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, 1849 - United States |
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Page 1591
... called forth . A message was received from the Senate in- forming the House that they had formed a quo- rum : whereupon the Clerk went to the Senate with the resolution of this House . The Secre- tary soon after returned , informing the ...
... called forth . A message was received from the Senate in- forming the House that they had formed a quo- rum : whereupon the Clerk went to the Senate with the resolution of this House . The Secre- tary soon after returned , informing the ...
Page 1641
... called so , by a citizen of that nation , without im- him important whether they made it or not . If propriety ; because , in doing so , he bestows no it was true , other nations would see it . But why praise of superiority on himself ...
... called so , by a citizen of that nation , without im- him important whether they made it or not . If propriety ; because , in doing so , he bestows no it was true , other nations would see it . But why praise of superiority on himself ...
Page 1645
... called upon to choose between them ; between those who wished to support Government and those who avowed so unseasonable and so exces- sive a sensibility to a foreign interest and foreign nation ; between those who condemned the in ...
... called upon to choose between them ; between those who wished to support Government and those who avowed so unseasonable and so exces- sive a sensibility to a foreign interest and foreign nation ; between those who condemned the in ...
Page 1661
... called upon to enter into it so far as the motion of his colleague went . Great care , he said , should be taken in entering into business of this kind , in its unripe state . Probably the PRESIDENT was now adjusting the matter amicably ...
... called upon to enter into it so far as the motion of his colleague went . Great care , he said , should be taken in entering into business of this kind , in its unripe state . Probably the PRESIDENT was now adjusting the matter amicably ...
Page 1665
... called Mr. HARPER to order . ] ideas as to offer a word on the subject . He was The SPEAKER said the gentleman was out of surprised , he said , that the British Treaty had of order . Mr. H. was about to go on , but the SPEAK- fended the ...
... called Mr. HARPER to order . ] ideas as to offer a word on the subject . He was The SPEAKER said the gentleman was out of surprised , he said , that the British Treaty had of order . Mr. H. was about to go on , but the SPEAK- fended the ...
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Abiel Foster Abraham Venable additional agreed amendment appointed appropriation believed bill cent citizens claim commerce Commissioners Committee compensation Congress consideration debt Dempsey Burges direct tax duty entitled An act expense favor FEBRUARY foreign Francis Malbone frigates frontier GALLATIN gentleman from South Government granted HARPER Henry Glen hoped House of Representatives hundred indirect Isaac Coles JANUARY John John Wilkes Kittera Joshua Coit laid land last session Lyman ment Military Establishment Militia motion Nathan Bryan nation Naval necessary NICHOLAS object officers opinion paid passed petition present PRESIDENT proper proposed question reason referred regiments resolution Resolved respect revenue salary Samuel Samuel Maclay Secretary Senate sent settlement SITGREAVES SMITH South Carolina supposed SWANWICK taken taxation thought thousand dollars tion Treasury Treaty United vote wanted Whole William William Craik William Hindman wished York
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Page 2297 - An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned...
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Page 1987 - An act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the district of Tennessee.
Page 1597 - The situation in which I now stand for the last time in the midst of the representatives of the people of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the administration of the present form of government commenced, and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country on the success of the experiment, nor to repeat my fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the universe and Sovereign Arbiter of nations, that his providential care may...