Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ...Gales & Seaton, 1886 |
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Página 1291
... opinion of a lieutenant . There could be no diversity of opinion on this subject . He asked gen- tlemen to look at the condition of the country now , and compare it with that period when we defended ourselves So successfully against a ...
... opinion of a lieutenant . There could be no diversity of opinion on this subject . He asked gen- tlemen to look at the condition of the country now , and compare it with that period when we defended ourselves So successfully against a ...
Página 1313
... opinion that the whole matter had better be left to his decision . The groups which it is proposed to ex- ecute should correspond with those already completed . The appropriation , if any is to be made , should be a liberal one ...
... opinion that the whole matter had better be left to his decision . The groups which it is proposed to ex- ecute should correspond with those already completed . The appropriation , if any is to be made , should be a liberal one ...
Página 1327
... opinion ; the sum is less than one quarter what has been estimated by the engineer department and the navy commissioners , as being required for the objects specified . On the subject of fortifications , and the defence of the country ...
... opinion ; the sum is less than one quarter what has been estimated by the engineer department and the navy commissioners , as being required for the objects specified . On the subject of fortifications , and the defence of the country ...
Página 1341
... opinion ought to be the rule of his conduct ; and I venture still further , and say that the judges , in the con- struction of laws , ought to be guided by the weight of public sentiment : it is public virtue and public opinion that ...
... opinion ought to be the rule of his conduct ; and I venture still further , and say that the judges , in the con- struction of laws , ought to be guided by the weight of public sentiment : it is public virtue and public opinion that ...
Página 1355
... opinion , a perfect absurdity to suppose that the princi- ples of democracy and equal rights can long exist in a State that is herself a large property holder . It has been said that money is power , and that " power is al- ways ...
... opinion , a perfect absurdity to suppose that the princi- ples of democracy and equal rights can long exist in a State that is herself a large property holder . It has been said that money is power , and that " power is al- ways ...
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adjourned adopted amendment amount appropriations APRIL 29 army BENTON Buchanan CALHOUN canal CLAY commenced committee Congress constitution Crittenden Cuthbert defence deposite banks distribution District District of Columbia dollars duty Ewing of Illinois Ewing of Ohio expenditure expenses expunge favor Fortification Bill frontier fund gentleman Goldsborough Government Grundy Hendricks honorable House Hubbard increase Indians interest King of Alabama King of Georgia land bill Leigh Linn Louisiana Mangum Massachusetts measure ment millions Mississippi Missouri motion moved navy nays NAYS-Messrs necessary object officers opinion passed Porter Portsmouth postmaster present President PRESTON principle proposed proposition Public Deposites public lands public money purpose question received referred resolution revenue Rives Ruggles Secretary Secretary of War Senator from South session Shepley South Carolina Southard surplus Tallmadge Texas Texian thought tion Treasury United vote WALKER WEBSTER whole Yeas YEAS-Messrs
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Página 1539 - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Página 1891 - Resolved, That the 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.
Página 1333 - States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Página 1333 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person...
Página 1333 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union...
Página 1831 - To avoid these evils it appears to me that the most safe, just, and federal disposition which could be made of the surplus revenue would be its apportionment among the several States according to their ratio of representation, and should this measure not be found warranted by the Constitution that it would be expedient to propose to the States an amendment authorizing it.
Página 1913 - 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...
Página 1729 - I would therefore call the special attention of Congress to the subject, and respectfully suggest the propriety of passing such a law as will prohibit, under severe penalties, the circulation in the Southern States, through the mail, of incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection.
Página 1861 - ... to accept and execute all such trusts, of every description, as may be committed to them by any person or persons whatsoever, or may be transferred to them...
Página 1681 - No person who heretofore hath been, or hereafter may be, a collector or holder of public moneys, shall have a seat in either House of the General Assembly, until such person shall have accounted for, and paid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be accountable or liable.