SPEECH OF MR. NORVELL, OF MICHIGAN, OF THE BILL OF MR. CRITTENDEN TO PREVENT THE INTERFERENCE OF CERTIAN FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ELECTIONS |
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Sir, her accomplished Secretary of State, the able Comptroller of her financial
interests, not less remarkable for his stern integrity and firmness than for his solid
talents, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, known here as a man of great ability,
...
Sir, her accomplished Secretary of State, the able Comptroller of her financial
interests, not less remarkable for his stern integrity and firmness than for his solid
talents, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, known here as a man of great ability,
...
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I am informed that the friends of a candidate for Congress in that State [Mr.
LEGARE] attempted to influence votes in his favor, by representing the Secretary
of War to be his friend. A gentleman addressed a letter to the Secretary on the
subject, ...
I am informed that the friends of a candidate for Congress in that State [Mr.
LEGARE] attempted to influence votes in his favor, by representing the Secretary
of War to be his friend. A gentleman addressed a letter to the Secretary on the
subject, ...
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No; it is the ghost of a still-born recommendation of a Secretary. In reference to Mr
. Poinsett's army bill, (said he,) my colleague has thought proper to single me out,
and to make a direct and emphatic personal appeal to me, intimating some ...
No; it is the ghost of a still-born recommendation of a Secretary. In reference to Mr
. Poinsett's army bill, (said he,) my colleague has thought proper to single me out,
and to make a direct and emphatic personal appeal to me, intimating some ...
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The consequence was, that the President and his *secretary, ipso facto, acquired
the entire and uncontrolled possession add management of every dollar of the
public revenue, and have so enjoyed it from that day to this. The viola. tion of that
...
The consequence was, that the President and his *secretary, ipso facto, acquired
the entire and uncontrolled possession add management of every dollar of the
public revenue, and have so enjoyed it from that day to this. The viola. tion of that
...
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On the 16th of December, 1805, the memorial of Peter Landais appeared again,
and the same was referred to the Secretary of State, with instructions to examine
the subject and report his opinion thereupon to the House. On the 2d of January,
...
On the 16th of December, 1805, the memorial of Peter Landais appeared again,
and the same was referred to the Secretary of State, with instructions to examine
the subject and report his opinion thereupon to the House. On the 2d of January,
...
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ADDRESS OF CHARLES H. ALLEN TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF PORTO ... Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1900 |
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Էջ 16 - Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other of the said states, or territory, the person to whom such labor, or service, may be due, his agent, or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing, or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Էջ 16 - That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, his agent or attorney, in so seizing or arresting such fugitive from labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared; or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Էջ 16 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slaveholding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude. The full recognition of this right and title was indispensable to the security of this species of property in all the slaveholding states; and, indeed, was so vital to the preservation of their domestic...