Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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Page 55
... thousand eight hun- cruel enslavement of our citizens ; and , even when dred and three , by James Madison , then Secre- professedly at peace with the United States , she has tary of State , Albert Gallatin , Secretary of the been ...
... thousand eight hun- cruel enslavement of our citizens ; and , even when dred and three , by James Madison , then Secre- professedly at peace with the United States , she has tary of State , Albert Gallatin , Secretary of the been ...
Page 79
... thousand eight hundred and thirteen , the underwrit- ten President of the Senate , pro tempore , did , in the presence of the said Senate and House of Representa- tives , open all the certificates and count all the votes of the Electors ...
... thousand eight hundred and thirteen , the underwrit- ten President of the Senate , pro tempore , did , in the presence of the said Senate and House of Representa- tives , open all the certificates and count all the votes of the Electors ...
Page 101
... thousand dollars which the United States are bound to pay out of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands in the said Territory , which interest shall be paid out of the money arising from the sale of said lands . " It was ...
... thousand dollars which the United States are bound to pay out of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands in the said Territory , which interest shall be paid out of the money arising from the sale of said lands . " It was ...
Page 153
... thousand dollars . " to the actual naturalization of such alien . " Mr. POINDEXTER presented a bill to enable the people of the Mississippi Territory to form a constitution and State government , & c .; which was read twice , and ...
... thousand dollars . " to the actual naturalization of such alien . " Mr. POINDEXTER presented a bill to enable the people of the Mississippi Territory to form a constitution and State government , & c .; which was read twice , and ...
Page 181
... thousand dol- lars , there is no doubt your ranks would soon be filled . You would have the silk - stocking gentry , ( I do not know that the Army would be much better for that , ) you would chance to have a few members of Congress ...
... thousand dol- lars , there is no doubt your ranks would soon be filled . You would have the silk - stocking gentry , ( I do not know that the Army would be much better for that , ) you would chance to have a few members of Congress ...
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Page 595 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 297 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 547 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 67 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 523 - President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government. being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed, as alien enemies.
Page 677 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed.
Page 31 - The memorial of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Missouri Territory, praying for admission into the Union, was presented to the Senate by Mr.
Page 639 - in the event of a declaration of war against the United States, or of actual invasion of their territory by a foreign power, or of imminent danger of such invasion discovered in his opinion to exist, before the next session of Congress...
Page 45 - An act for an amicable settlement of limits with the State of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a Government in the Mississippi territory...
Page 279 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...