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, 1836 |
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Página 1289
... authority , composed of money which still belonged to the public , part of it being at the credit of its disbursing officers , which , with the seven millions of United States Bank stock , made a total sum of about forty mil- lions ...
... authority , composed of money which still belonged to the public , part of it being at the credit of its disbursing officers , which , with the seven millions of United States Bank stock , made a total sum of about forty mil- lions ...
Página 1291
... authority of the Secretary , but the authority of the President . But now the Secretary refers it to the same branch of the Department , and Congress was asked to expend six millions on the opinion of a lieutenant . There could be no ...
... authority of the Secretary , but the authority of the President . But now the Secretary refers it to the same branch of the Department , and Congress was asked to expend six millions on the opinion of a lieutenant . There could be no ...
Página 1319
... authority , and un- der what law , these contracts are made ? This objection , if valid for any purpose , is applicable to the contract itself ; for there is no act expressly authorizing the Sec- retary to employ agents for the safe ...
... authority , and un- der what law , these contracts are made ? This objection , if valid for any purpose , is applicable to the contract itself ; for there is no act expressly authorizing the Sec- retary to employ agents for the safe ...
Página 1333
... authority for a divi- sion of the proceeds of the lands among the States , this bill has departed from the rule laid down in the cession of Virginia , and assumed a principle then wholly un- known . The language of the Virginia grant is ...
... authority for a divi- sion of the proceeds of the lands among the States , this bill has departed from the rule laid down in the cession of Virginia , and assumed a principle then wholly un- known . The language of the Virginia grant is ...
Página 1349
... authority whatever . I wish to be clearly and dis- tinctly understood on this point . The distribution of any part of the revenue to the States , whether the same be called surplus , or by any other name , will be an un- authorized act ...
... authority whatever . I wish to be clearly and dis- tinctly understood on this point . The distribution of any part of the revenue to the States , whether the same be called surplus , or by any other name , will be an un- authorized act ...
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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 1337 - 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, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled, shall...
Página 1543 - To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Página 1919 - 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 1337 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Página 1337 - 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 1835 - I stated it to be my opinion that "it is not probable that any adjustment of the tariff upon principles satisfactory to the people of the union will, until a remote period, if ever, leave the government without a considerable surplus in the treasury, beyond what may be required for its current service.
Página 1903 - An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes...
Página 1633 - The Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution...
Página 1729 - South have given so strong and impressive a tone to the sentiments entertained against the proceedings of the misguided persons who have engaged in these unconstitutional and wicked attempts, and especially against the emissaries from foreign parts who have dared to interfere in this matter, as to authorize the hope that those attempts will no longer be persisted in.
Página 1875 - Houses at their last session, acting separately, passed resolutions "that the independence of Texas ought to be acknowledged by the United States whenever satisfactory information should be received that it had in successful operation a civil government capable of performing the duties and fulfilling the obligations of an independent power.