 357 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 273 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 425 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 315 - States in congress assembled ; and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 297 - If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this : you must first enable the government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Page 231 - 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.
Page 393 - ... that all acts of the United States in Congress, made by virtue and in pursuance of the powers hereby, and by the Articles of Confederation, vested in them, and all treaties made and ratified under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the respective States, so far forth as those acts or treaties shall relate to the said States or their citizens ; and that the Judiciary of the several States shall be bound thereby in their decisions, any thing in the respective laws of...
Page 161 - 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 or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 273 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...