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 IndexGales and Seaton, 1855 - United States |
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... become one of the United States of America . This law says nothing about her being admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the origi- nal States ; but simply says , " whereby the said State has become one of the United States ...
... become one of the United States of America . This law says nothing about her being admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the origi- nal States ; but simply says , " whereby the said State has become one of the United States ...
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... any alien , be- ing a free white person , may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States , or any of 6 Laws of the United States , 3d volume , page 475 . DECEMBER , 1820 . of June , 1806 , it 57 58 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
... any alien , be- ing a free white person , may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States , or any of 6 Laws of the United States , 3d volume , page 475 . DECEMBER , 1820 . of June , 1806 , it 57 58 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
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... become the subjects of legislative control , and that a long time ago . It appears they were breeding them as far back as 1788 , and he did not know how much earlier , but he sup - stripes , unless such person departs in ten days ...
... become the subjects of legislative control , and that a long time ago . It appears they were breeding them as far back as 1788 , and he did not know how much earlier , but he sup - stripes , unless such person departs in ten days ...
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... become dangerous . But to be forced , against that the evils arising from such a population should our will , to receive free blacks from the slavehold- be sustained by those who have had the benefit of ing States , is a doctrine that I ...
... become dangerous . But to be forced , against that the evils arising from such a population should our will , to receive free blacks from the slavehold- be sustained by those who have had the benefit of ing States , is a doctrine that I ...
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... become an elector in Virginia , or must he be subjected to the disabili- ties of Virginians conditioned like him ? He must submit of course to the laws of the State to which he goes . But in Maine a free black is a citizen ; he goes to ...
... become an elector in Virginia , or must he be subjected to the disabili- ties of Virginians conditioned like him ? He must submit of course to the laws of the State to which he goes . But in Maine a free black is a citizen ; he goes to ...
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Page 731 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 543 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress , assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 111 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Page 55 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 337 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 731 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected — these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 607 - States in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes in each State...
Page 671 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Page 783 - Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell or taste. Taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion. Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home.
Page 93 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...