Register of Debates in Congress: 22nd Congress, 2nd session, pt. 1. Dec. 3, 1832 to Jan. 24, 1833. 1312 columnsGales & Seaton, 1833 - United States |
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... FRELINGHUYSEN were appointed on the joint committee , to wait on the President of the United States , and inform him of the readiness of the two Houses to receive from him any communication ; and After the usual resolutions respecting ...
... FRELINGHUYSEN were appointed on the joint committee , to wait on the President of the United States , and inform him of the readiness of the two Houses to receive from him any communication ; and After the usual resolutions respecting ...
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... Frelinghuysen , Hendricks , Holmes , Knight , Miller , Moore , Poindexter , Prentiss , Robbins , Ruggles , Seymour , Silsbee , Tipton , Tomlinson - 20 . Nars . - Messrs . Benton , Brown , Buckner , Dudley , Grundy , Hill , Kane , King ...
... Frelinghuysen , Hendricks , Holmes , Knight , Miller , Moore , Poindexter , Prentiss , Robbins , Ruggles , Seymour , Silsbee , Tipton , Tomlinson - 20 . Nars . - Messrs . Benton , Brown , Buckner , Dudley , Grundy , Hill , Kane , King ...
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... FRELINGHUYSEN rose , and expressed his re- now required to tell precisely what are his views , and gret that he should be obliged , in this instance , to differ when the Senate had got at his meaning , they could then with his friend ...
... FRELINGHUYSEN rose , and expressed his re- now required to tell precisely what are his views , and gret that he should be obliged , in this instance , to differ when the Senate had got at his meaning , they could then with his friend ...
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... FRELINGHUYSEN said the resolution of his honor- itself ? It has no means but those furnished by taxation . able friend from Maine submitted to the opinion of the It is the people that sustain the department : and there- Senate the ...
... FRELINGHUYSEN said the resolution of his honor- itself ? It has no means but those furnished by taxation . able friend from Maine submitted to the opinion of the It is the people that sustain the department : and there- Senate the ...
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... Frelinghuysen , Hendricks , Johnston , Knight , Miller , Moore , Naudain , Poindexter , Prentiss , Robbins , Ruggles , Seymour , Silsbee , Tomlin- sons which would induce him to vote against the resolu- son , Webster , Wilkins . - 24 ...
... Frelinghuysen , Hendricks , Johnston , Knight , Miller , Moore , Naudain , Poindexter , Prentiss , Robbins , Ruggles , Seymour , Silsbee , Tomlin- sons which would induce him to vote against the resolu- son , Webster , Wilkins . - 24 ...
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Page 303 - Confederation are submitted to them. And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 297 - The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the Government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places.
Page 277 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 357 - It is justly so ; for it is. a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad ; of your safety ; of your prosperity ; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes, and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries...
Page 297 - In the compound Republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.
Page 357 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 297 - If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Page 249 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connexion with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do.
Page 447 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 273 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.