Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1861 |
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... House of Representatives , to wait on the Pressident of the United States , and inform him that quorums of the two Houses have assembled , and that Con- gress are ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make . The VICE ...
... House of Representatives , to wait on the Pressident of the United States , and inform him that quorums of the two Houses have assembled , and that Con- gress are ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make . The VICE ...
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... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . MONDAY , December 21 . Admission of Iowa into the Union . The pending question was on the engross- ment of the bill . Mr. DOUGLAS , from the Committee on Terri- tories , explained its provisions . The first ...
... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . MONDAY , December 21 . Admission of Iowa into the Union . The pending question was on the engross- ment of the bill . Mr. DOUGLAS , from the Committee on Terri- tories , explained its provisions . The first ...
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... House who had a more reasonable expectation in looking forward to a long and brilliant career ; and , when the summons shall come to all of us , may the consciousness of a well - spent life enable us to meet it like a " Preux Chevalier ...
... House who had a more reasonable expectation in looking forward to a long and brilliant career ; and , when the summons shall come to all of us , may the consciousness of a well - spent life enable us to meet it like a " Preux Chevalier ...
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... House of Representatives . Mr. Dix replied , that there were some differ- ences . He had , however , not carefully exam- ined the bill from the House of Representa- tives ; but he believed their substantial provi- sions were the same ...
... House of Representatives . Mr. Dix replied , that there were some differ- ences . He had , however , not carefully exam- ined the bill from the House of Representa- tives ; but he believed their substantial provi- sions were the same ...
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... House will wear the usual badge of mourn- And , having thus lived a life of probity and of peace upon earth , he has gone , in the meridian of his day , to the tomb , without a solitary reproach to follow , or a solitary enemy to for ...
... House will wear the usual badge of mourn- And , having thus lived a life of probity and of peace upon earth , he has gone , in the meridian of his day , to the tomb , without a solitary reproach to follow , or a solitary enemy to for ...
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Seite 256 - ... employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Seite 256 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Seite 256 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Seite 133 - ... characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Seite 103 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 133 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Seite 133 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the 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,...
Seite 103 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Seite 430 - Secession ! Peaceable secession ! Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. The dismemberment of this vast country without convulsion ! The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep without ruffling the surface...
Seite 302 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted, at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...