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 ..., Volume 2; Volume 11; Volume 63Gales & Seaton, 1835 - Law |
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... never to be dispensed for any other purpose than that of securing the greatest possible benefit to the peo- ple ; one who would rather sacrifice his life than pur- chase a vote for himself by the promise of conferring an office . If ...
... never to be dispensed for any other purpose than that of securing the greatest possible benefit to the peo- ple ; one who would rather sacrifice his life than pur- chase a vote for himself by the promise of conferring an office . If ...
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... never consent to the establishment of any corporate monopoly , unless it be forced upon him as a choice of evils . gentleman labors to force the necessity of such a choice ; he keeps out of view every other experiment but that of the ...
... never consent to the establishment of any corporate monopoly , unless it be forced upon him as a choice of evils . gentleman labors to force the necessity of such a choice ; he keeps out of view every other experiment but that of the ...
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... never lost one dollar of the immense treasures we had deposited in its vaults , nor on account of the deprecia- tion of its notes . Whether we had gained or lost , how- ever , by that connexion , it seemed now unnecessary to examine ...
... never lost one dollar of the immense treasures we had deposited in its vaults , nor on account of the deprecia- tion of its notes . Whether we had gained or lost , how- ever , by that connexion , it seemed now unnecessary to examine ...
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... never again be controlled , except by the representatives of the people . The chairman of the committee tells us this bill gives no power to the Secretary or the President over the public money . This is a mistake . It authorizes the ...
... never again be controlled , except by the representatives of the people . The chairman of the committee tells us this bill gives no power to the Secretary or the President over the public money . This is a mistake . It authorizes the ...
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... never had any legitimate or con- stitutional right to intermeddle , we have leisure to attend to those high offices ... never be used but for great public purposes , or in the emergencies of war . Legitimate commercial credit - that ...
... never had any legitimate or con- stitutional right to intermeddle , we have leisure to attend to those high offices ... never be used but for great public purposes , or in the emergencies of war . Legitimate commercial credit - that ...
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Page 20 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Page 71 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
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Page 148 - ... or in notes of banks which are payable and paid on demand in the said legal currency of the United States...
Page 86 - ... the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct, in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and, if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Page 2 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.