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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... Territory which lies north of an east and west line , extending through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan , report , SENATE . That it appears from the census taken under the au- thority of the United States in the year 1800 , the ...
... Territory which lies north of an east and west line , extending through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan , report , SENATE . That it appears from the census taken under the au- thority of the United States in the year 1800 , the ...
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... territory . Thus our citizens will be removed to the immense distance of two or three thousand miles from the capital of the Union , where they will scarcely ever feel the rays of the General Government ; their affections will be- come ...
... territory . Thus our citizens will be removed to the immense distance of two or three thousand miles from the capital of the Union , where they will scarcely ever feel the rays of the General Government ; their affections will be- come ...
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... territory purchased , the high con- sideration to be given , the contract itself , or any of the circumstances attending it , I see no neces- sity for precipitating the passage of this bill ; and if this motion for postponement should ...
... territory purchased , the high con- sideration to be given , the contract itself , or any of the circumstances attending it , I see no neces- sity for precipitating the passage of this bill ; and if this motion for postponement should ...
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... territory is , beyond all doubt , to be put quietly and peace- ably into our hands , whence the necessity of send- ing down to receive it an imposing force ? Admit that a nominal possession of the territory has been given by the ...
... territory is , beyond all doubt , to be put quietly and peace- ably into our hands , whence the necessity of send- ing down to receive it an imposing force ? Admit that a nominal possession of the territory has been given by the ...
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... territory , either by pur- chase or by conquest , and to govern the territory so acquired as a dependent province ; and in this way might Louisiana have become a territory of the United States , and have received a form of government ...
... territory , either by pur- chase or by conquest , and to govern the territory so acquired as a dependent province ; and in this way might Louisiana have become a territory of the United States , and have received a form of government ...
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