| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1850 - 422 pages
...expressing the opinion that the president, in his proceedings in relation to the public revenue, had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." On the I5th of April following, the president sent a message to the Senate, respectfully protesting... | |
| Charles Wainwright March - Lawyers - 1850 - 320 pages
...with the prospect of triumph, again modified his resolution, making it read thus : " Resolved—That the President, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upou himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both."... | |
| Hugh Murray - Publishers' catalogs - 1851 - 600 pages
...interest, after warm debates, passed a resolution, that the president, in these proceedings, had " assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Jackson replied by a long and indignant protest, strenuously defending his own conduct, and insisting... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1851 - 544 pages
...resolutions into the Senate censuring the president in the severest terms, and declaring that he had assumed authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both. This resolution, together with another condemning the Secretary of the Treasury for making the removal,... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 578 pages
..." in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, the President had assumed a power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." In that resolution I concurred. It is not a direct question, now again before us, whether the President... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - 1852 - 390 pages
...vote thereon, so as to read as follows : — " Resolved, That the President, in the late executive 5 proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." The debate on these resolutions was protracted to a late day in the session, and called out the most... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 788 pages
...that in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, the President has assumed a power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." That doubtless was a Self-denying ordinance also ! Its pointed rebuke and proscription of the four... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 876 pages
...that in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, the President has assumed a power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." That doubtless was a self-denying ordinance also ! Its pointed rebuke and proscription of the four... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 402 pages
...that in the late-Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, the President has assumed a power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." That doubtless was a self-denying ordinance also ! Its pointed rebuke and proscription of the four... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1853 - 544 pages
...in the following words, viz. : — " Resolved, That the president, in the late executive proceeding in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Having had the honor, through the voluntary suffrages of the Amencan people, to fill the office of... | |
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