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 10; Volume 59Gales & Seaton, 1825 - Law |
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Page 1401
... thing altogether without precedent . other members- " If you stand upon law , and dispute of 134 ΟΙ H ! وو As to the protest , sir , it appears to me , that the honor- the perogative , hark ye what Bracton says -- Prærogati- aveable ...
... thing altogether without precedent . other members- " If you stand upon law , and dispute of 134 ΟΙ H ! وو As to the protest , sir , it appears to me , that the honor- the perogative , hark ye what Bracton says -- Prærogati- aveable ...
Page 1405
... things which I wish to say concerning it . son , if it be worthy of the name , were sufficient to justify it . In other ... thing which I am by no means inclined to do . legislative branch , may pass no resolutions , except those Had the ...
... things which I wish to say concerning it . son , if it be worthy of the name , were sufficient to justify it . In other ... thing which I am by no means inclined to do . legislative branch , may pass no resolutions , except those Had the ...
Page 1415
... thing - the country trolled dominion . and the people nothing . As the constitution is not amend And the Senate does ... things . But the Senate may check , interrupted by party feelings and party excitements . if it cannot entirely ...
... thing - the country trolled dominion . and the people nothing . As the constitution is not amend And the Senate does ... things . But the Senate may check , interrupted by party feelings and party excitements . if it cannot entirely ...
Page 1439
... thing . It appeared that , in the State of New Jersey , there were several meetings of persons holding particular opinions on the subject of the late measure of the Executive . These persons had appointed delegates to meet in a con ...
... thing . It appeared that , in the State of New Jersey , there were several meetings of persons holding particular opinions on the subject of the late measure of the Executive . These persons had appointed delegates to meet in a con ...
Page 1461
... things that have passed ed abodes to counsel and advise us , with Washington away . Then , of those glorious liberties it ... thing intended may be effected , though and God only knows what the issue will be . Should lib- not in the way ...
... things that have passed ed abodes to counsel and advise us , with Washington away . Then , of those glorious liberties it ... thing intended may be effected , though and God only knows what the issue will be . Should lib- not in the way ...
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Page 1503 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 1423 - Such is the strength with which population shoots in that part of the world, that state the numbers as high as we will whilst the dispute continues, the exaggeration ends.
Page 1523 - ... grievances, which daily happen within this Realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament ; and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House hath, and of right ought to have, Freedom of Speech, to propound, treat, reason and bring to conclusion the same...
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Page 1595 - Having carefully and anxiously considered all the facts and arguments, which have been submitted to him, relative to a removal of the public deposites from the bank of the United States, the president deems it his duty, to communicate in this manner to his cabinet the final conclusions of his own mind, and the reasons on which they are founded, in order to put them in durable form, and to prevent misconceptions.
Page 1955 - Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted.
Page 1501 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 1503 - Department," approved September two, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it was provided that it should be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of the United States, and to disburse the same upon warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, countersigned by the Comptroller, and recorded by the Register, and not otherwise...