The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... proposed an amendment by adding a new clause , in substance : " That at the next election of President , no per- son should be eligible who had served more than eight years , and , in all future elections , no person ' should be ...
... proposed an amendment by adding a new clause , in substance : " That at the next election of President , no per- son should be eligible who had served more than eight years , and , in all future elections , no person ' should be ...
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... proposed , should , upon experiment , prove to be improper , then it could be altered . new . He was ready to act at once and vote against the amendment , and should not pay so poor a com- pliment to any gentleman's abilities , as to ...
... proposed , should , upon experiment , prove to be improper , then it could be altered . new . He was ready to act at once and vote against the amendment , and should not pay so poor a com- pliment to any gentleman's abilities , as to ...
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... proposed to the first the seamen and commerce of the United States , " section thereof ; and , other amendments having been proposed , Ordered , That the bill , together with the amend- ments , be referred to Messrs . SAMUEL SMITH ...
... proposed to the first the seamen and commerce of the United States , " section thereof ; and , other amendments having been proposed , Ordered , That the bill , together with the amend- ments , be referred to Messrs . SAMUEL SMITH ...
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... proposed amendment and the case of treaties , that it ought to govern . The striking out of a part of the Constitution must be considered as an amendment , for if a part is struck out it is no longer the same thing ; he did not ap ...
... proposed amendment and the case of treaties , that it ought to govern . The striking out of a part of the Constitution must be considered as an amendment , for if a part is struck out it is no longer the same thing ; he did not ap ...
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... proposed , and a person could be found to ac- cept it , that his head would not have remained on his shoulders for twenty - four hours afterwards . Dangers of this kind he was solicitous to avoid ; and by that mild and benignant mode ...
... proposed , and a person could be found to ac- cept it , that his head would not have remained on his shoulders for twenty - four hours afterwards . Dangers of this kind he was solicitous to avoid ; and by that mild and benignant mode ...
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Էջ 685 - 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 481 - 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 393 - 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 253 - The General Assembly, or Legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum; and the members...
Էջ 745 - Towards the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Էջ 745 - 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 135 - President, the vote shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote...
Էջ 283 - An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.
Էջ 213 - 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...
Էջ 519 - 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...