Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 26William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1814 - Great Britain |
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... reason , what an abandonment of common or thanks any body for , any sort of pardon . sense , what an ungovernable eagerness to He cannot compel the infliction of the discover guilt , what a rage for vengeance whole of the sentence ; but ...
... reason , what an abandonment of common or thanks any body for , any sort of pardon . sense , what an ungovernable eagerness to He cannot compel the infliction of the discover guilt , what a rage for vengeance whole of the sentence ; but ...
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... reason the following observations are made : -The Treaty of Peace concluded at Kiel with Great Bri- tain was ... reasons which are not known : the English Government has , however , signified to the Danish Gover- DANISH DECLARATION . The ...
... reason the following observations are made : -The Treaty of Peace concluded at Kiel with Great Bri- tain was ... reasons which are not known : the English Government has , however , signified to the Danish Gover- DANISH DECLARATION . The ...
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... reason , and who seek for causes of high Tavern , on the Slave Trade . " The prices where they cannot possibly exist , friends of the abolition , " ( says Mr. W. ) while they overlook the true causes , and " had flattered themselves ...
... reason , and who seek for causes of high Tavern , on the Slave Trade . " The prices where they cannot possibly exist , friends of the abolition , " ( says Mr. W. ) while they overlook the true causes , and " had flattered themselves ...
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... reason , of still greater importance to me , why we should suspend our judgment respecting the conduct of the , Cortes until they be heard , and it is this , that the Spanish Monarch has not only un- equivocally declared in favour of ...
... reason , of still greater importance to me , why we should suspend our judgment respecting the conduct of the , Cortes until they be heard , and it is this , that the Spanish Monarch has not only un- equivocally declared in favour of ...
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... reason , the House is to proceed to inflict 21st of February last , will favour the Committee upon me a new punishment , without them - with an interview : The Hon . Cochrane John- stone , Mr. G. R. Butt , Lord Cochrane , Mr. selves ...
... reason , the House is to proceed to inflict 21st of February last , will favour the Committee upon me a new punishment , without them - with an interview : The Hon . Cochrane John- stone , Mr. G. R. Butt , Lord Cochrane , Mr. selves ...
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Page 511 - 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 Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 495 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people...
Page 511 - No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Page 499 - Judgment in cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of Honour, Trust, or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment according to Law.
Page 509 - That the electors should meet on the day fixed for the election of the President, and should transmit their votes certified, signed, sealed and directed, as the Constitution requires, to the Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled, that the Senators and Representatives should convene at the time and place assigned; that the Senators should appoint a President of the Senate, for the sole purpose of receiving, opening and counting the votes for President...
Page 503 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 497 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us We have reminded them of the Circumstances of our Emigration and settlement here We have appealed to their native Justice and magnanimity and we have conjured them by...
Page 695 - On Impressment, as to the right of The United States to be exempted from it, I have nothing new to add. The sentiments of the President have undergone no change on that important subject. This degrading practice must cease; our Flag must protect the Crew, or The United States cannot consider themselves an Independent Nation.
Page 505 - President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. Sect. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to...
Page 685 - It is a fact worthy of note, and in the highest degree honourable to our brave tars, that on the day succeeding the destruction of his Britannic Majesty's brig Peacock, the crew of the Hornet made a subscription and supplied the prisoners (who had lost almost every thing) with two shirts, a blue jacket and trowsers, each.