The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volumes 1-2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 - Campaign literature |
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... express his warmest satisfaction at the proposal of this measure . " I approve of it , " said he , " because it is to be viewed as a direct precur- sor to war . " He sketched , in vivid outline , the injuries and wrongs we had sustained ...
... express his warmest satisfaction at the proposal of this measure . " I approve of it , " said he , " because it is to be viewed as a direct precur- sor to war . " He sketched , in vivid outline , the injuries and wrongs we had sustained ...
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... express purpose of informing his own government that there was a division among themselves upon the point ; and , for the very purpose of concealing that division from the enemy , he affixed his signature to the note sent to the British ...
... express purpose of informing his own government that there was a division among themselves upon the point ; and , for the very purpose of concealing that division from the enemy , he affixed his signature to the note sent to the British ...
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... express desire of the British Cabinet , ( for they were , in reality , the negotiators in this matter , ) who had first asserted , and always , up to that time , exercised the right ; and , moreover , that the instructions of our own ...
... express desire of the British Cabinet , ( for they were , in reality , the negotiators in this matter , ) who had first asserted , and always , up to that time , exercised the right ; and , moreover , that the instructions of our own ...
Page 100
... express the feelings of joy with which they welcomed him again among them . In his reply to their very flattering compliments , Mr. CLAY said , that , " during a great part of the negotiation which terminated in the treaty of Ghent ...
... express the feelings of joy with which they welcomed him again among them . In his reply to their very flattering compliments , Mr. CLAY said , that , " during a great part of the negotiation which terminated in the treaty of Ghent ...
Page 108
... express stipulation , the rights of our seamen would have been aban- doned . It is with utter astonishment that I hear it has been contended in this country , that , because our right of exemp- tion from the practice had not been ...
... express stipulation , the rights of our seamen would have been aban- doned . It is with utter astonishment that I hear it has been contended in this country , that , because our right of exemp- tion from the practice had not been ...
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Page 4 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 189 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States...
Page 183 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 189 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the Government of the United States, or either House of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said Government.
Page 189 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Page 300 - 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 270 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Page 467 - 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 96 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Page 184 - But when the legislature proceeds to impose on that officer other duties ; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts ; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the performance of those acts ; he is so far the officer of the law ; is amenable to the laws for his conduct ; and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others.