The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1826 - United States |
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... thing it could report upon ; any thing relating probably , fifteen millions of our duties paid , in the end , to the raising of cotton or of cattle ? What power would by the tillers of the soil , who consume , and not by the the ...
... thing it could report upon ; any thing relating probably , fifteen millions of our duties paid , in the end , to the raising of cotton or of cattle ? What power would by the tillers of the soil , who consume , and not by the the ...
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... thing else in regard to it . Of its particular source in the Constitution , its extent and attri- butes , very different views were entertained by its friends . There had not been any thing in the experience of the past , nor was there ...
... thing else in regard to it . Of its particular source in the Constitution , its extent and attri- butes , very different views were entertained by its friends . There had not been any thing in the experience of the past , nor was there ...
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... things relating to the Indian ed States would have no objection to giving them all the country within the several ... thing ? Mr. C. said he did not like this plan of the United States acquiring power by stipulations of treaty . It ...
... things relating to the Indian ed States would have no objection to giving them all the country within the several ... thing ? Mr. C. said he did not like this plan of the United States acquiring power by stipulations of treaty . It ...
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... thing to avoid this dangerous navigation . Mr. H. said the West- ern and South Western States were usually very modest in their claims ; but they seemed to have adopted the maxim , never to lose any thing for want of asking , and ...
... thing to avoid this dangerous navigation . Mr. H. said the West- ern and South Western States were usually very modest in their claims ; but they seemed to have adopted the maxim , never to lose any thing for want of asking , and ...
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... thing , and not for the shadow . Sherman's rule was , give me the vote , and take the argument . He was for the practice ; as the gen- tleman from Maine said , he was for the money - keeping it within the Treasury of the United States ...
... thing , and not for the shadow . Sherman's rule was , give me the vote , and take the argument . He was for the practice ; as the gen- tleman from Maine said , he was for the money - keeping it within the Treasury of the United States ...
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Page 379 - ... every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied, that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Page 255 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Page 367 - No person who heretofore hath been, or hereafter may be, a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable or liable.
Page 633 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 277 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Page 255 - Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 65 - That the section, number sixteen, in every township, and where such section has been sold, granted or disposed of,' other lands equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted to the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools.
Page 417 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 239 - The united states in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that hereafter may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any other cause whatever; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following.
Page 79 - Resolved unanimously, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him one month, by the usual mode of wearing crape on the left arm. Resolved unanimously, That, as an additional mark of respect for the memory of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, the Senate do now adjourn.