Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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Page 93
... reasons stated in the petition ; which was read . Mr. BAYARD Submitted the following motion for consideration : Resolved , That the Secretary of the Senate cause to be printed the acts of Congress passed during the present session ; and ...
... reasons stated in the petition ; which was read . Mr. BAYARD Submitted the following motion for consideration : Resolved , That the Secretary of the Senate cause to be printed the acts of Congress passed during the present session ; and ...
Page 145
... reason of which a few desperate savages , well armed with their rifles , tomahawks , and scalping knives , and paid for the scalps of our citizens , may travel in the night , watch their place of assassination undis covered , and fall ...
... reason of which a few desperate savages , well armed with their rifles , tomahawks , and scalping knives , and paid for the scalps of our citizens , may travel in the night , watch their place of assassination undis covered , and fall ...
Page 155
... reason of the introduction of the first provision of the bill , he said , was the pal- pable fact , that the present pay of the Army , tak- ing into consideration the price of labor through- out the Union , was much below the average ...
... reason of the introduction of the first provision of the bill , he said , was the pal- pable fact , that the present pay of the Army , tak- ing into consideration the price of labor through- out the Union , was much below the average ...
Page 159
... reason- able compensation . The property which a pa- rent has in the services of his son , of a guardian in the ... reasons which might be added , Mr. S. moved to strike out the third section of the bill . But , sir , said he , it is ...
... reason- able compensation . The property which a pa- rent has in the services of his son , of a guardian in the ... reasons which might be added , Mr. S. moved to strike out the third section of the bill . But , sir , said he , it is ...
Page 165
... reason to doubt the con- stitutionality of this section . In its operation , it evidently will vitiate contracts ... reasons , founded on my best judgment , why I cannot vote for this section ; and shall now submit an amendment , which I ...
... reason to doubt the con- stitutionality of this section . In its operation , it evidently will vitiate contracts ... reasons , founded on my best judgment , why I cannot vote for this section ; and shall now submit an amendment , which I ...
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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...