Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Feb. 11, 1828-March 30, 1830D. Appleton, 1859 - United States |
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... officers , as it had done that of the officers of the Army . He thought it highly improper that their number should be left discretionary with the Executive branch of the Government , and pressed upon the Naval Committee the propriety ...
... officers , as it had done that of the officers of the Army . He thought it highly improper that their number should be left discretionary with the Executive branch of the Government , and pressed upon the Naval Committee the propriety ...
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... officers to be inadequate to the stations they respectively occupied . He denied that there were any sinecures in the Navy , and in- sisted that , if the number of officers was at any time too great , the fault did not lie with the ...
... officers to be inadequate to the stations they respectively occupied . He denied that there were any sinecures in the Navy , and in- sisted that , if the number of officers was at any time too great , the fault did not lie with the ...
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... officers . Should the ser- vice be cut too short of officers , it might chance to fail on the very point most exposed , and a loss be thereby incurred far greater than all the petty saving which might be produced by cur- tailing the ...
... officers . Should the ser- vice be cut too short of officers , it might chance to fail on the very point most exposed , and a loss be thereby incurred far greater than all the petty saving which might be produced by cur- tailing the ...
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... officers , fered to pass very quietly . The gentleman now its importance in teaching them the use of our at the head of the Military Committee ( Mr. language in a rhetorical flourish , may not be HAMILTON ) had likewise once presided ...
... officers , fered to pass very quietly . The gentleman now its importance in teaching them the use of our at the head of the Military Committee ( Mr. language in a rhetorical flourish , may not be HAMILTON ) had likewise once presided ...
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... officer at the head of the Warject , and it must be acknowledged , that it was Department , to give direction to the march ... officers of the Government , and if the promise was not fulfilled , their sense of justice and good faith was ...
... officer at the head of the Warject , and it must be acknowledged , that it was Department , to give direction to the march ... officers of the Government , and if the promise was not fulfilled , their sense of justice and good faith was ...
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Page 348 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent, and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never 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 348 - 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 438 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 425 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that 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,...
Page 348 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 281 - 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 343 - 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 438 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce and ruined credit.
Page 386 - ... 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...
Page 414 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow citizens ; and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.