Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 4, 1843-June 18, 1846D. Appleton, 1861 |
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... amount of four million six hundred thousand dollars ; and should they be returned upon the treasury during the fiscal year , they will require provision for their redemption . I do not , however , regard this as probable , since they ...
... amount of four million six hundred thousand dollars ; and should they be returned upon the treasury during the fiscal year , they will require provision for their redemption . I do not , however , regard this as probable , since they ...
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... amount of treasury notes , on terms more favorable than any that have been offered for many years ; and the six per cent . stock which was created in 1842 , has advanced in the hands of the holders to nearly twenty per cent . above its ...
... amount of treasury notes , on terms more favorable than any that have been offered for many years ; and the six per cent . stock which was created in 1842 , has advanced in the hands of the holders to nearly twenty per cent . above its ...
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... amount of claims against the Government of Mexico remained unadjusted , and a war of several years ' continuance with the savage tribes of Florida still prevailed , attended with the desolation of a large portion of that beautiful ...
... amount of claims against the Government of Mexico remained unadjusted , and a war of several years ' continuance with the savage tribes of Florida still prevailed , attended with the desolation of a large portion of that beautiful ...
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... amount to next to nothing . As long as in this Capitol the public expenditures are more than they ought to be , so long will the other departments of the Government follow the example thus set them . As long as the expenditures for your ...
... amount to next to nothing . As long as in this Capitol the public expenditures are more than they ought to be , so long will the other departments of the Government follow the example thus set them . As long as the expenditures for your ...
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... amount . When he was told that there were long - standing abuses , both in the navy and army , which the gentle- men who practised them were not aware of , he answered that , by beginning at home , and set- ting the country a good ...
... amount . When he was told that there were long - standing abuses , both in the navy and army , which the gentle- men who practised them were not aware of , he answered that , by beginning at home , and set- ting the country a good ...
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Էջ 171 - 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 388 - 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 harbors, 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 354 - 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 187 - Texas, shall retain all the public funds, debts, taxes, and dues of every kind, which may belong to, or be due and owing said Republic ; and shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas ; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct ; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon...
Էջ 238 - That justice and sound policy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country...
Էջ 230 - State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this Government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other Governments ; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of said republic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Էջ 186 - That Congress doth consent that the territory, properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the " State of Texas," with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Էջ 196 - First. Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this Government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments...
Էջ 237 - ... peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Էջ 174 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.