Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: April 15, 1824-March 10, 1826D. Appleton, 1858 |
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... facts in the city of New York , and what she now is , and documents ; Mr. Ricardo had deduced , a I know , by the ... fact ? Butler , who is known to gentlemen of the profession of the law , as the annotator , with Hargrave , on Lord ...
... facts in the city of New York , and what she now is , and documents ; Mr. Ricardo had deduced , a I know , by the ... fact ? Butler , who is known to gentlemen of the profession of the law , as the annotator , with Hargrave , on Lord ...
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... facts , and the universal experience of the commercial world — that commerce is direct- ly promoted by whatever tends ... fact has been established ; but , happily , not by the ex- perience of this country , for the process is a dreadful ...
... facts , and the universal experience of the commercial world — that commerce is direct- ly promoted by whatever tends ... fact has been established ; but , happily , not by the ex- perience of this country , for the process is a dreadful ...
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... fact , Mr. Speaker , if estab- lished , would prove a strong argument against us , inasmuch as we depend much upon the ex- ample of England for the illustration and de- fence of our doctrines . But what facts do gen- tlemen adduce , to ...
... fact , Mr. Speaker , if estab- lished , would prove a strong argument against us , inasmuch as we depend much upon the ex- ample of England for the illustration and de- fence of our doctrines . But what facts do gen- tlemen adduce , to ...
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... fact in financial history . Again , sir . The annual interest of the English na- tional debt amounts , at present , to between one hundred and fifty and one hundred and sixty millions of dollars ! a sum greatly exceeding the whole ...
... fact in financial history . Again , sir . The annual interest of the English na- tional debt amounts , at present , to between one hundred and fifty and one hundred and sixty millions of dollars ! a sum greatly exceeding the whole ...
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... fact . Eight years of proba- either to produce or to pay for them . Yes , sir , tion have elapsed since the passage of the ex- it would be well for us to reflect that it is much isting tariff , and , if policy or humanity required more ...
... fact . Eight years of proba- either to produce or to pay for them . Yes , sir , tion have elapsed since the passage of the ex- it would be well for us to reflect that it is much isting tariff , and , if policy or humanity required more ...
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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.