Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 5. 1796-March 3, 1803D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... amendment was On the Chairman's reading the last paragraph except one in the report , which reads thus : " The spectacle of a whole nation , the freest and most enlightened in the world , " Mr. PARKER moved to strike out the words in ...
... amendment was On the Chairman's reading the last paragraph except one in the report , which reads thus : " The spectacle of a whole nation , the freest and most enlightened in the world , " Mr. PARKER moved to strike out the words in ...
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... amendment to the paragraph , which he thought would an- swer the end equally as well as striking it out ; if agreeable to the gentleman from Virginia , ( Mr. PARKER , ) he would move to put the word " among " after the word " freest ...
... amendment to the paragraph , which he thought would an- swer the end equally as well as striking it out ; if agreeable to the gentleman from Virginia , ( Mr. PARKER , ) he would move to put the word " among " after the word " freest ...
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... amendment , and for the original . 19 The question was put on the amendment and negatived . The committee then rose , reported the Address with the amendments , when the House took them up , and having gone through them- On the question ...
... amendment , and for the original . 19 The question was put on the amendment and negatived . The committee then rose , reported the Address with the amendments , when the House took them up , and having gone through them- On the question ...
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... amendment . He should vote against it . He was bound by order to confine himself to the single question before the committee . This is , Shall the amendment be received or not ? He de- clared it as his opinion that the case of Lexing ...
... amendment . He should vote against it . He was bound by order to confine himself to the single question before the committee . This is , Shall the amendment be received or not ? He de- clared it as his opinion that the case of Lexing ...
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... amendment , to defeat the tax on sugar alto- molasses in the same proportion , otherwise mo - gether ; he should , therefore , vote against this lasses would be used in the place of sugar , and amendment ; but if the additional tax on ...
... amendment , to defeat the tax on sugar alto- molasses in the same proportion , otherwise mo - gether ; he should , therefore , vote against this lasses would be used in the place of sugar , and amendment ; but if the additional tax on ...
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