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 - United States |
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Page 3863
... chairman [ Mr. CAMBRELENG ] of the committee of conference on that occasion when he returned , and asked him if they had agreed ; and that gentleman informed him that they had , and that he was only waiting for an opportunity to make ...
... chairman [ Mr. CAMBRELENG ] of the committee of conference on that occasion when he returned , and asked him if they had agreed ; and that gentleman informed him that they had , and that he was only waiting for an opportunity to make ...
Page 3865
... Chairman , this debate has taken a wide range , and doctrines have been advanced and sentiments avowed , against which I feel bound to raise my most solemn protest . The chairman of the Committee of " Ways and Means " [ Mr. CAMBRELENG ] ...
... Chairman , this debate has taken a wide range , and doctrines have been advanced and sentiments avowed , against which I feel bound to raise my most solemn protest . The chairman of the Committee of " Ways and Means " [ Mr. CAMBRELENG ] ...
Page 3869
... Chairman , to say the least of it , this declaration , on the 1st of January next , at least $ 46,000 000 of sur- plus in the Treasury , supposing the public lands to yield $ 17,000,000 ; and many put them as high as $ 25,000,000 . Good ...
... Chairman , to say the least of it , this declaration , on the 1st of January next , at least $ 46,000 000 of sur- plus in the Treasury , supposing the public lands to yield $ 17,000,000 ; and many put them as high as $ 25,000,000 . Good ...
Page 3871
... Chairman , I come now to examine some of the abstract doctrines which fell from the gentleman from New York , [ Mr. CAMBRELENG , ] and which I heard with profound astonishment . The gentleman , after speaking of the triumphs of the ...
... Chairman , I come now to examine some of the abstract doctrines which fell from the gentleman from New York , [ Mr. CAMBRELENG , ] and which I heard with profound astonishment . The gentleman , after speaking of the triumphs of the ...
Page 3873
... Chairman , I propose to examine , who " made us one common gambling - house . " Another gentleman from New York [ Mr. McKEON ] took this occasion to pass a eulogy upon the present administration . He also ex- hibited the claims of the ...
... Chairman , I propose to examine , who " made us one common gambling - house . " Another gentleman from New York [ Mr. McKEON ] took this occasion to pass a eulogy upon the present administration . He also ex- hibited the claims of the ...
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Page 3857 - 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.
Page 3973 - There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 4215 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 4007 - 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.
Page 4263 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 4215 - Provided, however, And it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have...
Page 4311 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows...
Page 4199 - American 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.
Page 3857 - 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...
Page 4261 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited...