The American Debater :bbeing a Plain Exposition of the Principles and Practice of Public DebateIvison & Phinney, 1855 - 323 Seiten |
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... taken all together , serve admirably to show , among other things , the true source of skill in ex- temporaneous speaking . Demosthenes was , indeed , for the most part , laborious in his preparations ; so much so as to elicit from ...
... taken all together , serve admirably to show , among other things , the true source of skill in ex- temporaneous speaking . Demosthenes was , indeed , for the most part , laborious in his preparations ; so much so as to elicit from ...
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... taken by the yeas and nays , in which case both sides of the ques- tion are voted upon simultaneously , it is always in or- der , even after the affirmative has been put , to renew the debate . 24. How can it affect the result to renew ...
... taken by the yeas and nays , in which case both sides of the ques- tion are voted upon simultaneously , it is always in or- der , even after the affirmative has been put , to renew the debate . 24. How can it affect the result to renew ...
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... be ordered to be read , -to call the roll when the vote is taken by yeas and nays , and re- cord the answer of each member , -to notify commit- tees of their appointment and of the matters committed to DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS . 53.
... be ordered to be read , -to call the roll when the vote is taken by yeas and nays , and re- cord the answer of each member , -to notify commit- tees of their appointment and of the matters committed to DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS . 53.
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... taken for granted , those only ought to be members of the committee , who , though friendly to the measure , or proposition , in the main , still desire to amend , or alter it in certain particulars . This rule , however , is rather ...
... taken for granted , those only ought to be members of the committee , who , though friendly to the measure , or proposition , in the main , still desire to amend , or alter it in certain particulars . This rule , however , is rather ...
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... taken upon the whole document , as amended or unamended . If , however , the paper is not original with the com- mittee , but is one that has been merely submitted for amendment , the question upon the adoption , or rejec- tion of the ...
... taken upon the whole document , as amended or unamended . If , however , the paper is not original with the com- mittee , but is one that has been merely submitted for amendment , the question upon the adoption , or rejec- tion of the ...
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adopted affirmative appointed arguments ARTICLE assem ballot beneficial bill of attainder By-Laws called CAPITAL PUNISHMENT character Cicero Club committee Congress Constitution Convention debating societies decided decision deliberative assembly deliberative bodies Demosthenes discussion duly duty effect elected evil exercise expedient extemporaneous extemporaneous speaking favor FIFTH SPEAKER Hartford Convention History incidental questions Jefferson's Manual justifiable main question mankind matter meeting ment mind minority report mittee mode moral motion to adjourn motion to amend motion to commit motion to postpone motion to reconsider nature necessary number of votes object Oliver Cromwell orator paper person Phrenology presiding officer previous question privileged questions proper proposed proposition question of privilege questions of order quorum referred resolution respect rules of order says Secretary SECTION Senate speaking special rule spirit thing tion truth United Vice President whole words yeas and nays
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Seite 76 - When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged: and nc motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely.
Seite 289 - Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a Day on which Electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a Day on which the Electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the Time and Place for commencing Proceedings under this Constitution. That after such Publication the Electors should be appointed, and the Senators and Representatives elected...
Seite 291 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Seite 291 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution which we now...
Seite 289 - That it is the opinion of this convention, that as soon as the conventions of nine states shall have ratified this constitution, the United States in Congress assembled, should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Seite 171 - Glorious, indeed, is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.
Seite 289 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Seite 99 - Hats., 132, 133,~\ And this is considered to be not in the form of an amendment to the question, but as alternative or successive originals. In all cases of time or number, we must consider whether the larger comprehends the lesser, as in a question to what day a postponement shall be, the number of a committee, amount of a fine, term of an imprisonment, term of irredeemability of a loan, or the terminus in quern in any other case; then the question must begin a maximo.
Seite 99 - ... on the limitation of the rate of interest, on what day the session shall be closed by adjournment, on what day the next shall commence, when an act shall commence or the terminus a quo in any other case where the question must begin a minima.
Seite 250 - He shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.