The Congressional Globe, Հատոր 31Blair & Rives, 1855 |
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... true safeguards of peace . And , although our mis- sion is peace , and no warlike messengers of propa- gandism are to be sent forth to force republican liberty upon reluctant victims of misgovernment , it may be well to remember that ...
... true safeguards of peace . And , although our mis- sion is peace , and no warlike messengers of propa- gandism are to be sent forth to force republican liberty upon reluctant victims of misgovernment , it may be well to remember that ...
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... true that the present Executive has assumed doctrines which Mr Tyler discarded . I shall wait to see whether Mr. Pierce will have the grace to repudiate them as his illustrious pre- decessor did , or will he , in the midst of this polit ...
... true that the present Executive has assumed doctrines which Mr Tyler discarded . I shall wait to see whether Mr. Pierce will have the grace to repudiate them as his illustrious pre- decessor did , or will he , in the midst of this polit ...
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... true that the results were very astonishing to some , though not to me , and took many men , in and out of power , by sur- prise . 1 || || it in Massachusetts ? There is the honorable gentleman from that State , [ Mr. GOODRICH , ] who ...
... true that the results were very astonishing to some , though not to me , and took many men , in and out of power , by sur- prise . 1 || || it in Massachusetts ? There is the honorable gentleman from that State , [ Mr. GOODRICH , ] who ...
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... true that , in my course as a member of this House , I look solely to what my constituents wish . The first question that addresses itself to my mind is , whether any measure presented here is right ? I send no letters home to know what ...
... true that , in my course as a member of this House , I look solely to what my constituents wish . The first question that addresses itself to my mind is , whether any measure presented here is right ? I send no letters home to know what ...
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... true national independence . Whenever the President shall furnish his twice - promised reasons for vetoing what we have already done on this subject , a more suitable occasion will be presented for a discussion of the question . The ...
... true national independence . Whenever the President shall furnish his twice - promised reasons for vetoing what we have already done on this subject , a more suitable occasion will be presented for a discussion of the question . The ...
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Էջ 176 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 35 - When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Էջ 167 - Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Էջ 168 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly...
Էջ 168 - Territory ; but the qualifications of voters, and of holding office, at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be prescribed by the Legislative Assembly : Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Էջ 156 - ... 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 the government of the United States.
Էջ 167 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
Էջ 167 - Congress deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then, either by affirming or repealing the Mexican laws, or by an act declaratory of the true intent of the Constitution and the extent of the protection afforded by it to slave property in the territories, so your committee are not prepared...
Էջ 12 - Such a reorganization of the examining corps as will place all its members on a proper footing is a subject worthy of consideration. The assistant examiners, who are performing the duties of principal examiners, may justly expect, at no distant day, the compensation attached to those duties and responsibilities. The Attorney General should be clothed with supervisory power over the accounts of the marshals, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United States now possessed by this Department....
Էջ 167 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.