Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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... honorable war , and against the feelings sacred to humanity , the British commanders cannot resort to a plea of retaliation ; for it is committed in the face of our example . They cannot mitigate it , by calling it a self - defence ...
... honorable war , and against the feelings sacred to humanity , the British commanders cannot resort to a plea of retaliation ; for it is committed in the face of our example . They cannot mitigate it , by calling it a self - defence ...
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... honorable peace , merit the entire approbation of this General Assembly ; and that not only the honor and dignity of this people , but its continuance as a free and independent nation , depend upon a vigorous prosecution of the war ...
... honorable peace , merit the entire approbation of this General Assembly ; and that not only the honor and dignity of this people , but its continuance as a free and independent nation , depend upon a vigorous prosecution of the war ...
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... honorable warfare , supplying the place of a conquering force , by attempts to disor- ganize our political society , to dismember our confederated Republic . Happily , like others , these will recoil on the authors ; but they mark the ...
... honorable warfare , supplying the place of a conquering force , by attempts to disor- ganize our political society , to dismember our confederated Republic . Happily , like others , these will recoil on the authors ; but they mark the ...
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... honorable combat - they must always have some referred so much of the President's Message as relates great and ... honorably discharged . Mr. J. observed , if the savages are unmindful of the many acts of benevolence , of justice and ...
... honorable combat - they must always have some referred so much of the President's Message as relates great and ... honorably discharged . Mr. J. observed , if the savages are unmindful of the many acts of benevolence , of justice and ...
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... honorable man , I am not at liberty to doubt , as it is supported by no less authority than that of the President of the United States , " that the national spirit rises according to the pressure on it , and that the late partial calami ...
... honorable man , I am not at liberty to doubt , as it is supported by no less authority than that of the President of the United States , " that the national spirit rises according to the pressure on it , and that the late partial calami ...
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Page 595 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 297 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 547 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 67 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 523 - President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government. being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed, as alien enemies.
Page 677 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed.
Page 31 - The memorial of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Missouri Territory, praying for admission into the Union, was presented to the Senate by Mr.
Page 639 - in the event of a declaration of war against the United States, or of actual invasion of their territory by a foreign power, or of imminent danger of such invasion discovered in his opinion to exist, before the next session of Congress...
Page 45 - An act for an amicable settlement of limits with the State of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a Government in the Mississippi territory...
Page 279 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...