The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments and speeches to the juryC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... TEXAS 55 55 Remarks made in the Senate of the United States , on the 22d of December , 1845 , on the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union . OREGON 60 Remarks on the Resolutions moved by General Cass , made in the Senate of the ...
... TEXAS 55 55 Remarks made in the Senate of the United States , on the 22d of December , 1845 , on the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union . OREGON 60 Remarks on the Resolutions moved by General Cass , made in the Senate of the ...
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... TEXAS 375 Remarks made in the Senate of the United States , on the 13th of June , 1850 , on a Motion to strike out the Thirty - ninth Section of " The Compro- mise Bill , " being the Section relative to the Boundaries of Texas . THE ...
... TEXAS 375 Remarks made in the Senate of the United States , on the 13th of June , 1850 , on a Motion to strike out the Thirty - ninth Section of " The Compro- mise Bill , " being the Section relative to the Boundaries of Texas . THE ...
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... uttered at a moment when a national debt has already been begun , begun in time of peace , begun under the administration of the President himself . THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS . * Ar a very early 54 STATE OF THE FINANCES IN 1840 .
... uttered at a moment when a national debt has already been begun , begun in time of peace , begun under the administration of the President himself . THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS . * Ar a very early 54 STATE OF THE FINANCES IN 1840 .
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... Texas into the Union , was introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. Douglass of Illinois , from the ... Texas which came before Congress at its last session , who , nevertheless , will very probably feel themselves now , in ...
... Texas into the Union , was introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. Douglass of Illinois , from the ... Texas which came before Congress at its last session , who , nevertheless , will very probably feel themselves now , in ...
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... trust , and faithfulness , as any citizen of this country , to all the original arrangements and compromises un- der which the Constitution under which we now live was adopt- ed , I never could , and never can , 56 THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS .
... trust , and faithfulness , as any citizen of this country , to all the original arrangements and compromises un- der which the Constitution under which we now live was adopt- ed , I never could , and never can , 56 THE ADMISSION OF TEXAS .
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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 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 vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
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 419 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 361 - ... 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. There can be no such thjng as a peaceable secession.
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.