Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: April 15, 1824-March 10, 1826D. Appleton, 1858 |
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United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton. EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS . - FIRST SESSION . PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . CONTINUED FROM VOL . VIL gether , might be able to bring into the field , from ... SESSION. ...
United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton. EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS . - FIRST SESSION . PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . CONTINUED FROM VOL . VIL gether , might be able to bring into the field , from ... SESSION. ...
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... sessions called upon this House for the impeachment of a judge , whom , it seemed , he had previously attempted to bribe ... session . He hoped the House had confidence enough in the committee to agree to the motion he should now make ...
... sessions called upon this House for the impeachment of a judge , whom , it seemed , he had previously attempted to bribe ... session . He hoped the House had confidence enough in the committee to agree to the motion he should now make ...
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... session for two months to have the presence of this gentleman ? It would take a month to give notice to this individual , another month to get him here , and after he got here , the investigation of the case by the committee would not ...
... session for two months to have the presence of this gentleman ? It would take a month to give notice to this individual , another month to get him here , and after he got here , the investigation of the case by the committee would not ...
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... session , and ed to report what business required the atten- at what time Congress shall adjourn , made a report in part with respect to the business to be taken up , which is divided into classes , and reported the following resolution ...
... session , and ed to report what business required the atten- at what time Congress shall adjourn , made a report in part with respect to the business to be taken up , which is divided into classes , and reported the following resolution ...
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... session , and the moneys charged to his account , there will remain a balance due him , of $ 60,238 46 , as appears by the sketch herewith communicated . In making a final decision on Mr. Tompkins's claims , a question arises , shall ...
... session , and the moneys charged to his account , there will remain a balance due him , of $ 60,238 46 , as appears by the sketch herewith communicated . In making a final decision on Mr. Tompkins's claims , a question arises , shall ...
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Seite 176 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Seite 187 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Seite 176 - States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force...
Seite 189 - In regard to this extensive section of country, we do not hesitate in giving the opinion, that it is almost wholly unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land, considerably extensive, are occasionally to be met with, yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country.
Seite 176 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Seite 243 - ... every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor not exceeding fifteen years, according to the aggravation of the offense.
Seite 201 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Seite 13 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican, with all his northern powers, Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city...
Seite 259 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...
Seite 202 - People, could not have assigned to me a more gratifying duty than that of being its organ to present to you cordial congratulations upon the occasion of your recent arrival in the United States, in compliance with the wishes of Congress, and to assure you of the very high satisfaction which your presence affords on this early theatre of your glory and renown. Although but few of the members...