Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 5. 1796-March 3, 1803D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... thing es- sential , any thing more than mere ornament and deco- ration , be added to this by robes and diamonds ? Can authority be more amiable and respectable , when it descends from accidents , or institutions established in remote ...
... thing es- sential , any thing more than mere ornament and deco- ration , be added to this by robes and diamonds ? Can authority be more amiable and respectable , when it descends from accidents , or institutions established in remote ...
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... thing would be very useful : however , he did not wish to encourage a monopoly to those two persons . No. He would wish to give an equal chance to all who choose to come and take them . Shall we repress truth ? I hope not ; but ...
... thing would be very useful : however , he did not wish to encourage a monopoly to those two persons . No. He would wish to give an equal chance to all who choose to come and take them . Shall we repress truth ? I hope not ; but ...
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... thing so well as treating others with respect as well as ourselves ; we may not be exclusively free or enlightened . He hoped it would be thus altered . Mr. CHRISTIE thought we were the freest people in the world ; he , therefore ...
... thing so well as treating others with respect as well as ourselves ; we may not be exclusively free or enlightened . He hoped it would be thus altered . Mr. CHRISTIE thought we were the freest people in the world ; he , therefore ...
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... thing short of the words in the Address he thought would not carry a proper mark of respect . Mr. GILES observed , that he thought the Ad- ministration had been very deficient in wisdom . Many gentlemen , he said , were very particu ...
... thing short of the words in the Address he thought would not carry a proper mark of respect . Mr. GILES observed , that he thought the Ad- ministration had been very deficient in wisdom . Many gentlemen , he said , were very particu ...
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... thing he should ask was , Is such a thing desirable ? And then , Is there a Seminary so near the spot contemplated , as to make it hostile in this House to encourage this University ? He believed there was none that this will injure ...
... thing he should ask was , Is such a thing desirable ? And then , Is there a Seminary so near the spot contemplated , as to make it hostile in this House to encourage this University ? He believed there was none that this will injure ...
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