The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1852 |
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... port ; which was read , and ordered to lie for con- sideration . Mr. WORTHINGTON also presented the petition of Martha Seamans and others , praying to be ad- mitted to the benefits of the act , entitled " An act in addition to the act ...
... port ; which was read , and ordered to lie for con- sideration . Mr. WORTHINGTON also presented the petition of Martha Seamans and others , praying to be ad- mitted to the benefits of the act , entitled " An act in addition to the act ...
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... ports by the British fleets . But that time was our houses than the waters of the Mississippi . permitted to go by unimproved , and instead of We have already territory enough , and when I regretting the past , let us provide for the ...
... ports by the British fleets . But that time was our houses than the waters of the Mississippi . permitted to go by unimproved , and instead of We have already territory enough , and when I regretting the past , let us provide for the ...
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... ports true construction , as they can be , and the relative of one State over those of another . Can this pref ... port over another , be Constitutional , it is , of course , binding on every branch of the Govern- ment , and we should ...
... ports true construction , as they can be , and the relative of one State over those of another . Can this pref ... port over another , be Constitutional , it is , of course , binding on every branch of the Govern- ment , and we should ...
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... ports over the other ports of the United States ; because , it is well known that a duty of forty - four cents on tonnage , and ten per cent . on duties , are paid by all foreign ships or vessels in all the ports of the United States ...
... ports over the other ports of the United States ; because , it is well known that a duty of forty - four cents on tonnage , and ten per cent . on duties , are paid by all foreign ships or vessels in all the ports of the United States ...
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... port and carried - yeas 20 , nays 11 . Mr. ADAMS said , that though he had voted for the amendment , he disapproved of the alteration from five to three . He felt , however , though a representative of a large State , a deep interest in ...
... port and carried - yeas 20 , nays 11 . Mr. ADAMS said , that though he had voted for the amendment , he disapproved of the alteration from five to three . He felt , however , though a representative of a large State , a deep interest in ...
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Էջ 697 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Էջ 699 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice president and they shall make distinct lists of all persons...
Էջ 477 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Էջ 713 - And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
Էջ 389 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states.
Էջ 779 - Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Էջ 757 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments as of other human institutions; that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country; that facility in changes, upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion, exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...
Էջ 419 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States...
Էջ 497 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Էջ 779 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected...