Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: May 24, 1813-March 3, 1817D. Appleton, 1857 - Law |
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... respect to the important ques- tion of impressment , on which the war so essentially turns , a search for , or seizure of , British persons or property on board neutral vessels on the high seas is not a belligerent right derived from ...
... respect to the important ques- tion of impressment , on which the war so essentially turns , a search for , or seizure of , British persons or property on board neutral vessels on the high seas is not a belligerent right derived from ...
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... respect to the use to be made of the information to be obtained , it would depend on what that information should be . With respect to the form of the resolution , it had been offered in this form because it was on a subject on which he ...
... respect to the use to be made of the information to be obtained , it would depend on what that information should be . With respect to the form of the resolution , it had been offered in this form because it was on a subject on which he ...
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... respect was , as French assertions generally are , false , and to have been only an attempt further to inveigle us . I hope that will turn out to be the case ; in some de- gree I am confident such will prove to be the fact . Although I ...
... respect was , as French assertions generally are , false , and to have been only an attempt further to inveigle us . I hope that will turn out to be the case ; in some de- gree I am confident such will prove to be the fact . Although I ...
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... respect for the talents of eminent gentlemen who have gone before me , would deter me from travelling over ground so ... respecting these decrees and orders , and the policy pursued by our Gov- ernment in relation to them , as I have ...
... respect for the talents of eminent gentlemen who have gone before me , would deter me from travelling over ground so ... respecting these decrees and orders , and the policy pursued by our Gov- ernment in relation to them , as I have ...
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... respect pursued , its art and address are sufficiently ob- vious . It reminds me of the mode of escape which naturalists inform us is observed by the cuttle - fish in time of peril . When his adver- sary is fast gaining upon him , and ...
... respect pursued , its art and address are sufficiently ob- vious . It reminds me of the mode of escape which naturalists inform us is observed by the cuttle - fish in time of peril . When his adver- sary is fast gaining upon him , and ...
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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...