Speeches, Messages, and Other Writings of the Hon. Albert G. Brown: A Senator in Congress Fronm the State of MississippiJ. B. Smith & Company, 1859 - 614 էջ |
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... vote the necessary compensation to the respective incumbents . This , to my palate , Mr. Chairman , smacks a little too strong of agrarianism . This is levelling as with the scythe of ruin , and with no regard to law , order , or the ...
... vote the necessary compensation to the respective incumbents . This , to my palate , Mr. Chairman , smacks a little too strong of agrarianism . This is levelling as with the scythe of ruin , and with no regard to law , order , or the ...
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... vote for the proposition of my colleague , and I shall do so with great pleasure ; but when this is done , I shall have done all that I can or will do . I shall not be accused of voting against a maximum through party motives , for ...
... vote for the proposition of my colleague , and I shall do so with great pleasure ; but when this is done , I shall have done all that I can or will do . I shall not be accused of voting against a maximum through party motives , for ...
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... voting on the question , voted for it , but they have fallen short of a majority of the whole vote cast for members of the legislature . I recommend that the question be re - submitted in 1847. The main object of its friends will be ...
... voting on the question , voted for it , but they have fallen short of a majority of the whole vote cast for members of the legislature . I recommend that the question be re - submitted in 1847. The main object of its friends will be ...
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... vote more prompt and more unanimous than was ever before known , war was solemnly declared " to exist by the act of Mexico . " Within the last few days , this House has declared , by a strict party vote , that " the war exists by the ...
... vote more prompt and more unanimous than was ever before known , war was solemnly declared " to exist by the act of Mexico . " Within the last few days , this House has declared , by a strict party vote , that " the war exists by the ...
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... vote for a loan , I will vote for treasury notes , and for a tax on tea and coffee ; I will vote for men , regulars and volunteers ; in short , sir , I will vote for anything and everything that may be needed to prose- cute this war to ...
... vote for a loan , I will vote for treasury notes , and for a tax on tea and coffee ; I will vote for men , regulars and volunteers ; in short , sir , I will vote for anything and everything that may be needed to prose- cute this war to ...
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Էջ 129 - 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 174 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Էջ 431 - State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Էջ 42 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Էջ 360 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever; Provided.
Էջ 132 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Էջ 501 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Էջ 374 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free...
Էջ 479 - can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?' Yes, much can be done — everything can be done. Slavery can be limited to its present bounds, it can be ameliorated, it can be and must be abolished, and you and I can and must do it.
Էջ 369 - 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...