The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1855 - United States |
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... duty in a way that they deemed proper , they had sent it here for acceptance , and it was the duty of Congress , Mr. B. conceived , to examine and pro- nounce upon the legality of the instrument pre- sented . He stated that it had been ...
... duty in a way that they deemed proper , they had sent it here for acceptance , and it was the duty of Congress , Mr. B. conceived , to examine and pro- nounce upon the legality of the instrument pre- sented . He stated that it had been ...
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... duty of Congress to reject it . Mr. B. said he would add nothing more about the right of Congress to decide this question ; he would merely say , Congress must from necessity decide it ; it must admit the members of Mis- souri ; in that ...
... duty of Congress to reject it . Mr. B. said he would add nothing more about the right of Congress to decide this question ; he would merely say , Congress must from necessity decide it ; it must admit the members of Mis- souri ; in that ...
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... duty , impost , or toll ; " whilst the old States retain the right to these exactions , and some of them do actually exact it . The State of New York now exacts , as a toll , one dollar upon every passenger in the steamboats that go up ...
... duty , impost , or toll ; " whilst the old States retain the right to these exactions , and some of them do actually exact it . The State of New York now exacts , as a toll , one dollar upon every passenger in the steamboats that go up ...
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... duty of Congress , under the term " guaranty , " to look into any constitution . Who will be bold enough to say it is not its duty to see that no State shall alter its constitution , but by its permission and authority ? It would be to ...
... duty of Congress , under the term " guaranty , " to look into any constitution . Who will be bold enough to say it is not its duty to see that no State shall alter its constitution , but by its permission and authority ? It would be to ...
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... duty of Congress to examine this instrument , he should proceed to state and to support his objection arising upon the face of it , and it was shortly to the clause which made it the duty of the Legislature of the new State to prevent ...
... duty of Congress to examine this instrument , he should proceed to state and to support his objection arising upon the face of it , and it was shortly to the clause which made it the duty of the Legislature of the new State to prevent ...
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Page 543 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress , assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 349 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 127 - received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States." CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
Page 421 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 539 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Page 719 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected — these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 719 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 647 - ... applied to the support of said university, with such branches as the public convenience may demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant. And it shall be the duty of the legislature as soon as may be. to provide effectual means for the improvement and permanent security of the funds of said university.
Page 113 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military, or to have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments from the crown to himself or...
Page 635 - Therefore, no male person, born in this country, or brought from over sea, ought to be holden by law, to serve any person, as a servant, slave or apprentice, after he arrives to the age of twenty-one years, nor female, in like manner, after she arrives to the age of eighteen years, unless they are bound by their own consent, after they arrive to such age, or bound by law, for the payment of debts, damages, fines, costs, or the like.