Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1; Volume 23Gales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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... objects , and the committee were willing to give the whole of them that destination . DECEMBER , 1811 . and important ... object , for fear of incurring the expense of the requisite num- ber . This would be self - condemnation . The ...
... objects , and the committee were willing to give the whole of them that destination . DECEMBER , 1811 . and important ... object , for fear of incurring the expense of the requisite num- ber . This would be self - condemnation . The ...
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... object , as the best evidence of the object itself . And as these means would be viewed so utterly inade- quate to the purposes of war , the Cabinet would necessarily conclude that we were not in earnest , that we were joking , even ...
... object , as the best evidence of the object itself . And as these means would be viewed so utterly inade- quate to the purposes of war , the Cabinet would necessarily conclude that we were not in earnest , that we were joking , even ...
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... object for which the militia may be called forth , is to execute the laws of the Union . A law declaring war , is a law of the Union ; and if the war is to be carried on beyond the limits of the United States , it is still a law to be ...
... object for which the militia may be called forth , is to execute the laws of the Union . A law declaring war , is a law of the Union ; and if the war is to be carried on beyond the limits of the United States , it is still a law to be ...
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... objects ; that the costs could not be deemed excessive , which would insure success ; but if you dealt out your means so sparingly as to fail of your object , it would then become prodigal waste and profusion of economy . To this ...
... objects ; that the costs could not be deemed excessive , which would insure success ; but if you dealt out your means so sparingly as to fail of your object , it would then become prodigal waste and profusion of economy . To this ...
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... object . We had , however , experienced the effects of a debt , of above $ 80,000,000 , now reduced to perhaps $ 40,000,000 , yet this difference of the amount of debt had never been felt by society . It had produced no sensible effect ...
... object . We had , however , experienced the effects of a debt , of above $ 80,000,000 , now reduced to perhaps $ 40,000,000 , yet this difference of the amount of debt had never been felt by society . It had produced no sensible effect ...
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Page 481 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
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Page 459 - British usurpation has not been more warmly cherished by these great men and their compatriots ; not more by Washington, Hancock, and Henry, than by Chatham and his illustrious associates in the British Parliament. It ought to be remembered, too, that the heart of the English people was with us. It was a selfish and corrupt Ministry, and their servile tools, to whom we were not more opposed than they were.
Page 79 - States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nation so doing.
Page 645 - ... have the character as well as the effect of war on our lawful commerce.
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Page 461 - municipal decrees." confiscating in mass your whole property. You would have had instant war ! The whole land would have blazed out in war. And shall Republicans become the instruments of him who had effaced the title of Attila to the
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Page 451 - They have carried them off under pretence of legal adjudication, but not daring to approach a court of justice, they have plundered and sunk them by the way, or in obscure places where no evidence could arise against them ; maltreated the crews, and abandoned them in boats in the open sea or on desert shores without food or covering.
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