Mississippi Question: Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on Certain Resolutions Concerning the Violation of the Right of Deposit in the Island of New Orleans |
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... doors . The moment you shut your doors I cease .... and when they are opened I will proceed . There is nothing of a secret or confidential nature in what I have to say . Mr. Ross concluded by calling for the yeas and nays , upon the ...
... doors . The moment you shut your doors I cease .... and when they are opened I will proceed . There is nothing of a secret or confidential nature in what I have to say . Mr. Ross concluded by calling for the yeas and nays , upon the ...
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... doors were shut . ' The above entry on the minutes , Mr. Clinton of New York , moved to strike out , and the motion ... doors of the Senate were closed till two o'clock . They were then opened , and the Senate adjourned . Wednesday ...
... doors were shut . ' The above entry on the minutes , Mr. Clinton of New York , moved to strike out , and the motion ... doors of the Senate were closed till two o'clock . They were then opened , and the Senate adjourned . Wednesday ...
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... door , at the very borders of your territory , and tell you , at the same time , they have no right to the country from whence they exclude you .... If they act thus without right , why not enforce yours by taking possession ? Will you ...
... door , at the very borders of your territory , and tell you , at the same time , they have no right to the country from whence they exclude you .... If they act thus without right , why not enforce yours by taking possession ? Will you ...
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... doors : but by and bye , you will see it operate like enchantment .... it is sovereign balsam which will heal your wounded honor , it is a potent spell , or a kind of pa- tent medicine which will extinguish and forever put at rest the ...
... doors : but by and bye , you will see it operate like enchantment .... it is sovereign balsam which will heal your wounded honor , it is a potent spell , or a kind of pa- tent medicine which will extinguish and forever put at rest the ...
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... doors shall " be open " .... by the 28th rule of the house , it is delared , that " on motion made and seconded , the gallery shall be cleared , " and the doors remain shut during the discussion . " tween these two rules there was an ...
... doors shall " be open " .... by the 28th rule of the house , it is delared , that " on motion made and seconded , the gallery shall be cleared , " and the doors remain shut during the discussion . " tween these two rules there was an ...
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Page 91 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 92 - The Inhabitants of our Western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head. They have seen, in the Negotiation by the Executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the Senate, of the Treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event, throughout the United States, a...
Page 91 - ... the Atlantic side of the union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest. as one nation. Any other tenure by which the west can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Page 92 - Northern and Southern; Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
Page 91 - ... west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home.
Page 91 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 21 - States, for the space of three years from this time, to deposit their merchandize and effects in the port of New Orleans, and to export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for the hire of the stores; and His Majesty promises either to continue this permission, if he finds during that time that it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain, or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them on another part of the banks of the Mississippi an equivalent...
Page 91 - The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort; and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation.
Page 92 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.