Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 5. 1796-March 3, 1803D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... means , and to set about the gradual crea- tion of a Navy . The increasing progress of their navigation promises them , at no distant period , the requisite supply of seamen ; and their means in other respects favor the undertaking . It ...
... means , and to set about the gradual crea- tion of a Navy . The increasing progress of their navigation promises them , at no distant period , the requisite supply of seamen ; and their means in other respects favor the undertaking . It ...
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... means to pre- serve peace , and restore that harmony and af- fection which have heretofore so happily sub - adopted ... mean to strike out any more of this paragraph . Mr. AMES wished it not to be struck out . By the amendment to strike ...
... means to pre- serve peace , and restore that harmony and af- fection which have heretofore so happily sub - adopted ... mean to strike out any more of this paragraph . Mr. AMES wished it not to be struck out . By the amendment to strike ...
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... means of accomplishing was no reason for us to boast of our advan- their purpose . It was sufficient , therefore ... mean to contest the fact of ours being the freest and most en- lightened in the world , as declared in the re- ported ...
... means of accomplishing was no reason for us to boast of our advan- their purpose . It was sufficient , therefore ... mean to contest the fact of ours being the freest and most en- lightened in the world , as declared in the re- ported ...
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... means of his col- league , to that effect . It was not , therefore , that Mr. NICHOLAS believed , on a reference to he did not think the expedition authorized , but dates , it would be seen that these attacks of the because he had a ...
... means of his col- league , to that effect . It was not , therefore , that Mr. NICHOLAS believed , on a reference to he did not think the expedition authorized , but dates , it would be seen that these attacks of the because he had a ...
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... means a bounty seemed to be given on land in the Southern States to the amount of the difference of the taxes between the land in those States , and that in other States , upon which purchas- ers would naturally calculate . This ...
... means a bounty seemed to be given on land in the Southern States to the amount of the difference of the taxes between the land in those States , and that in other States , upon which purchas- ers would naturally calculate . This ...
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