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... effect when the subject matter , upon which it was to act , was gone . When the law ceases to exist , disobedience of it is necessarily at an end . Now , sir , the law of 1812 expired , by its own limitation , on the tenth of April ...
... effect when the subject matter , upon which it was to act , was gone . When the law ceases to exist , disobedience of it is necessarily at an end . Now , sir , the law of 1812 expired , by its own limitation , on the tenth of April ...
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... effect On the twenty - second of the same September , three hundred men were placed under the command of Colonel Walbach , of the United States ' Army , for the defence of Portsmouth , in New Hampshire . As early as August , 1812 , at ...
... effect On the twenty - second of the same September , three hundred men were placed under the command of Colonel Walbach , of the United States ' Army , for the defence of Portsmouth , in New Hampshire . As early as August , 1812 , at ...
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... effect by force . And suppose it should be learned , during the approaching summer , that the Holy Alliance had decreed that they would put down all free Governments , in all cases whatsoever , and were about to carry it into effect by ...
... effect by force . And suppose it should be learned , during the approaching summer , that the Holy Alliance had decreed that they would put down all free Governments , in all cases whatsoever , and were about to carry it into effect by ...
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... effect , a condition annexed to the appropriation , and go to restrain , and limit , and govern , the Executive , in ... effects , a greater change in the Constitution , than would any of the amendments which have been the subject of ...
... effect , a condition annexed to the appropriation , and go to restrain , and limit , and govern , the Executive , in ... effects , a greater change in the Constitution , than would any of the amendments which have been the subject of ...
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... effect a standing law . To this the gentleman objects , on the ground of abuses , and zealously maintains not only that the trust may be , but that it has been , grossly betrayed . He asserts that the surveys which have been made , by ...
... effect a standing law . To this the gentleman objects , on the ground of abuses , and zealously maintains not only that the trust may be , but that it has been , grossly betrayed . He asserts that the surveys which have been made , by ...
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Page 159 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 246 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 246 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 167 - In the establishment of these relations, the rights of the original inhabitants were, in no instance, entirely disregarded ; but were necessarily, to a considerable extent, impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion...
Page 449 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 143 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 96 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Page 143 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Page 191 - Congress, for the encouragement and promotion of such manufactories as will tend to render the United States independent of other nations for essential, particularly for military supplies" (Journal of the House, I, 141-42).