The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1855 - United States |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 39
... establish- ing an additional land office in Indiana ; and agreed thereto . The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the select committee on the petition of Matthew Lyon ; and the further consideration thereof was postponed to and ...
... establish- ing an additional land office in Indiana ; and agreed thereto . The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the select committee on the petition of Matthew Lyon ; and the further consideration thereof was postponed to and ...
Page 47
... establish , ratify , laws to qualify him for the exercise of these rights , and confirm , certain boundaries , but they nowhere he stands precisely on the same footing , and his recognise the authority which prescribed these rights are ...
... establish , ratify , laws to qualify him for the exercise of these rights , and confirm , certain boundaries , but they nowhere he stands precisely on the same footing , and his recognise the authority which prescribed these rights are ...
Page 103
... establish justice , insure do- " The United States , in Congress assembled , shall mestic tranquillity , provide for the common defence , guaranty to every State in this Union a republi promote the general welfare , and secure the ...
... establish justice , insure do- " The United States , in Congress assembled , shall mestic tranquillity , provide for the common defence , guaranty to every State in this Union a republi promote the general welfare , and secure the ...
Page 135
... establish a port of entry in the district of Sandusky , in the State of Ohio , and for other purposes , " was read ... establishing trading - houses with the Indian tribes ; " and , on motion by Mr. TRIMBLE , it was postponed to ...
... establish a port of entry in the district of Sandusky , in the State of Ohio , and for other purposes , " was read ... establishing trading - houses with the Indian tribes ; " and , on motion by Mr. TRIMBLE , it was postponed to ...
Page 137
... establish his guilt . Nay , if treason should be committed , the traitors would escape with impunity , for the want of a court to take cognizance of such crimes . In what- ever point of view this subject is considered , said Mr. W. , it ...
... establish his guilt . Nay , if treason should be committed , the traitors would escape with impunity , for the want of a court to take cognizance of such crimes . In what- ever point of view this subject is considered , said Mr. W. , it ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Admission of Missouri admitted Alabama amendment amount appointed army authority bank bankrupt BARBOUR bill citizens clause Committee of Claims Committee on Public concurrence Congress constitution of Missouri court debt DECEMBER declared district District of Columbia dollars duty entitled An act establish expediency favor free negroes gentleman Government granted Holmes honorable House of Representatives JANUARY Jason Fairbanks Johnson Judiciary Kentucky last session Legislature liberty Louisiana Massachusetts Matthew Lyon ment military militia Mississippi mittee motion nation negroes and mulattoes object officers opinion passed payment persons petition was read postponed praying presented the petition President principles privileges proceeded to consider proposed provision Public Lands question read the third referred relief resolution Resolved Rhode Island Secretary Secretary of War Senate proceeded Senate resumed SMITH South Carolina stitution submitted Tennessee Territory tion Treasury Treaty of Ghent TRIMBLE Union United Virginia vote whole York
Popular passages
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.