The Patriotick Proceedings of the Legislature of Massachusetts, During Their Session from Jan. 26, to March 4, 1809: Consisting of the Lieutenant Governour's Speech, Answer of Both Houses, Report of the Joint Committee on Petitions, Gore's Report on Crowninshield's Resolutions, Report on the Lieutenant Governour's Military Orders, with Three Speeches, Memorial to Congress, Address to the People |
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Page 74
... acts respecting the embargo , for the purpose of pre- venting the illegal departure of any ship or vessel , or of detaining , taking possession of and keeping in cus- tody any ship or vessel , or of taking into custody and guarding any ...
... acts respecting the embargo , for the purpose of pre- venting the illegal departure of any ship or vessel , or of detaining , taking possession of and keeping in cus- tody any ship or vessel , or of taking into custody and guarding any ...
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... embargo act , I hope they will dis- cover no impatience on this occasion - and that they will allow us time to bring ... law or usage to justify this pro- cedure - it is rather because other gentlemen of the committee , though they ...
... embargo act , I hope they will dis- cover no impatience on this occasion - and that they will allow us time to bring ... law or usage to justify this pro- cedure - it is rather because other gentlemen of the committee , though they ...
Page 85
... act respecting what` they have been pleased to call an embargo . The gentleman from Dorchester ( Mr. Morton ) has ... law of the land . " I will thank thegen- tleman to take with him also the twelfth article of the amendments to ...
... act respecting what` they have been pleased to call an embargo . The gentleman from Dorchester ( Mr. Morton ) has ... law of the land . " I will thank thegen- tleman to take with him also the twelfth article of the amendments to ...
Page 96
... embargo law , in breaking down the barriers of the constitu- tion and the laws , to prostrate the militia system in ... act as commander in chief of this commonwealth . If gentlemen had examined the order of the lieutenant ...
... embargo law , in breaking down the barriers of the constitu- tion and the laws , to prostrate the militia system in ... act as commander in chief of this commonwealth . If gentlemen had examined the order of the lieutenant ...
Page 100
... embargo by a late act , exceeding in severity all that preceded it ; an act which , if conti- nued in operation , will , as we apprehend , not only complete the destruction of the commercial prospe- rity , but prove highly dangerous to ...
... embargo by a late act , exceeding in severity all that preceded it ; an act which , if conti- nued in operation , will , as we apprehend , not only complete the destruction of the commercial prospe- rity , but prove highly dangerous to ...
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Page 86 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 69 - People, in every such case it shall be lawful for the President of The United States, or such other Person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the Land or Naval Forces of the United States...
Page 46 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
Page 86 - Provided always, that whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the president to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the president shall forthwith, and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 88 - The United States, or such other Person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the Land or Naval Forces of the United States, or of the Militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such Ship or Vessel...
Page 14 - ... upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 68 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions,' it is enacted, ' that whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the power vested in the marshals...
Page 86 - The marshals and their deputies shall have, in each State, the same powers, in executing the laws of the United States, as the sheriffs and their deputies in such State may have, by law, in executing the laws thereof.
Page 47 - ... without being obliged to purchase it; completely and without any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the laws.
Page 79 - I think it proper to add a special recommendation ; it is, that every officer and soldier will constantly bear in mind, that he comes to support the laws, and that it would be peculiarly unbecoming in him to be in any way the infractor of them ; that the essential principles of a...