History of Congress, biographical and political, Հատոր 11848 |
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... institutions under which they live ; to demonstrate to them , by the examples we set before their eyes , how much more potent an instrument in the civilization of nations is the schoolmaster than the warrior -the plowshare than the ...
... institutions under which they live ; to demonstrate to them , by the examples we set before their eyes , how much more potent an instrument in the civilization of nations is the schoolmaster than the warrior -the plowshare than the ...
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... institutions . Mr. Holmes associated himself with a number of gentlemen , mostly Southern planters , and formed a society , under the title of the ، South Carolina Association . " It embraced the names of some of the most wealthy and ...
... institutions . Mr. Holmes associated himself with a number of gentlemen , mostly Southern planters , and formed a society , under the title of the ، South Carolina Association . " It embraced the names of some of the most wealthy and ...
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... institution was so vigorously attacked by certain Western Democrats as to jeop- ard its existence , he was complimented as having saved it by his speech . Not less tried , and , at one time , scarcely less needed , has been his ...
... institution was so vigorously attacked by certain Western Democrats as to jeop- ard its existence , he was complimented as having saved it by his speech . Not less tried , and , at one time , scarcely less needed , has been his ...
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... Institutions , made a report against the removal of the seat of government from Columbus . He in- vestigated the subject thoroughly , and his report is said to have given a quietus to that question . In military matters he has taken ...
... Institutions , made a report against the removal of the seat of government from Columbus . He in- vestigated the subject thoroughly , and his report is said to have given a quietus to that question . In military matters he has taken ...
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... institutions of his native city , he has not until within the last few years actually exchanged the labors of a toilsome profession for the more exciting duties of Congressional life . He contributed to the student of maritime law a ...
... institutions of his native city , he has not until within the last few years actually exchanged the labors of a toilsome profession for the more exciting duties of Congressional life . He contributed to the student of maritime law a ...
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Էջ 375 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Էջ 105 - It is agreed, that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall. together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Էջ 148 - Britannic majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 148 - Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.
Էջ 92 - European nation should be respected, but it is due alike to our safety and our interests that the efficient protection of our laws should be extended over our whole territorial limits, and that it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy that no future European colony or dominion shall with our consent be planted or established on any part of the North American continent.
Էջ 177 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Էջ 82 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Էջ 106 - Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Էջ 406 - Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted ; after which the names of the absentees shall...
Էջ 406 - When a member shall be discharged from custody and admitted to his seat, the House shall determine whether such discharge shall be with or without paying fees ; and in like manner, whether a delinquent member, taken into custody by a special messenger, shall, or shall not, be liable to defray the expense of such special messenger.