The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Bände 1-2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 |
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... - tered Kentucky an unknown and friendless stripling , had passed from a seat in the Legislature to the Speaker's chair , and thence to the Senate of the United States . His subsequent career has been such as to teach emphatically.
... - tered Kentucky an unknown and friendless stripling , had passed from a seat in the Legislature to the Speaker's chair , and thence to the Senate of the United States . His subsequent career has been such as to teach emphatically.
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... passed , and the evidence they furnished of the exceed- ing caution which marked every step of our first great ex- periment in the establishment of national freedom , seemed not in the least to mitigate the intense indignation which in ...
... passed , and the evidence they furnished of the exceed- ing caution which marked every step of our first great ex- periment in the establishment of national freedom , seemed not in the least to mitigate the intense indignation which in ...
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... passed by large majori- ties , with but little debate . The section of the bill which provided for building a number of new frigates , gave rise to extended and animated discussion . Mr. CHEVES moved to fill the blank with ten ; and on ...
... passed by large majori- ties , with but little debate . The section of the bill which provided for building a number of new frigates , gave rise to extended and animated discussion . Mr. CHEVES moved to fill the blank with ten ; and on ...
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... passed in the House , by a vote of 77 to 42. In the Senate , some few unimportant amendments were made , which were speedi- ly adopted in the lower branch , and on the 16th the bill be- came a law , by the signature of the President ...
... passed in the House , by a vote of 77 to 42. In the Senate , some few unimportant amendments were made , which were speedi- ly adopted in the lower branch , and on the 16th the bill be- came a law , by the signature of the President ...
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... passed resolutions declaring , that the terms were " arrogant on the part of Great Britain and insulting to the United States , meriting in- stantaneous rejection , and demanding the united exertions of every citizen of these States in ...
... passed resolutions declaring , that the terms were " arrogant on the part of Great Britain and insulting to the United States , meriting in- stantaneous rejection , and demanding the united exertions of every citizen of these States in ...
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Seite 4 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Seite 189 - 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, or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States...
Seite 183 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Seite 189 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the Government of the United States, or either House of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said Government.
Seite 189 - ... resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Seite 300 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 270 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Seite 467 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Seite 96 - The opinion of the judges has no more authority over congress than the opinion of congress has over the judges, and on that point the president is independent of both.
Seite 184 - But when the legislature proceeds to impose on that officer other duties ; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts ; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the performance of those acts ; he is so far the officer of the law ; is amenable to the laws for his conduct ; and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others.