Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Oct. 17, 1803-April 25, 1808D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... Representatives unaware of the danger to which our peace would be informed the Senate that a quorum of the House perpetually exposed whilst so important a key to the had assembled , and had elected the Hon . NA - commerce of the western ...
... Representatives unaware of the danger to which our peace would be informed the Senate that a quorum of the House perpetually exposed whilst so important a key to the had assembled , and had elected the Hon . NA - commerce of the western ...
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... Representatives to elect Mr. Burr President , and to prevent such attempt in future , in the event of an equality of votes between the two highest on the list , it required the electors to discriminate between the presidential and vice ...
... Representatives to elect Mr. Burr President , and to prevent such attempt in future , in the event of an equality of votes between the two highest on the list , it required the electors to discriminate between the presidential and vice ...
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... Representatives , it passed in the affirmative . And , on the question to adopt the remaining division of the report , it passed in the negative . So it was Resolved , That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendments of ...
... Representatives , it passed in the affirmative . And , on the question to adopt the remaining division of the report , it passed in the negative . So it was Resolved , That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendments of ...
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... representative of a large State , a deep interest in this question . Was there no champion of the small States to stand ... Representatives made the last resort , he would undertake to say , that four times out of five the choice would ...
... representative of a large State , a deep interest in this question . Was there no champion of the small States to stand ... Representatives made the last resort , he would undertake to say , that four times out of five the choice would ...
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... Representatives . For once or twice there may be such an organization of party as will secure for a conspicuous character the majority of votes . But that character cannot live always . The evil of the last election will recur , and be ...
... Representatives . For once or twice there may be such an organization of party as will secure for a conspicuous character the majority of votes . But that character cannot live always . The evil of the last election will recur , and be ...
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Page 166 - Nor was it uninteresting to the world, that an experiment should be fairly and fully made, whether freedom of discussion, unaided by power, is not sufficient for the propagation and protection of truth— whether a government, conducting itself in the true spirit of its constitution, with zeal and purity, and doing no act which it would be unwilling the whole world should witness, can be written down by falsehood and defamation.
Page 65 - ... incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 20 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Page 53 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States...
Page 23 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring) : That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 13 - The Inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and in the meantime they shall be maintained!
Page 425 - In every country it always is and must be the interest of the great body of the people to buy whatever they want of those who sell it cheapest. The proposition is so very manifest that it seems ridiculous to take any pains to prove it...
Page 33 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 182 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 377 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.