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 7; Volume 21; Volume 52Gales & Seaton, 1831 - Law |
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... object . The years ago , by a special committee , of which that distin- guished reformer , the present Secretary of the Treasury , had been the chairman . He also alluded to that other chief of reformers , whose late message had shut up ...
... object . The years ago , by a special committee , of which that distin- guished reformer , the present Secretary of the Treasury , had been the chairman . He also alluded to that other chief of reformers , whose late message had shut up ...
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... object of sor did the same . Mr. KING hoped the inquiry would be standing committees , that a vast variety of items were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post referred to them in the ordinary transaction of the busi ...
... object of sor did the same . Mr. KING hoped the inquiry would be standing committees , that a vast variety of items were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post referred to them in the ordinary transaction of the busi ...
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... object was to settle the doubts which over to Monday next , to await the return of Mr. Wirt . existed on the subject ; and that object would be attained , Mr. BUCHANAN said , that the managers on the part of whether the resolution ...
... object was to settle the doubts which over to Monday next , to await the return of Mr. Wirt . existed on the subject ; and that object would be attained , Mr. BUCHANAN said , that the managers on the part of whether the resolution ...
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... object of the second sec- tion was to appropriate an additional sum sufficient to make up the difference between six thousand dollars and the three per cent . interest for 1830. Mr. Morris had purchased lands from the Seneca tribe , and ...
... object of the second sec- tion was to appropriate an additional sum sufficient to make up the difference between six thousand dollars and the three per cent . interest for 1830. Mr. Morris had purchased lands from the Seneca tribe , and ...
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... objects of the bill into by the measure than it would cost . Mr. TAZEWELL said he should interpose no other effect . In asking leave to introduce this bill , Mr. L. said that objection than his vote to the bill . He had asked the its object ...
... objects of the bill into by the measure than it would cost . Mr. TAZEWELL said he should interpose no other effect . In asking leave to introduce this bill , Mr. L. said that objection than his vote to the bill . He had asked the its object ...
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Page 657 - Constitution ; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United States.
Page 625 - Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; — who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 205 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 319 - Is on the engrossment of the amendment and the third reading of the bill. the amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time.
Page 655 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute, or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon a...
Page 265 - Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur ; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.
Page 665 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 49 - Where the private interests of a member are concerned in a bill or question he is to withdraw. And where such an interest has appeared, his voice has been disallowed, even after a division. In a case so contrary, not only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principle of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own cause, it is for the honor of the House that this rule of immemorial observance should be strictly adhered to.
Page 657 - ... may, at their discretion, if the cause shall have been once remanded before, proceed to a final decision of the same and award execution.