Sketches of Debate in the First Senate of the United States, in 1789-90-91 |
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... met with , and the use that would be made of it by the adver- saries of the Government . Happily , this matter is now done with , I hope never to be revived . Senate by reason of opposition by Robert Morris . He X PREFACE .
... met with , and the use that would be made of it by the adver- saries of the Government . Happily , this matter is now done with , I hope never to be revived . Senate by reason of opposition by Robert Morris . He X PREFACE .
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William Maclay George Washington Harris. Senate by reason of opposition by Robert Morris . He was at first desirous for its location at the Falls of the Delaware ; but failing in that , he endeavored to have it established in a district ...
William Maclay George Washington Harris. Senate by reason of opposition by Robert Morris . He was at first desirous for its location at the Falls of the Delaware ; but failing in that , he endeavored to have it established in a district ...
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... reason to object to it because the British speeches were styled most gracious . If we chose to object to words because they had been used in the same sense in Britain , we should soon be at a loss to do business . I had to reply . It is ...
... reason to object to it because the British speeches were styled most gracious . If we chose to object to words because they had been used in the same sense in Britain , we should soon be at a loss to do business . I had to reply . It is ...
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... reason for the distinction in the Con- stitution . The Senate are coupled with the President in certain executive functions , treaties , and appointments . This makes them in a degree his constitutional counselors , and gives them a ...
... reason for the distinction in the Con- stitution . The Senate are coupled with the President in certain executive functions , treaties , and appointments . This makes them in a degree his constitutional counselors , and gives them a ...
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... reason given is the most loose I ever heard assigned , viz : It was said a better one was forming . Surely this was no parliament- ary reason . Had any new bill been offered to the House - had any been in the hands of a committee , the ...
... reason given is the most loose I ever heard assigned , viz : It was said a better one was forming . Surely this was no parliament- ary reason . Had any new bill been offered to the House - had any been in the hands of a committee , the ...
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Page 251 - Philadelphia, or at Georgetown on the Potomac ; and it was thought that by giving it to Philadelphia for ten years, and to Georgetown permanently afterwards, this might, as an anodyne, calm in some degree the ferment which might be excited by the other measure alone. So two of the Potomac members (White and Lee, but White with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive,) agreed to change their votes, and Hamilton undertook to carry the other point. In doing this, the influence he had established over...
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Page 334 - Colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming foreign alliances, and a confederation of the Colonies, at such time and in the manner, as to them shall seem best: Provided, that the power of forming government for, and the regulation of the internal concerns of each Colony be left to the respective Colonial legislatures.
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