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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... called the Sedition law ; and the memorial was read , and referred to a se- lect committee ; and Messrs . BARBOUR , JOHNSON of Kentucky , and BURRILL , were appointed the committee . Mr. PLEASANTS presented the memorial of the merchants ...
... called the Sedition law ; and the memorial was read , and referred to a se- lect committee ; and Messrs . BARBOUR , JOHNSON of Kentucky , and BURRILL , were appointed the committee . Mr. PLEASANTS presented the memorial of the merchants ...
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... called to vote on would violate the instrument which he had sworn to observe . sion , he himself , late in the day , asked the Senate to postpone the question on the bank only to the next day , and was refused ; and , so far from indul ...
... called to vote on would violate the instrument which he had sworn to observe . sion , he himself , late in the day , asked the Senate to postpone the question on the bank only to the next day , and was refused ; and , so far from indul ...
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... called the sedition act , and suffered in his body by a long and loathsome confinement in jail , and in his estate by the payment of a large fine . He asserts that the law under which he suffered was unconstitutional ; and proceeds to ...
... called the sedition act , and suffered in his body by a long and loathsome confinement in jail , and in his estate by the payment of a large fine . He asserts that the law under which he suffered was unconstitutional ; and proceeds to ...
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... called himself Patrick Henry , and that Rhode Island had no constitution ; nor had writes as if it belonged to him to dissolve this she ever any . She has what the good people of empire , if he should so will it . He intends to that ...
... called himself Patrick Henry , and that Rhode Island had no constitution ; nor had writes as if it belonged to him to dissolve this she ever any . She has what the good people of empire , if he should so will it . He intends to that ...
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... called equal , without a gross violation of the rights it declares to be sacred . Such absurdities cannot be ascribed to the wise men of Connecticut , who so recently formed this constitution . And they must be ascribed to them , if the ...
... called equal , without a gross violation of the rights it declares to be sacred . Such absurdities cannot be ascribed to the wise men of Connecticut , who so recently formed this constitution . And they must be ascribed to them , if the ...
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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.
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