Parties and Their Principles: A Manual of Political Intelligence, Exhibiting the Origin, Growth, and Character of National PartiesD. Appleton, 1859 - 394 Seiten |
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... Clay of Kentucky . The motion to strike out the first section resulted in a tie vote of 17 to 17. The Vice - President gave his casting vote in favor of striking out , and the bil . was lost . The Senate was constituted politically , of ...
... Clay of Kentucky . The motion to strike out the first section resulted in a tie vote of 17 to 17. The Vice - President gave his casting vote in favor of striking out , and the bil . was lost . The Senate was constituted politically , of ...
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... Clay was elected Speaker by a ma- jority of thirty - five votes . The old Democratic leaders had given way to younger , more enthusiastic and am- bitious champions , among whom were Messrs . Clay , Lowndes , Cheves , and Calhoun . The ...
... Clay was elected Speaker by a ma- jority of thirty - five votes . The old Democratic leaders had given way to younger , more enthusiastic and am- bitious champions , among whom were Messrs . Clay , Lowndes , Cheves , and Calhoun . The ...
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... Clay , Cal- houn , and Crawford , and a bill passed the House by a vote of eighty to seventy - one ; the Senate by twenty - two to twelve . Politically , the yeas were more than two- thirds Democrats , the nays about three - fourths ...
... Clay , Cal- houn , and Crawford , and a bill passed the House by a vote of eighty to seventy - one ; the Senate by twenty - two to twelve . Politically , the yeas were more than two- thirds Democrats , the nays about three - fourths ...
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... Clay , ever a resolute defender of the protective system , gave it his entire support , and was seconded by Messrs . Calhoun and Lowndes of South Carolina . The measure received support from the South on the ground of the advantages ...
... Clay , ever a resolute defender of the protective system , gave it his entire support , and was seconded by Messrs . Calhoun and Lowndes of South Carolina . The measure received support from the South on the ground of the advantages ...
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... Clay was chosen Speaker by a vote almost unanimous . From this time the old party lines , which had been drawn with so much rigor , became extinct in the national Congress . Interests of great national magnitude demanding the ...
... Clay was chosen Speaker by a vote almost unanimous . From this time the old party lines , which had been drawn with so much rigor , became extinct in the national Congress . Interests of great national magnitude demanding the ...
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Seite 323 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Seite 332 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion ; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the...
Seite 355 - 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...
Seite 346 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defense and welfare of the United States...
Seite 304 - SO far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Seite 331 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Seite 355 - ... an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake 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.
Seite 348 - ... and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.
Seite 350 - ... to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department; and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings, every six months, to the secretary of Congress.
Seite 345 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated '' A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...