Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Nov. 13, 1820-April 14, 1824D. Appleton, 1858 |
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... authority to an opin- ion which might condemn the laws and constitutions of old , as well as sovereign States . The committee are not unaware that a part of the twenty - sixth sec- tion of the third article of the constitution of Mis ...
... authority to an opin- ion which might condemn the laws and constitutions of old , as well as sovereign States . The committee are not unaware that a part of the twenty - sixth sec- tion of the third article of the constitution of Mis ...
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... authority proposed to be conferred by this bill . by Dr. Smith , to establish an institution here in the capital of the country , from whence should issue gratuitously the vaccine matter to such States , counties , or towns , as should ...
... authority proposed to be conferred by this bill . by Dr. Smith , to establish an institution here in the capital of the country , from whence should issue gratuitously the vaccine matter to such States , counties , or towns , as should ...
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... authority of the country should be considered as yet open , or inconclusive ? Did not such a course of reason- ing lead to the conclusion that all the acts of the Government were binding only on the ma- jority who voted for them ? That ...
... authority of the country should be considered as yet open , or inconclusive ? Did not such a course of reason- ing lead to the conclusion that all the acts of the Government were binding only on the ma- jority who voted for them ? That ...
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... authority of Congress , was still less equivocal than that which had been cited . In every instance , and , as far as he knew , without an attempt at resistance , when- ever such a constitution has been formed by a Territory , they have ...
... authority of Congress , was still less equivocal than that which had been cited . In every instance , and , as far as he knew , without an attempt at resistance , when- ever such a constitution has been formed by a Territory , they have ...
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... authority to form a consti- tution , and leave our approbation to be a con- dition of its final admission . A very large ma- jority , ( 125 to 49 , ) even at that time of strong excitement and nearly equal division of opinion with ...
... authority to form a consti- tution , and leave our approbation to be a con- dition of its final admission . A very large ma- jority , ( 125 to 49 , ) even at that time of strong excitement and nearly equal division of opinion with ...
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Էջ 40 - Confederation, but according to some equitable ratio of representation, namely, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex and condition...
Էջ 56 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Էջ 261 - Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Էջ 114 - That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri Territory included within the boundaries hereinafter designated, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatsoever.
Էջ 336 - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...
Էջ 129 - Provided, That the legislature of the said State, by a solemn public act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the President of the United States on or before the fourth Monday in November next an authentic copy of the said act; upon the receipt whereof the President, by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said State into this Union shall be...
Էջ 365 - ... understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have 'to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Էջ 56 - That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power.
Էջ 130 - Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the States in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the United States...
Էջ 38 - No person who denies the being' of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State.