The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious IndexGales and Seaton, 1824 - United States |
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Page 1701
... motion of Mr. P. P. BARBOUR , to strike out the hundred and eighty - second line of the bill , " on wheat twenty - five cents per bushel , " and decided in the negative - ayes 71 , noes 113 . And then the Committee rose . SATURDAY ...
... motion of Mr. P. P. BARBOUR , to strike out the hundred and eighty - second line of the bill , " on wheat twenty - five cents per bushel , " and decided in the negative - ayes 71 , noes 113 . And then the Committee rose . SATURDAY ...
Page 1705
... motion to strike out from the first section so much as imposes a duty of one dol- lar and twelve cents per cwt . on iron , in bars or bolts , not manufactured by rolling . In support of this motion , Mr. FULLER observed that iron was an ...
... motion to strike out from the first section so much as imposes a duty of one dol- lar and twelve cents per cwt . on iron , in bars or bolts , not manufactured by rolling . In support of this motion , Mr. FULLER observed that iron was an ...
Page 1741
... motion . The amendment went to alter the whole character of the bill by striking out one of its most important and most valuable parts . The labor of the coun- try , formerly occupied in commerce and agricul- ture , has , by the ...
... motion . The amendment went to alter the whole character of the bill by striking out one of its most important and most valuable parts . The labor of the coun- try , formerly occupied in commerce and agricul- ture , has , by the ...
Page 1751
... motion was carried . Mr. ToD then moved to add to the clause lay- ing duties on nail rods , sheet iron , and iron slit and rolled , the following words , " on pig iron 75 cents per cwt . " On this motion a prolonged and desultory debate ...
... motion was carried . Mr. ToD then moved to add to the clause lay- ing duties on nail rods , sheet iron , and iron slit and rolled , the following words , " on pig iron 75 cents per cwt . " On this motion a prolonged and desultory debate ...
Page 1753
... motion for the present . The Committee then rose , and the House ad- part , a duty of twenty - five per centum , ad valo- journed . rem , " by striking out therefrom the word " silk . " Mr. BRECK Supported his motion by a few re- marks ...
... motion for the present . The Committee then rose , and the House ad- part , a duty of twenty - five per centum , ad valo- journed . rem , " by striking out therefrom the word " silk . " Mr. BRECK Supported his motion by a few re- marks ...
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Page 1895 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Page 1865 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis's Straits ; — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Page 2189 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to...
Page 2189 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
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Page 2145 - This idea of an extensive domestic market for the surplus produce of the soil, is of the first consequence. It is, of all things, that which most effectually conduces to a flourishing state of agriculture.
Page 1789 - No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any of the Ports of the United States on British Vessels, than those payable in the same ports by Vessels of the United States...
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Page 2397 - To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of...