Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Oct. 17, 1803-April 25, 1808D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... respect due to the memory of the Hon . STEVENS THOMPSON MASON , deceased , late a member thereof , will go into mourning for him one month , by the usual mode of wear- ing a crape around the left arm.t * The bill thus passed was in ...
... respect due to the memory of the Hon . STEVENS THOMPSON MASON , deceased , late a member thereof , will go into mourning for him one month , by the usual mode of wear- ing a crape around the left arm.t * The bill thus passed was in ...
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... respect to the Louisiana Treaty , the United States fail to execute , and within a reasonable time , the engagement in the third article , ( to incorporate that territory into the Union , ) the French Government will have a right to ...
... respect to the Louisiana Treaty , the United States fail to execute , and within a reasonable time , the engagement in the third article , ( to incorporate that territory into the Union , ) the French Government will have a right to ...
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... respect to this ill - fated Mississippi , have varied as often as the fashions . [ Here Mr. B. made some remarks on the attempts which were made in the old Congress , and which had nearly proved successful , to cede this river to Spain ...
... respect to this ill - fated Mississippi , have varied as often as the fashions . [ Here Mr. B. made some remarks on the attempts which were made in the old Congress , and which had nearly proved successful , to cede this river to Spain ...
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... respect to all the operations of States . And the members of the convention this resolution , she must , I think , be ranked who formed the instrument have , in private in- among the small States . The district of Maine formation and ...
... respect to all the operations of States . And the members of the convention this resolution , she must , I think , be ranked who formed the instrument have , in private in- among the small States . The district of Maine formation and ...
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... respect , and permit the name of our country to be blotted out of the list of nations for ever . I confess there are many gentlemen of that nation for whom I entertain the sincerest es- teem ; but although I love some of them as friends ...
... respect , and permit the name of our country to be blotted out of the list of nations for ever . I confess there are many gentlemen of that nation for whom I entertain the sincerest es- teem ; but although I love some of them as friends ...
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Seite 269 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Seite 13 - Constitution, and the laws of the united States made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 23 - 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 article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Seite 82 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Seite 16 - 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 meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Seite 42 - Act, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, and be dismissed from his office; one moiety of the said penalty to the use of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or sue for the same, to be sued for and recovered in any of His Majesty's courts of record at Westminster...
Seite 73 - 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.
Seite 65 - United States, in the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory, with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic, in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Seite 37 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Seite 203 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.