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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... millions of dollars , which , with the eight millions and a half in the Treasury at the be- ginning of the year , have enabled us , after meeting the current demands , and interest incurred , to pay two millions three hundred thousand ...
... millions of dollars , which , with the eight millions and a half in the Treasury at the be- ginning of the year , have enabled us , after meeting the current demands , and interest incurred , to pay two millions three hundred thousand ...
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... millions of dollars of interest , and added that sum annually to the disposable surplus . The probable accumulation of the surplusses of revenue beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt , whenever the free- dom and ...
... millions of dollars of interest , and added that sum annually to the disposable surplus . The probable accumulation of the surplusses of revenue beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt , whenever the free- dom and ...
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... millions of bushels , being the amount annually consumed in the distilleries , the price would be so greatly reduced as not to pay the farmer for the labor and expense of raising it . Thus it is evident that we have no chance of ...
... millions of bushels , being the amount annually consumed in the distilleries , the price would be so greatly reduced as not to pay the farmer for the labor and expense of raising it . Thus it is evident that we have no chance of ...
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... millions of pounds , at the rate of 17 cents per pound . Let this be calcula- ted , and it will be seen what tax we must pay for leave to sell that article . But , says the gentleman from Massachusetts , been lying ten or twelve months ...
... millions of pounds , at the rate of 17 cents per pound . Let this be calcula- ted , and it will be seen what tax we must pay for leave to sell that article . But , says the gentleman from Massachusetts , been lying ten or twelve months ...
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... millions of dollars . He found , by the report of the Secretary of the Treasury , that the exports to these countries amounted to upwards of seventy millions , exclud- ing a large portion of the trade . Mr. SMITH said he understood the ...
... millions of dollars . He found , by the report of the Secretary of the Treasury , that the exports to these countries amounted to upwards of seventy millions , exclud- ing a large portion of the trade . Mr. SMITH said he understood the ...
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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,...