Speeches in Congress ; Legal arguments and speeches to the juryLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... character of the bill and of the amendment will sufficiently appear from the following speech . I FEEL a deep and anxious concern for the success of this bill , and , in rising to address the Senate , my only motive is a sincere desire ...
... character of the bill and of the amendment will sufficiently appear from the following speech . I FEEL a deep and anxious concern for the success of this bill , and , in rising to address the Senate , my only motive is a sincere desire ...
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... character . Whatever be his employ- ment , occupation , or pursuit , he must come in as a trader , or as one who has been concerned or engaged in trade . The honora- ble member attempts a distinction between the traders and those who ...
... character . Whatever be his employ- ment , occupation , or pursuit , he must come in as a trader , or as one who has been concerned or engaged in trade . The honora- ble member attempts a distinction between the traders and those who ...
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... character of agent , and various other contrivances , to keep the little earnings of the day from the reach of his creditors . Fathers act in the name of their sons , sons act in the name of their fathers ; all constantly exposed to the ...
... character of agent , and various other contrivances , to keep the little earnings of the day from the reach of his creditors . Fathers act in the name of their sons , sons act in the name of their fathers ; all constantly exposed to the ...
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... character of the administration , they have , as I under- stand it , been passed upon by the country ; and I have no dis- position to reargue any of them . Nor do I wish to enter upon an inquiry as to what , in relation to all these ...
... character of the administration , they have , as I under- stand it , been passed upon by the country ; and I have no dis- position to reargue any of them . Nor do I wish to enter upon an inquiry as to what , in relation to all these ...
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... characters of our public men , that of one class of them it has been the constant object to create and to main- tain a public debt , and of another to prevent and to discharge it . This I consider as an unfounded imputation on those who ...
... characters of our public men , that of one class of them it has been the constant object to create and to main- tain a public debt , and of another to prevent and to discharge it . This I consider as an unfounded imputation on those who ...
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Seite 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Seite 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Seite 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Seite 373 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 361 - ... 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. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Seite 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Seite 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.