Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... foreign power , are so incompatible , that they ought not to be , and remain , united in the same person . Resolved , That the committee to whom was re- ferred the nomination of Albert Gallatin , ( Secretary of the Department of ...
... foreign power , are so incompatible , that they ought not to be , and remain , united in the same person . Resolved , That the committee to whom was re- ferred the nomination of Albert Gallatin , ( Secretary of the Department of ...
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... foreign tonnage - - Deduct for expenses of collection , assess- ment , and losses Leaves 3,000,000 765,000 200,000 500,000 [ JUNE , 1813 . ferred , were intimately connected with the cause of the present war . The revocation of the ...
... foreign tonnage - - Deduct for expenses of collection , assess- ment , and losses Leaves 3,000,000 765,000 200,000 500,000 [ JUNE , 1813 . ferred , were intimately connected with the cause of the present war . The revocation of the ...
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... foreign relations , and of our course of policy in regard to them , for a few years be- fore the date of this suppressed decree . This will enable us to ascertain the effect which its promulgation would have produced . [ H. OF R. The ...
... foreign relations , and of our course of policy in regard to them , for a few years be- fore the date of this suppressed decree . This will enable us to ascertain the effect which its promulgation would have produced . [ H. OF R. The ...
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... foreign rela- tions , and that their embarrassments proceeded prin- cipally from the defect in the communications to them as to the views of the Emperor of the French . To supply this defect was the great desideratum . At a critical ...
... foreign rela- tions , and that their embarrassments proceeded prin- cipally from the defect in the communications to them as to the views of the Emperor of the French . To supply this defect was the great desideratum . At a critical ...
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... foreign relations with Great Britain and France . to them if they were rejected ; and , so far , sir , as my vote goes , I am determined to disappoint them . I think it much better for the Adminis- tration that they should pass ; not ...
... foreign relations with Great Britain and France . to them if they were rejected ; and , so far , sir , as my vote goes , I am determined to disappoint them . I think it much better for the Adminis- tration that they should pass ; not ...
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Page 160 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 238 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Page 158 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 257 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty and particularly by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject...
Page 291 - I have considered the subject of the letter which you did me the honor to address to me on the 9th...
Page 238 - ... counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot, unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor...
Page 16 - That a committee of three Members be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.
Page 99 - So often and so essentially have we heretofore suffered from the want of secrecy and. dispatch that the Constitution would have been inexcusably defective if no attention had been paid to those objects.
Page 10 - that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate copies,
Page 84 - March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used...