Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: April 15, 1824-March 10, 1826D. Appleton, 1858 |
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... Spain , the Lombards of the twelfth century -the Genoese ; the Venetian - ask the illus- trious house of Medicis whether the fostering care which they awarded to manufactures , proved hostile to the agriculture of the beau- tiful region ...
... Spain , the Lombards of the twelfth century -the Genoese ; the Venetian - ask the illus- trious house of Medicis whether the fostering care which they awarded to manufactures , proved hostile to the agriculture of the beau- tiful region ...
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... Spain , the most de- lightful region in the temperate zone . Three hundred years ago , Spain was rich and power- ful - so much for the industry of the Saracens : England , poor and resourceless . About this period , they exchanged ...
... Spain , the most de- lightful region in the temperate zone . Three hundred years ago , Spain was rich and power- ful - so much for the industry of the Saracens : England , poor and resourceless . About this period , they exchanged ...
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... Spain in the year 1819 , the United States and the persons exercising Mr. WICKLIFFE objected to the plan proposed wherein it is stipulated between the two pow- in the amendment , and thought the improve - ers , that " the Government of ...
... Spain in the year 1819 , the United States and the persons exercising Mr. WICKLIFFE objected to the plan proposed wherein it is stipulated between the two pow- in the amendment , and thought the improve - ers , that " the Government of ...
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... Spain , and for the redress of grievances which occurred during the sus- pension of those friendly relations ; and is ex- pressed in the treaty to be for spoliations com- mitted on our commerce , or " unlawful seizures made by Spain of ...
... Spain , and for the redress of grievances which occurred during the sus- pension of those friendly relations ; and is ex- pressed in the treaty to be for spoliations com- mitted on our commerce , or " unlawful seizures made by Spain of ...
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... Spain as a part of the consideration for making the treaty - leaving it , indeed , very doubtful , whether all the lands ceded to the United States would be more than sufficient to the demands of those claimants . Again , it does appear ...
... Spain as a part of the consideration for making the treaty - leaving it , indeed , very doubtful , whether all the lands ceded to the United States would be more than sufficient to the demands of those claimants . Again , it does appear ...
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Seite 185 - In regard to this extensive section of country, we do not hesitate in giving the opinion, that it is almost wholly unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land, considerably extensive, are occasionally to be met with, yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country.
Seite 433 - Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions, and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
Seite 183 - being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country...
Seite 11 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Seite 351 - ... of the first two quarters have fallen very little short of that sum ; it is not expected that the second half of the year will be equally productive, but the income of the year, from that source, may now be safely estimated at a million and a half. The act of Congress of 18th May, 1824, to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands, was limited, in its operation of relief to the purchaser, to the 10th of April last.
Seite 183 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Seite 239 - ... every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor not exceeding fifteen years, according to the aggravation of the offense.
Seite 197 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Seite 253 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...
Seite 11 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican with all his northern powers Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win The fairest of her sex Angelica, His daughter, sought by many prowest knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.