Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... relation between the Executive and the Senate , which the constitution has established , and which ought therefore to be maintained . The relation between the Senate and House of Representatives , in whom legislative power is concur ...
... relation between the Executive and the Senate , which the constitution has established , and which ought therefore to be maintained . The relation between the Senate and House of Representatives , in whom legislative power is concur ...
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... relation to the decree dated the 28th of April , ture of the information wished ; and if there 1811. So far as he was informed , the conduct was novelty in the form , it was because a simi- of France in relation to that matter , was as ...
... relation to the decree dated the 28th of April , ture of the information wished ; and if there 1811. So far as he was informed , the conduct was novelty in the form , it was because a simi- of France in relation to that matter , was as ...
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... relation to us she would not repeal her Orders in Council . This she did say by the solemn declaration of the Prince Regent , dated 21st April , 1812. No gentleman dare hereafter reiterate the state- ment that if France had bona fide ...
... relation to us she would not repeal her Orders in Council . This she did say by the solemn declaration of the Prince Regent , dated 21st April , 1812. No gentleman dare hereafter reiterate the state- ment that if France had bona fide ...
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... relations with France and Great Britain , at the date of the decree of the 28th of April , 1811 . I am not about to ... relation to them , as I have under- stood to be generally admitted . " claration was made by the French Minister of ...
... relations with France and Great Britain , at the date of the decree of the 28th of April , 1811 . I am not about to ... relation to them , as I have under- stood to be generally admitted . " claration was made by the French Minister of ...
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... relation to them . to be obtained , this is the only form , the only From this statement , we shall not be at a loss to manner to obtain it . We must tell the Execu- discover the import of the declaration of the tive without ambiguity ...
... relation to them . to be obtained , this is the only form , the only From this statement , we shall not be at a loss to manner to obtain it . We must tell the Execu- discover the import of the declaration of the tive without ambiguity ...
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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...