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... committee of foreign relations , ( Mr. D. R. Williams , ) the organ , as is admitted , of the will and the wishes of the American cabinet . The bill , therefore , brings , necessarily , into delibe- ration the conquest of Canada ...
... committee of foreign relations , ( Mr. D. R. Williams , ) the organ , as is admitted , of the will and the wishes of the American cabinet . The bill , therefore , brings , necessarily , into delibe- ration the conquest of Canada ...
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... committee of the whole House , from two considerations ; one , since it afforded me a slight re- laxation from a most fatiguing situation ; * and the other , because it furnished me with an opportunity of presenting to the committee my ...
... committee of the whole House , from two considerations ; one , since it afforded me a slight re- laxation from a most fatiguing situation ; * and the other , because it furnished me with an opportunity of presenting to the committee my ...
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... committee , a like indulgence in expressing my senti- ments with the same unrestrained freedom . Perhaps , in the course of the remarks which I may feel myself called upon to make , gentlemen may apprehend that they assume too harsh an ...
... committee , a like indulgence in expressing my senti- ments with the same unrestrained freedom . Perhaps , in the course of the remarks which I may feel myself called upon to make , gentlemen may apprehend that they assume too harsh an ...
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... committee rise , report progress , and ask leave to sit again , which was done . On the next day he pro- ceeded . ] --- " " I am sensible , Mr. Chairman , that some part of the debate , to which this bill has given rise , has been at ...
... committee rise , report progress , and ask leave to sit again , which was done . On the next day he pro- ceeded . ] --- " " I am sensible , Mr. Chairman , that some part of the debate , to which this bill has given rise , has been at ...
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... committee of the whole , to comprehend France in the war ; and when the question was taken upon the proposition , there ap- peared but ten votes in support of it , of whom , seven belonged to this side of the House , and three only to ...
... committee of the whole , to comprehend France in the war ; and when the question was taken upon the proposition , there ap- peared but ten votes in support of it , of whom , seven belonged to this side of the House , and three only to ...
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