| Epes Sargent - 1855 - 452 páginas
...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." The resolution was adopted by the following vote :— TEAS. — Messrs. Bibb, Black, Calhoun, Clay,... | |
| Rushmore G. Horton - 1856 - 454 páginas
...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.' " In discussing this subject, I shall undertake to prove, first, that this resolution is unjust; secondly,... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1856 - 584 páginas
..." in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, the President had assumed a power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." In that resolution I concurred. It is not a direct question, now again before us, whether the President... | |
| Nancy N. Scott - 1856 - 478 páginas
...execntlre proceedings ID relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and powers not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." It is with this resolution, and this only, we have to deal. As to what the bank or its agents had said... | |
| Henry Clay - 1857 - 650 páginas
...resolution, in fact, imported no such guilt. It simply affirmed, that he had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." It imputed no criminal motives. It did not profess to penetrate into the heart of the president. According... | |
| 1920 - 440 páginas
...President in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, had assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." See McDonald's Jacksonian Democracy, pp. 232-238. Amer. Nation Ser. "Reference to President Jackson's... | |
| Virginia State Library - 1917 - 1436 páginas
...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." Doc. no. 49. 10869 4 p. See Journal p. 171-175. Communication of Benjamin Watkins Leigh, esq. [senator... | |
| Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1906 - 304 páginas
...moneys from the Bank of the United States, the Senate passed a resolution censuring him for assuming a power ' ' not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Two years later, with an administration majority in the Senate, Benton's "expunging resolution" came... | |
| John R. Labovitz, Marcia Labovitz - 1978 - 292 páginas
...Congress reconvened, the Senate passed a resolution declaring that Jackson had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Jackson responded with a letter of protest denying that he had usurped or abused power.23 He argued... | |
| Edward Pessen - 1978 - 412 páginas
...opponents proposed a formal censure of the President. They charged that he had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Clay's detailed censure resolution ranged over Jackson's "unconstitutional" removal of the deposits,... | |
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