Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 1, 1817-March 3, 1821D. Appleton, 1858 |
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... Treaty of Ghent , to whom it was referred to decide to which party the several islands in the Bay of Passamaquod- dy belonged , under the treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty - three , have agreed in a report , by which all ...
... Treaty of Ghent , to whom it was referred to decide to which party the several islands in the Bay of Passamaquod- dy belonged , under the treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty - three , have agreed in a report , by which all ...
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... Treaty Restoration of Deported Slaves . The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF the United STATES ... Treaty of Ghent , as relates to the restitution of slaves , which has not heretofore been communicated , I now ...
... Treaty Restoration of Deported Slaves . The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF the United STATES ... Treaty of Ghent , as relates to the restitution of slaves , which has not heretofore been communicated , I now ...
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... Treaty of Ghent which had been quoted . Surely , he said , it would be much more offensive to admit that we would enter into a stipulation with a foreign Government to carry our own statutes into execution within our own territory ...
... Treaty of Ghent which had been quoted . Surely , he said , it would be much more offensive to admit that we would enter into a stipulation with a foreign Government to carry our own statutes into execution within our own territory ...
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... Treaty of Ghent . The United States cannot justly be charged with having acted in bad faith , either in making or perform- ing treaties ; and , as the United States have the honor of having led the way in the glorious cause of ...
... Treaty of Ghent . The United States cannot justly be charged with having acted in bad faith , either in making or perform- ing treaties ; and , as the United States have the honor of having led the way in the glorious cause of ...
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... Treaty of Ghent , America and Britain , having agreed to use their best endeavors to put an end to this traffic , that this course , as now recommende l , may find a shelter from criticism in that article ; as it is merely in fulfilment ...
... Treaty of Ghent , America and Britain , having agreed to use their best endeavors to put an end to this traffic , that this course , as now recommende l , may find a shelter from criticism in that article ; as it is merely in fulfilment ...
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Էջ 419 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Էջ 353 - 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 391 - State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government : Provided, The constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Էջ 43 - ... to be arrested and secured, and to cause notice of the arrest to be given to the executive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear.
Էջ 398 - Although, among the enumerated powers of government, we do not find the word "bank" or "incorporation," we find the great powers to lay and collect taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce, to declare and conduct a war, and to raise and support armies and navies. The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation, are intrusted to its government.
Էջ 435 - 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 409 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Էջ 391 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states . in . all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Էջ 16 - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice; and whereas both his majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object...
Էջ 336 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.