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 Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1853 - United States |
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... committee , with instructions to examine and report whether any further measures are now necessary to enforce a due observ- time , and that such committee have leave to report by ance thereof during their continuance ; and , also ...
... committee , with instructions to examine and report whether any further measures are now necessary to enforce a due observ- time , and that such committee have leave to report by ance thereof during their continuance ; and , also ...
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... committee of General Government ; that so much respect was the Senate to whom the bill from the House of Rep- always given to the memorial of an individual , as resentatives had been committed , had reported to suffer it to be read ...
... committee of General Government ; that so much respect was the Senate to whom the bill from the House of Rep- always given to the memorial of an individual , as resentatives had been committed , had reported to suffer it to be read ...
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... committee , therefore , trust that Congress will not fail to repeal them . In this con- fidence , therefore , your committee are of opinion that , upon this subject , the Legislature should , in its present session , confine itself to a ...
... committee , therefore , trust that Congress will not fail to repeal them . In this con- fidence , therefore , your committee are of opinion that , upon this subject , the Legislature should , in its present session , confine itself to a ...
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... committee . Mr. TIFFIN reported from the committee , that the bill to reward Andrew Joseph Villard for an invention of public utility , was correctly en- grossed ; and the bill was read the third time and postponed . REPORT ON THE ...
... committee . Mr. TIFFIN reported from the committee , that the bill to reward Andrew Joseph Villard for an invention of public utility , was correctly en- grossed ; and the bill was read the third time and postponed . REPORT ON THE ...
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... committee , reported the bill further to amend the Judicial system of the United States correctly engrossed ; and the bill was read the third time , and passed . Mr. REED , from the committee to whom was referred , on the 5th instant ...
... committee , reported the bill further to amend the Judicial system of the United States correctly engrossed ; and the bill was read the third time , and passed . Mr. REED , from the committee to whom was referred , on the 5th instant ...
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Page 295 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals...
Page 315 - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world ; For imposing taxes on us without our consent ; For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefit of trial by jury...
Page 457 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 333 - States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, and the act to enforce and make more effectual, an act, entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States...
Page 487 - States as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the States and to the people as equally incorporated with and essential to the success of the general system; to avoid the slightest interference with the rights of conscience or the functions of religion, so wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction...
Page 407 - Powers, not implicated in this war, from giving, on this occasion of common concern to every civilized State, any protection whatever, directly or indirectly, in consequence of their neutrality, to the commerce or property of the French, on the sea or in the ports of France.
Page 277 - Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free government.
Page 317 - Constitution which declares that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Page 293 - President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof...
Page 285 - ... trees or otherwise. And it shall moreover be lawful for the President of the United States to direct the marshal, or officer acting as marshal, in the manner hereinafter directed, and also to take such other measures, and to employ such military force as he may judge necessary and proper, to remove from lands ceded or secured to the United States by treaty or cession as aforesaid any person or persons who shall hereafter take possession of the same, or make, or attempt to make, a settlement thereon,...