Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the ... Session of the ... Congress, Volume 4; Volume 12; Volume 67Gales & Seaton, 1836 - Law |
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Page 3843
... respect , tri- umphantly answered , by the gentleman from Maine , [ Mr. EVANS , ] the gentleman from Virginia , [ Mr. GAR- LAND , ] and another gentleman from Maine , [ Mr. JARVIS . ] My view of the subject covers the whole United ...
... respect , tri- umphantly answered , by the gentleman from Maine , [ Mr. EVANS , ] the gentleman from Virginia , [ Mr. GAR- LAND , ] and another gentleman from Maine , [ Mr. JARVIS . ] My view of the subject covers the whole United ...
Page 3857
... respect . ive States . And yet , in this state of things , when the Government was bankrupt - when the States were re- sorting to the extraordinary measure of creating a gen eral central Government , and giving to it the power of direct ...
... respect . ive States . And yet , in this state of things , when the Government was bankrupt - when the States were re- sorting to the extraordinary measure of creating a gen eral central Government , and giving to it the power of direct ...
Page 3859
... respect to distribution , from money brought into the Treasury by taxation ? Nor can this view of the subject be too clearly or strongly enforced upon the public mind . [ MAY 23 , 1836 . chase of stock , to be thereafter disposed of to ...
... respect to distribution , from money brought into the Treasury by taxation ? Nor can this view of the subject be too clearly or strongly enforced upon the public mind . [ MAY 23 , 1836 . chase of stock , to be thereafter disposed of to ...
Page 3863
... respect- of sovereignty between the United States and the Chero ed the latter people and the State of Georgia . There was , then , no inconsistency between the two documents . Mr. F. then adverted to the subject of the surplus He had ...
... respect- of sovereignty between the United States and the Chero ed the latter people and the State of Georgia . There was , then , no inconsistency between the two documents . Mr. F. then adverted to the subject of the surplus He had ...
Page 3875
... respect , and inde- pendence of the States were cloven down by a single dash , was received amid hallelujahs ; and the very States that were disgraced by it , instead of calling up the spirit of the entombed constitution , bowed down in ...
... respect , and inde- pendence of the States were cloven down by a single dash , was received amid hallelujahs ; and the very States that were disgraced by it , instead of calling up the spirit of the entombed constitution , bowed down in ...
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Page 3857 - States, in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Page 3973 - There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 4215 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 4007 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 4263 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 4215 - Provided, however, And it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have...
Page 4311 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows...
Page 4199 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 3857 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 4261 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited...