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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... Union , and the Union cretary to explain an equivocation , and for information is not worth preserving , it is virtually dissolved . Every on a most important subject , which he is bound by law refractory State would catch and rely upon ...
... Union , and the Union cretary to explain an equivocation , and for information is not worth preserving , it is virtually dissolved . Every on a most important subject , which he is bound by law refractory State would catch and rely upon ...
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... Union , I have always opposed . And if this administration will carry out these principles , it will cover a multitude of sins , and I must take the liberty to approve its principles , and aid its ac- tion even at the expense of the ...
... Union , I have always opposed . And if this administration will carry out these principles , it will cover a multitude of sins , and I must take the liberty to approve its principles , and aid its ac- tion even at the expense of the ...
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... Union . But why did the no foundation for it ; if you discovered that it was merely gentleman from Illinois restrict his view to this single point one portion of the Union demanding that which belong- The bill did not confine the States ...
... Union . But why did the no foundation for it ; if you discovered that it was merely gentleman from Illinois restrict his view to this single point one portion of the Union demanding that which belong- The bill did not confine the States ...
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... Union , lives near Lexington , and is eighty years old , excepted , shall be annually and parentally distributed by this Govern- he did not recollect a single individual , or the descend- ment through the whole confederacy , amongst all ...
... Union , lives near Lexington , and is eighty years old , excepted , shall be annually and parentally distributed by this Govern- he did not recollect a single individual , or the descend- ment through the whole confederacy , amongst all ...
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... Union as sovereign States , equal in all re- spects to the other States ? and was it not to strengthen and enlarge the Union ? I pray gentlemen to look into the his tory of this matter . al , and it is due to myself , and the course I ...
... Union as sovereign States , equal in all re- spects to the other States ? and was it not to strengthen and enlarge the Union ? I pray gentlemen to look into the his tory of this matter . al , and it is due to myself , and the course I ...
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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.