History of the United States of America: Under the Constitution [1783-1865].

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Dodd, Mead, 1894

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Seite 212 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 164 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Seite 300 - Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which place the murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those pictured lips [pointing to the portraits in the Hall] would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American — the slanderer of the dead.
Seite 527 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted, even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil.
Seite 222 - I would therefore call the special attention of Congress to the subject, and respectfully suggest the propriety of passing such a law as will prohibit, under severe penalties, the circulation in the Southern States, through the mail, of incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection.
Seite 225 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.
Seite 368 - ... secure to industry its just and adequate rewards, and to re-establish the public prosperity. In deciding upon the adaptation of any such measure to the end proposed, as well as its conformity to the constitution, I shall resort to the fathers of the great republican school for advice and instruction, to be drawn from their sage views of our system of government, and the light of their ever glorious example.
Seite 227 - I hold the resolution to be a direct violation of the Constitution of the United States, of the rules of this House, and of the rights of my constituents.
Seite 325 - sub-treasury," and " independent treasury." Its description was " to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue...
Seite 361 - Daniel Webster, secretary of state ; Thomas Ewing, secretary of the treasury ; John Bell, secretary of war ; George E. Badger, secretary of the navy; Francis Granger, postmaster-general ; and John J.

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