The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1853 - United States |
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... course , under apprehensions of invasion pre- ceding war , they are not one nation for the purpose most of all requiring it ; and that the public safety may have no other resource , than in those large and permanent military ...
... course , under apprehensions of invasion pre- ceding war , they are not one nation for the purpose most of all requiring it ; and that the public safety may have no other resource , than in those large and permanent military ...
Page 139
... to the American , character , and in- structive to our rising Navy . Some conversation passed on the proper mode of disposing of this subject , in the course of which H. OF R. Richard M. Johnson , Joseph Kent , 139 140 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
... to the American , character , and in- structive to our rising Navy . Some conversation passed on the proper mode of disposing of this subject , in the course of which H. OF R. Richard M. Johnson , Joseph Kent , 139 140 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
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... course , that which was moral in relation but does not every principle of economy forbid to militia could not be otherwise in the regular that you should go into the private family , the army . But the principle of the section rests on ...
... course , that which was moral in relation but does not every principle of economy forbid to militia could not be otherwise in the regular that you should go into the private family , the army . But the principle of the section rests on ...
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... course I proposed . were urged thirteen years ago ; they are urged On the occasion to which I have alluded , I main- now , in the same place , and on the same occasion . tained that the provision of a bill then pending , I cannot ...
... course I proposed . were urged thirteen years ago ; they are urged On the occasion to which I have alluded , I main- now , in the same place , and on the same occasion . tained that the provision of a bill then pending , I cannot ...
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... course had an opposite tendency . Mr. NEWTON , from the Committee of Com - negatived , yeas 24 . merce and Manufactures , presented a bill to pro- hibit the use of licenses , or papers , issued under the authority of any foreign ...
... course had an opposite tendency . Mr. NEWTON , from the Committee of Com - negatived , yeas 24 . merce and Manufactures , presented a bill to pro- hibit the use of licenses , or papers , issued under the authority of any foreign ...
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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.