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 2; Volume 6; Volume 51Gales & Seaton, 1830 - Law |
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... questions , ed powers . which have been discussed since I occupied a seat in this Admitting this position to be correct , and which I do House , I have studiously avoided entering into the de- to a certain but limited extent , the question ...
... questions , ed powers . which have been discussed since I occupied a seat in this Admitting this position to be correct , and which I do House , I have studiously avoided entering into the de- to a certain but limited extent , the question ...
Page 674
... question is not unwor- individual views . To do this is happily felt by me not to thy your most serious reflection , how far this capital , thus be less a duty than a pleasure . collected and thus expended , will have suffered diminu ...
... question is not unwor- individual views . To do this is happily felt by me not to thy your most serious reflection , how far this capital , thus be less a duty than a pleasure . collected and thus expended , will have suffered diminu ...
Page 677
... question ? Immediately after putting this question , in the I have only to say , that , whilst it is undeniably true that manner I have represented , the gentleman expressed his ten or twelve millions will make a better road than two ...
... question ? Immediately after putting this question , in the I have only to say , that , whilst it is undeniably true that manner I have represented , the gentleman expressed his ten or twelve millions will make a better road than two ...
Page 688
... question of the proper lieve that it is sinking it far below its present dignity , to location of this road : they exhibit a mere outline , without suppose that there is no such thing as disinterested pa- noticing many of the prominent ...
... question of the proper lieve that it is sinking it far below its present dignity , to location of this road : they exhibit a mere outline , without suppose that there is no such thing as disinterested pa- noticing many of the prominent ...
Page 712
... question , whether the power to construct the pro- posed road is delegated to Congress by the constitution , appears to be waived . I understood the gentleman from Virginia [ Mr. P. P. BARBOUR ] as distinctly abandoning the ground of ...
... question , whether the power to construct the pro- posed road is delegated to Congress by the constitution , appears to be waived . I understood the gentleman from Virginia [ Mr. P. P. BARBOUR ] as distinctly abandoning the ground of ...
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Page 952 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass but my madness speaks; It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen.
Page 752 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Page 984 - States than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country...
Page 839 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 724 - I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home...
Page 848 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expense of government to the individuals of a great nation is like the expense of management to the joint tenants of a great estate, who are all obliged to contribute in proportion to their respective interests in the estate.
Page 911 - Seeing therefore that an association of men, who will not quarrel with one another, is a thing which never yet existed from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry; seeing that we must have somebody to quarrel with, I had rather keep our New England associates for that purpose than to see our bickerings transferred to others.
Page 889 - The internal competition which takes place soon does away with every thing like monopoly, and by degrees reduces the price of the article to the minimum of a reasonable profit on the capital employed. This accords with the reason of the thing, and with experience.
Page 919 - We have experienced what we did not then believe, that there exists both profligacy and power enough to exclude us from the field of interchange with other nations; that to be independent for the comforts of life we must fabricate them ourselves. We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist...
Page 700 - I can not, therefore, too strongly or too earnestly, for my own sense of its importance, warn you against all encroachments upon the legitimate sphere of State sovereignty. Sustained by its healthful and invigorating influence, the federal system can never fall.