Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 5. 1796-March 3, 1803D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... favor , and since , in a Republican Government , the majority , though ever so small , must of necessity decide , I have determined , at every hazard of a high but just responsibility , though with much anxiety and diffidence , once ...
... favor , and since , in a Republican Government , the majority , though ever so small , must of necessity decide , I have determined , at every hazard of a high but just responsibility , though with much anxiety and diffidence , once ...
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... favor an undertaking of this kind , yet he would give preference to a newspaper , if they were to have the one without the other . Mr. SWANWICK considered the question to be to this effect : whether the debates be under the sanction of ...
... favor an undertaking of this kind , yet he would give preference to a newspaper , if they were to have the one without the other . Mr. SWANWICK considered the question to be to this effect : whether the debates be under the sanction of ...
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... favor of a preservation of peace and har- mony . Mr. HARPER said he had a motion of amend- ment in his hand which would supersede the necessity of the last made , which , if in order , he would propose : it was to insert words more ...
... favor of a preservation of peace and har- mony . Mr. HARPER said he had a motion of amend- ment in his hand which would supersede the necessity of the last made , which , if in order , he would propose : it was to insert words more ...
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... favor , as to vindicate the expression objected to . But go through France , Germany , and most countries of Europe , and it will be found that , out of fifty millions of people , not more than two or three had any pretensions to ...
... favor , as to vindicate the expression objected to . But go through France , Germany , and most countries of Europe , and it will be found that , out of fifty millions of people , not more than two or three had any pretensions to ...
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... favor of the original motion . He had reasons which could not apply to the 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 ...
... favor of the original motion . He had reasons which could not apply to the 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 ...
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