The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1855 - United States |
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... question before it should be taken great superiority of the former , not only in its human - up here . This opinion was not incompatible with ity , but in its salutary effects on the subject of the punishment , as well as in its example ...
... question before it should be taken great superiority of the former , not only in its human - up here . This opinion was not incompatible with ity , but in its salutary effects on the subject of the punishment , as well as in its example ...
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... question , and he only desired one or two days for reflection , and to make up an opinion . He con- cluded by varying his motion for postponement to Thursday next . SENATE . of courtesy towards the members from the new State , now kept ...
... question , and he only desired one or two days for reflection , and to make up an opinion . He con- cluded by varying his motion for postponement to Thursday next . SENATE . of courtesy towards the members from the new State , now kept ...
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... question , and the interesting consideration it involves . The committee are aware , that , in opposition to this view of the subject , the decision of some of the judges of the Supreme Court , sustaining the constitutionality of the ...
... question , and the interesting consideration it involves . The committee are aware , that , in opposition to this view of the subject , the decision of some of the judges of the Supreme Court , sustaining the constitutionality of the ...
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... question to agree to Mr. WILSON'S amendment , the Senate divided , and there appear- ed nine only in the affirmative ; so it was rejected , and the question recurred on the proviso offered by Mr. EATON . to it . The bill from the House ...
... question to agree to Mr. WILSON'S amendment , the Senate divided , and there appear- ed nine only in the affirmative ; so it was rejected , and the question recurred on the proviso offered by Mr. EATON . to it . The bill from the House ...
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... question then was , Mr. B. said , had the people of Missouri the Constitutional right to prohibit from entering that State a large class of persons who were citizens of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts ? To establish the negative of ...
... question then was , Mr. B. said , had the people of Missouri the Constitutional right to prohibit from entering that State a large class of persons who were citizens of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts ? To establish the negative of ...
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Page 539 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress , assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 59 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural inherent and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 111 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Page 55 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 333 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 771 - ... on earth, and the waters under the earth; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home; taxes on the raw material; taxes on every fresh value...
Page 535 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Page 105 - ... the free inhabitants of each of these states, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states ; and the people of each state shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other state, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of -trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions, as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 599 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 57 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.