The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1853 - United States |
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Page 11
... citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : On our present meeting , it is my first duty to invite your attention to the providential favors which our country has experienced , in the unusual degree of health dispensed to its ...
... citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : On our present meeting , it is my first duty to invite your attention to the providential favors which our country has experienced , in the unusual degree of health dispensed to its ...
Page 21
... citizens of Baltimore , merchants and owners of private armed commissioned ves- sels of war , complaining of various grievances under the present regulations , and praying relief ; and the memorial was read , and ordered to be printed ...
... citizens of Baltimore , merchants and owners of private armed commissioned ves- sels of war , complaining of various grievances under the present regulations , and praying relief ; and the memorial was read , and ordered to be printed ...
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... citizens of the United States of America , with their cargoes , from British ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope ; and the bill was read , and passed to a second reading . THURSDAY , December 17 . The bill approving the report of the ...
... citizens of the United States of America , with their cargoes , from British ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope ; and the bill was read , and passed to a second reading . THURSDAY , December 17 . The bill approving the report of the ...
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... citizens of the Mississippi Terri- tory , praying all proceedings in Congress rela- tive to the admission of the said Territory into the Union as an independent State , may for the present be postponed , for reasons stated at large in ...
... citizens of the Mississippi Terri- tory , praying all proceedings in Congress rela- tive to the admission of the said Territory into the Union as an independent State , may for the present be postponed , for reasons stated at large in ...
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... citizen of the United States , in the military service of the United States , or of any individual State , or serving on ... citizens by birth or regular adoption .. " 4. The mode of proving the citizenship of mari- ners or apprentices ...
... citizen of the United States , in the military service of the United States , or of any individual State , or serving on ... citizens by birth or regular adoption .. " 4. The mode of proving the citizenship of mari- ners or apprentices ...
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Page 63 - 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 719 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Page 73 - ... result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote...
Page 27 - 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 705 - Under pretended blockades, without the presence of an adequate force and sometimes without the practicability of applying one, our commerce has been plundered in every sea, the great staples of our country have been cut off from their legitimate markets, and a destructive blow aimed at our agricultural and maritime interests.
Page 669 - 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...
Page 655 - Neither his retirement from public office, his eminent services, nor his advanced age, can exempt this patriot from the coarse assaults of party malevolence. No, sir, in 1801, he snatched from the rude hand of usurpation the violated constitution of his country, and that is his crime. He preserved that instrument in form, and substance, and spirit, a precious inheritance for generations to come, and for this he can never be forgiven. How...
Page 31 - Resolved — That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the House...
Page 587 - 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 123 - Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights on one element. If the reputation of our arms has been thrown under clouds on the other, presaging flashes of heroic enterprise assure us that nothing is wanting to correspondent triumphs there also but the discipline and habits which are in daily progress.