The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1855 - United States |
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... souri , or alter in any respect , he conceived , question as it already stood before the Sen concerning the admission of the new State . E therefore could not , viewing it as he did , assent : this proposition . The PRESIDENT also ...
... souri , or alter in any respect , he conceived , question as it already stood before the Sen concerning the admission of the new State . E therefore could not , viewing it as he did , assent : this proposition . The PRESIDENT also ...
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... souri , and it was competent for Congress , and was its duty , to see if that contract had been faithfully observed . It was held by some gentlemen that , as soon as the convention of Missouri was dis- solved , it became a State , and ...
... souri , and it was competent for Congress , and was its duty , to see if that contract had been faithfully observed . It was held by some gentlemen that , as soon as the convention of Missouri was dis- solved , it became a State , and ...
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... souri is entirely silent on this point , although some States , and a free man - going into Missouri , he of its language could not be understood without has the same rights as if born in Missouri ; after referring to the act of ...
... souri is entirely silent on this point , although some States , and a free man - going into Missouri , he of its language could not be understood without has the same rights as if born in Missouri ; after referring to the act of ...
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... souri ; in that act the question was involved , and they were obliged , therefore , to decide it . It was useless , therefore , to talk of referring the question to the judiciary . As Congress " might admit new States " into the Union ...
... souri ; in that act the question was involved , and they were obliged , therefore , to decide it . It was useless , therefore , to talk of referring the question to the judiciary . As Congress " might admit new States " into the Union ...
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... souri into the Union , he thought , was nothing more than a matter of form , and might be dis- pensed with . He had examined the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives for the course heretofore pursued by Congress on the ad ...
... souri into the Union , he thought , was nothing more than a matter of form , and might be dis- pensed with . He had examined the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives for the course heretofore pursued by Congress on the ad ...
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Page 547 - 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 353 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 131 - received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States." CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
Page 425 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 543 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Page 723 - ... 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 723 - ... 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 651 - ... 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 117 - 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 639 - 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.