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Page 1597
... thought ject . Address to the President - National University . DECEMBER , 1796. ] ministration of the present form of Government com- menced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country on the success of the ...
... thought ject . Address to the President - National University . DECEMBER , 1796. ] ministration of the present form of Government com- menced ; and I cannot omit the occasion to congratulate you and my country on the success of the ...
Page 1603
... thought it would be unjust to seize this money , because it was in their power . He thought the Executive power should not inter- fere with the Legislative , nor the Legislative with the Executive ; and he hoped gentlemen in this House ...
... thought it would be unjust to seize this money , because it was in their power . He thought the Executive power should not inter- fere with the Legislative , nor the Legislative with the Executive ; and he hoped gentlemen in this House ...
Page 1605
... thought , draught- ed it in such general terms that it could not be generally disapproved . There are but two parts in which he thought there would be differences of opinion , viz : that which related to the French Republic , and that ...
... thought , draught- ed it in such general terms that it could not be generally disapproved . There are but two parts in which he thought there would be differences of opinion , viz : that which related to the French Republic , and that ...
Page 1607
... thought they ought not to be pressed to vote too hastily . He hoped the motion would be carried . [ DECEMBER , 1796 . that he can supply the members at the expense of about $ 1.600 for the session . With respect to the gentleman's ...
... thought they ought not to be pressed to vote too hastily . He hoped the motion would be carried . [ DECEMBER , 1796 . that he can supply the members at the expense of about $ 1.600 for the session . With respect to the gentleman's ...
Page 1609
... thought thought the House had no greater reasons to sup- to vote for this resolution on account of obtain - ply the members with this work than other publi- ing a more full and complete report than was to be had in the newspapers ; thus ...
... thought thought the House had no greater reasons to sup- to vote for this resolution on account of obtain - ply the members with this work than other publi- ing a more full and complete report than was to be had in the newspapers ; thus ...
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Abiel Foster Abraham Venable additional agreed amendment appointed appropriation believed bill cent citizens claim commerce Commissioners Committee Congress consideration debt Dempsey Burges direct tax duty entitled An act expense favor FEBRUARY foreign Francis Malbone frigates frontier Gabriel Christie GALLATIN gentleman from South Government granted HARPER Henry Glen hoped House of Representatives hundred indirect Isaac Coles JANUARY John Joshua Coit laid land last session Lyman ment Military Establishment Militia motion Nathan Bryan nation Naval necessary NICHOLAS object officers opinion paid passed petition present PRESIDENT proper proposed question referred regiments resolution Resolved respect revenue Robert Goodloe Harper salary Samuel Samuel Maclay Secretary Senate sent settlement SITGREAVES SMITH South Carolina supposed SWANWICK taken taxation thought thousand dollars tion Treasury Treaty United vote wanted Whole William William Craik William Hindman wished York
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Page 1745 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 1589 - ... for their benign influence on the happiness of life in all its stages and classes, and of society in all its forms,' but as the only means of preserving our constitution from its natural enemies, the spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the angel of destruction to elective governments...
Page 1597 - To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force, organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. This may even prevent the necessity of going to war, by discouraging belligerent powers from committing such violations of the rights of the neutral party, as may first or last, leave no other option.
Page 1565 - An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect.
Page 1587 - If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable, it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and benevolence.
Page 1599 - This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement; by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre, the results everywhere of individual skill and observation; and spreading them thence over the whole Nation. Experience accordingly has shewn, that they are very cheap Instruments, of immense National benefits.
Page 1599 - I shall persevere in the endeavor to fulfill it to the utmost extent of what shall be consistent with a just and indispensable regard to the rights and honor of our country; nor will I easily cease to cherish the expectation that a spirit of justice, candor, and friendship on the part of the Republic will eventually insure success.
Page 1599 - True it is, that our country, much to its honor, contains many seminaries of learning highly respectable and useful; but the funds upon which they rest are too narrow to command the ablest professors, in the different departments of liberal knowledge, for the institution contemplated, though they would be excellent auxiliaries.
Page 1751 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall...
Page 1587 - ... in the adoption or rejection of a constitution which was to rule me and my posterity, as well as them and theirs, I did not hesitate to express my approbation of it, on all occasions, in public and in private. It was not then, nor has been since, any objection to it, in my mind, that the Executive and Senate were not more permanent.