Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... duty it is to see that the laws be faithfully executed , if in the face of all these proceedings , both of the Congress of Texas and of the United States , he had assumed the responsibility of yielding up the territory west of the ...
... duty it is to see that the laws be faithfully executed , if in the face of all these proceedings , both of the Congress of Texas and of the United States , he had assumed the responsibility of yielding up the territory west of the ...
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... duty of the con- queror to secure his conquest , and to provide for the maintenance of civil order and the rights of the inhabitants . This right has been exercised , and this duty performed , by our military and naval commanders , by ...
... duty of the con- queror to secure his conquest , and to provide for the maintenance of civil order and the rights of the inhabitants . This right has been exercised , and this duty performed , by our military and naval commanders , by ...
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... duty which all public functionaries of the Government owe to the people . This duty be- comes the more imperative in a period of war , when large and extraordinary expenditures become una- voidable . During the existence of the war with ...
... duty which all public functionaries of the Government owe to the people . This duty be- comes the more imperative in a period of war , when large and extraordinary expenditures become una- voidable . During the existence of the war with ...
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... duty as those established by the existing sure of circumstances at home , to abandon a policy law , the system will probably be permanent ; and which has been upheld for ages , and to open her capitalists , who have made , or shall ...
... duty as those established by the existing sure of circumstances at home , to abandon a policy law , the system will probably be permanent ; and which has been upheld for ages , and to open her capitalists , who have made , or shall ...
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... duty with energy and faithfulness deserving com- mendation . For many interesting details connected with the operations of this establishment , you are referred to the report of the Postmaster General ; and his suggestions for improving ...
... duty with energy and faithfulness deserving com- mendation . For many interesting details connected with the operations of this establishment , you are referred to the report of the Postmaster General ; and his suggestions for improving ...
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Seite 260 - ... 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 260 - 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 260 - 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 34 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Seite 108 - 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 137 - Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations...
Seite 260 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is, to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings, which spring from these misrepresentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Seite 107 - 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 432 - Sir, he who sees these States, now revolving in harmony around a common centre, and expects to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe.
Seite 265 - The accounts of the abundance of gold in that territory are of such an extraordinary character as would scarcely command belief were they not corroborated by the authentic reports of officers in the public service who have visited the mineral district and derived the facts which they detail from personal observation.