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... debate upon the general subject of the merits and claims of the soldiers of the revolution . Nor was it necessary that he should ; for , if the records of our history , and the facts which had been elicited by the labors of the several ...
... debate upon the general subject of the merits and claims of the soldiers of the revolution . Nor was it necessary that he should ; for , if the records of our history , and the facts which had been elicited by the labors of the several ...
Page 42
... debate , that , if an enemy should again take this Capital , and should cut off the head of this Confederacy , he would immediately find twenty - four other heads arising from the body of this Hydra , in the form of State Legislatures ...
... debate , that , if an enemy should again take this Capital , and should cut off the head of this Confederacy , he would immediately find twenty - four other heads arising from the body of this Hydra , in the form of State Legislatures ...
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... debate upon this subject , without any intention of taking part in it ; and I believe that every gentleman who has advocated the proposed amendments , even those who have most strongly protested against their being a restraint upon the ...
... debate upon this subject , without any intention of taking part in it ; and I believe that every gentleman who has advocated the proposed amendments , even those who have most strongly protested against their being a restraint upon the ...
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... then taken up in the Senate . At the next session , it passed both branches , and became a law . The following speech was made in the first debate upon the subject in the House . TONNAGE DUTY . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , FEBRUARY 4th ,
... then taken up in the Senate . At the next session , it passed both branches , and became a law . The following speech was made in the first debate upon the subject in the House . TONNAGE DUTY . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , FEBRUARY 4th ,
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... debate upon the Oregon bill , where a ship must lie off its mouth some months before an entrance can be effected , and nearly as long within , per- haps , before a departure can be hazarded , would not every one , who participates in ...
... debate upon the Oregon bill , where a ship must lie off its mouth some months before an entrance can be effected , and nearly as long within , per- haps , before a departure can be hazarded , would not every one , who participates in ...
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