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Page 55
... execution , we have blockaded our own ports , and hung our own citizens , they are still openly resisted by force , and seriously endanger the domestic tranquillity of the country . But , sir , it is to be observed that the actual loss ...
... execution , we have blockaded our own ports , and hung our own citizens , they are still openly resisted by force , and seriously endanger the domestic tranquillity of the country . But , sir , it is to be observed that the actual loss ...
Page 65
... executed . If this be the case , it is certainly in vain to persevere in it , for the non - execution of any public law must have a bad tendency on the morals of the people . But the facility with which the gentleman represents these ...
... executed . If this be the case , it is certainly in vain to persevere in it , for the non - execution of any public law must have a bad tendency on the morals of the people . But the facility with which the gentleman represents these ...
Page 91
... executed . This indeed is lamentably true . We strength is a popular government , where each read constantly in the gazettes of American flour individual , feeling himself to be a portion of the offered for sale in the West Indies . The ...
... executed . This indeed is lamentably true . We strength is a popular government , where each read constantly in the gazettes of American flour individual , feeling himself to be a portion of the offered for sale in the West Indies . The ...
Page 97
... execution , and of an inten- tion on the part of Great Britain to issue her orders , the character and object of which were also known . The object was , to sweep this valu- able commerce from the ocean . The situation of this commerce ...
... execution , and of an inten- tion on the part of Great Britain to issue her orders , the character and object of which were also known . The object was , to sweep this valu- able commerce from the ocean . The situation of this commerce ...
Page 117
... execution of these laws . man so much alarm ; and , in this kind , the South- The gentleman from Massachusetts ( Mr. LLOYD ) ern States have no local interests whatever . even points out the mode of resistance . He tells They have ...
... execution of these laws . man so much alarm ; and , in this kind , the South- The gentleman from Massachusetts ( Mr. LLOYD ) ern States have no local interests whatever . even points out the mode of resistance . He tells They have ...
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Page 507 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 437 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 173 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 269 - The United States, or such other Person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the Land or Naval Forces of the United States, or of the Militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such Ship or Vessel...
Page 253 - Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free government.
Page 137 - ... an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States...
Page 293 - Constitution which declares- that no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Page 13 - The situation into which we have thus been forced has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establishments formed and forming will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent.
Page 261 - ... trees or otherwise. And it shall moreover be lawful for the President of the United States to direct the marshal, or officer acting as marshal, in the manner hereinafter directed, and also to take such other measures, and to employ such military force as he may judge necessary and proper, to remove from lands ceded or secured to the United States by treaty or cession as aforesaid any person or persons who shall hereafter take possession of the same, or make, or attempt to make, a settlement thereon,...
Page 269 - ... in every such case it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof as shall be judged necessary for the purpose of taking possession of, and detaining any such ship or vessel, with her prize or prizes...