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 Index... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Compriing the Period from March 3, 1789 to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic Materials, Volume 13Gales and Seaton, 1852 - United States |
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... given over to France would be confined on the east of the Mississippi to the river The same gentleman ( Mr. PICKERING ) has said that the advocates of this measure seem to rely much more upon their power than upon their right , and in ...
... given over to France would be confined on the east of the Mississippi to the river The same gentleman ( Mr. PICKERING ) has said that the advocates of this measure seem to rely much more upon their power than upon their right , and in ...
Page 49
... given to the United therefore afford no color for the presumption that States , and prohibited to each State , it follows they expect or intend to use violence . The bill that these attributes of sovereignty once held by before us is ...
... given to the United therefore afford no color for the presumption that States , and prohibited to each State , it follows they expect or intend to use violence . The bill that these attributes of sovereignty once held by before us is ...
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... given by treaty , and the preference be Constitutional ? If the treaty - making power is so extensive as not to be limited by the Constitu- tion , we must submit to the most extraordinary condition , of seeing the parts of a Government ...
... given by treaty , and the preference be Constitutional ? If the treaty - making power is so extensive as not to be limited by the Constitu- tion , we must submit to the most extraordinary condition , of seeing the parts of a Government ...
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... given to the ports of one State over those of another , would be given by this treaty , in violation of the Con- stitution . I acknowledge , if Louisiana is not ad- mitted into the Union , and that if there is no promise to admit her ...
... given to the ports of one State over those of another , would be given by this treaty , in violation of the Con- stitution . I acknowledge , if Louisiana is not ad- mitted into the Union , and that if there is no promise to admit her ...
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... given of the third article of the treaty , is there not one way , at least , by which this terri- tory can be held ? Cannot the Constitution be so amended , ( if it should be necessary ) as to embrace this territory ? If the authority ...
... given of the third article of the treaty , is there not one way , at least , by which this terri- tory can be held ? Cannot the Constitution be so amended , ( if it should be necessary ) as to embrace this territory ? If the authority ...
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