History of Congress, biographical and political, Հատոր 11848 |
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... Measures - The Notice to Great Britain to terminate the Joint Occupation - Bill to protect the Rights of American Settlers in the Territory -Joint Resolution giving the Notice - Minority Report — The Debate - Opinions of Mr. Douglas ...
... Measures - The Notice to Great Britain to terminate the Joint Occupation - Bill to protect the Rights of American Settlers in the Territory -Joint Resolution giving the Notice - Minority Report — The Debate - Opinions of Mr. Douglas ...
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... Measure - Whig State Convention of Syracuse - Mr . Hunt's Address as President thereof - Committee on Commerce - Personal ... Measures adopted by the Legislature - Takes his Seat as a Member of the Twenty - ninth Congress - State of our ...
... Measure - Whig State Convention of Syracuse - Mr . Hunt's Address as President thereof - Committee on Commerce - Personal ... Measures adopted by the Legislature - Takes his Seat as a Member of the Twenty - ninth Congress - State of our ...
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... Measures reported by him - The State Lunatic Hospital - Election and re - election to Congress - His Course in that Body - Revolutionary Pensioners - Marine Hospital Fund - Pen- sions to wounded Privateersmen - Spirit Rations - Fishing ...
... Measures reported by him - The State Lunatic Hospital - Election and re - election to Congress - His Course in that Body - Revolutionary Pensioners - Marine Hospital Fund - Pen- sions to wounded Privateersmen - Spirit Rations - Fishing ...
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... Measures required , in the Opinion of Mr. Chapman , to restore Prosperity to the Tobacco Interest - Ex- tract -- Eastern Branch of the Potomac -- Mr . Chapman's Services in Committee -His Marriage , Character , and Pursuits 527-545 ...
... Measures required , in the Opinion of Mr. Chapman , to restore Prosperity to the Tobacco Interest - Ex- tract -- Eastern Branch of the Potomac -- Mr . Chapman's Services in Committee -His Marriage , Character , and Pursuits 527-545 ...
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... measures , which the Whigs proclaimed to be in accord- ance with their cardinal principles , and which were defeated by the veto of General Jackson , are now about to be revived by the Democratic party ; and well might my friend ( Mr ...
... measures , which the Whigs proclaimed to be in accord- ance with their cardinal principles , and which were defeated by the veto of General Jackson , are now about to be revived by the Democratic party ; and well might my friend ( Mr ...
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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.