Resolved, that all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table,... Southern History of the War - Page 22by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866Full view - About this book
| Arthur Holmes - Political parties - 1859 - 410 pages
...whatever, to the subject of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." This arbitrary action of the House, did not deter petitioners from transmitting their appeals to Mr.... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1860 - 818 pages
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon. Mr. PINCKT.EY was instructed to move that 6,000 extra copies of the report be printed. Mr. WISE said... | |
| United States - 1860 - 36 pages
...Slavery, or the abolition of Slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." May 25th, 1836. the first resolution was adopted by a vote of yeas 182, nays 9. The second resolution... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...slavery or the a'tulilion of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." Notwithstanding the rule embodied in this resolution virtually trampled the right of petition into... | |
| Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 394 pages
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall...professed to be in favor of protecting the slaveholder in his right of property, and yet declared by their votes, as well as by their speeches, that the right... | |
| George Lunt - History - 1866 - 584 pages
...slavery, or ' the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon. Yeas, 117 ; nays, 68. On this occasion, Mr. JQ Adams attempted (out of order) to resist these resolutions,... | |
| George Lunt - United States - 1867 - 536 pages
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon. Teas, 117; nays, 68. On this occasion, Mr. JQ Adams attempted (out of order) to resist these resolutions,... | |
| Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 676 pages
...whatever, to the subject of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." The resolution only gave Mr. Adams the position of one seemingly defending the right of petition, and it... | |
| Ransom Hooker Gillet - New York (State) - 1874 - 1046 pages
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." This report, although presented by the chairman, was understood by the committee to have been drawn... | |
| Alexander Harris - United States - 1876 - 530 pages
...slavery or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." The above resolution was adopted by 117 yeas to 63 nays, the latter being chiefly Whigs from the free States.... | |
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