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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... ment . The American farmer is now enjoying rially relieved by the information given by the the fruits of his honest industry , in peace and se- gentleman . The gentleman tells us that the curity . blessed at the same time with every ...
... ment . The American farmer is now enjoying rially relieved by the information given by the the fruits of his honest industry , in peace and se- gentleman . The gentleman tells us that the curity . blessed at the same time with every ...
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... ment - France says , you shall not trade with Great Britain ; Great Britain says , you shall not trade with France ; and we say , we will not trade with either , and , therefore , gratify both . The fallacy of this argument consists in ...
... ment - France says , you shall not trade with Great Britain ; Great Britain says , you shall not trade with France ; and we say , we will not trade with either , and , therefore , gratify both . The fallacy of this argument consists in ...
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... ment , or prosperity , should be encouraged and promoted at the expense of commerce . And if he were to indulge so extraordinary an inclina- tion , he could not expect to get a vote south of the Potomac , in favor of the system ...
... ment , or prosperity , should be encouraged and promoted at the expense of commerce . And if he were to indulge so extraordinary an inclina- tion , he could not expect to get a vote south of the Potomac , in favor of the system ...
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... ment to restore the accustomed relations of peace and amity between the two countries . This course must have compelled the British Envoy to have offered that ample and honorable reparation , which would have been deemed by our own ...
... ment to restore the accustomed relations of peace and amity between the two countries . This course must have compelled the British Envoy to have offered that ample and honorable reparation , which would have been deemed by our own ...
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... ment , and for other incidental deductions , and there will then be left a sum , lost to the owners of navigation in Massachusetts , not much less than the entire amount of the exports from Vir- ginia , as stated in the returns ; with ...
... ment , and for other incidental deductions , and there will then be left a sum , lost to the owners of navigation in Massachusetts , not much less than the entire amount of the exports from Vir- ginia , as stated in the returns ; with ...
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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,...