Speeches in Congress. Legal arguments and speeches to the juryLittle, Brown, 1858 |
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... course I had no opportunity to take part in the debates upon this question ; nor have I before been called upon to discharge a public trust in regard to it . I certainly did , as a private citizen , entertain a strong feeling that , if ...
... course I had no opportunity to take part in the debates upon this question ; nor have I before been called upon to discharge a public trust in regard to it . I certainly did , as a private citizen , entertain a strong feeling that , if ...
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... course of the President in this matter , or indulging in any remark expressive of an unfriendly feeling towards the administration , or any disposition to embarrass the government , for I feel nothing of the kind , and nothing is fur ...
... course of the President in this matter , or indulging in any remark expressive of an unfriendly feeling towards the administration , or any disposition to embarrass the government , for I feel nothing of the kind , and nothing is fur ...
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... course between the two nations be set free from all alarm and disturbance . It would suit my views of what this occasion calls for , that the measure under consideration should be postponed for a month , because I desire , if it can be ...
... course between the two nations be set free from all alarm and disturbance . It would suit my views of what this occasion calls for , that the measure under consideration should be postponed for a month , because I desire , if it can be ...
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... course , of the President of the United States . But , Sir , in mat- ters of high importance , I shrink not from the responsibility of any thing I have ever done under any man's direction . Where- ever my name stands I am ready to ...
... course , of the President of the United States . But , Sir , in mat- ters of high importance , I shrink not from the responsibility of any thing I have ever done under any man's direction . Where- ever my name stands I am ready to ...
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... course , and pretty well understood by the great mass of well - informed persons throughout the country . I shall therefore state it quite briefly . In the treaty of peace of September , 1783 , the northern and eastern , or perhaps ...
... course , and pretty well understood by the great mass of well - informed persons throughout the country . I shall therefore state it quite briefly . In the treaty of peace of September , 1783 , the northern and eastern , or perhaps ...
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Seite 341 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri Compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory, north of said Missouri Compromise line, slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited.
Seite 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 81 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Seite 484 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Seite 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Seite 361 - ... without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession.
Seite vii - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Seite 121 - was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities.
Seite 5 - Congress shall have power * * * to establish * * * uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States.