Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ..., Volume 2; Volume 13; Volume 69Gales & Seaton, 1837 - Law |
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Page 1411
... tion of the gentleman from Ohio could not therefore be entertained . Mr. ADAMS objected to the consideration of the reso- lution at this time . Some desultory conversation ensued on the point of order , in which Messrs . ADAMS and ...
... tion of the gentleman from Ohio could not therefore be entertained . Mr. ADAMS objected to the consideration of the reso- lution at this time . Some desultory conversation ensued on the point of order , in which Messrs . ADAMS and ...
Page 1415
... tion of a bill , so long as an amendment was pending . Mr. PATTON inquired if the Committee of the Whole could not be instructed to report the bill forthwith to the House , without amendment . Mr. SUTHERLAND said that a bill could not ...
... tion of a bill , so long as an amendment was pending . Mr. PATTON inquired if the Committee of the Whole could not be instructed to report the bill forthwith to the House , without amendment . Mr. SUTHERLAND said that a bill could not ...
Page 1423
... tion in reference to the importance of the passage of this bill to the United States , opening , as it would , a vast body of the finest lands in the State of Louisiana . He also adverted to the fact that , unless this bill were ...
... tion in reference to the importance of the passage of this bill to the United States , opening , as it would , a vast body of the finest lands in the State of Louisiana . He also adverted to the fact that , unless this bill were ...
Page 1425
... tion of slavery , shall , without being either printed or re- ferred , be laid on the table , and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon . " The SPEAKER said it was his opinion that this reso- lution embraced every ...
... tion of slavery , shall , without being either printed or re- ferred , be laid on the table , and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon . " The SPEAKER said it was his opinion that this reso- lution embraced every ...
Page 1431
... tion of the law and the rights of the declaration of inde- pendence . There was nothing about slavery or the abolition of slavery in it . He moved that it be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia , and that it be ...
... tion of the law and the rights of the declaration of inde- pendence . There was nothing about slavery or the abolition of slavery in it . He moved that it be referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia , and that it be ...
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