The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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Stran 39
... wish the gentleman had done us that favor - he men- tioned the East Indies , but there he stopped short , and left to each of us to look at our commerce in our own way , without the promised benefit of his instruction . I will , Mr ...
... wish the gentleman had done us that favor - he men- tioned the East Indies , but there he stopped short , and left to each of us to look at our commerce in our own way , without the promised benefit of his instruction . I will , Mr ...
Stran 95
... wish to pursue , and efforts will be made accordingly . Should it not be in unison with the views of the Executive of our own Government , it will weaken instead of strengthening his exertions for the public good . We have already ...
... wish to pursue , and efforts will be made accordingly . Should it not be in unison with the views of the Executive of our own Government , it will weaken instead of strengthening his exertions for the public good . We have already ...
Stran 103
... wish for war , or would , without adequate cause , plunge the nation into it . I am contending only that we must learn to insist upon our national rights , or , by and by , none will belong to us . We must learn to defend our honor as a ...
... wish for war , or would , without adequate cause , plunge the nation into it . I am contending only that we must learn to insist upon our national rights , or , by and by , none will belong to us . We must learn to defend our honor as a ...
Stran 105
... wish to be understood as being willing to give up the property which has been unjustly taken from our citizens without an equivalent . An equivalent may be obtained in many ways . If the resolution is adhered to by the Executive , a ...
... wish to be understood as being willing to give up the property which has been unjustly taken from our citizens without an equivalent . An equivalent may be obtained in many ways . If the resolution is adhered to by the Executive , a ...
Stran 107
... wish of our hearts ; it is the soul of our Government . But the man who would not prefer war to oppression , to dishonor and in- famy , is not an American . One word more , Mr. President , and I have done : It has been conceded that a ...
... wish of our hearts ; it is the soul of our Government . But the man who would not prefer war to oppression , to dishonor and in- famy , is not an American . One word more , Mr. President , and I have done : It has been conceded that a ...
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Stran 125 - During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his longlost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore...
Stran 291 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case, the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate.
Stran 213 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,
Stran 291 - 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.
Stran 291 - No member shall vote on any question, in the event of which he is immediately and particularly interested; or, in any case, where he was not present when the question was put.
Stran 295 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered ; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined ; but all amendments, noting the page and line, shall be duly entered by the Clerk on a separate paper, as the same shall be agreed to by the Committee, and so reported to the House. After report, the bill shall again be subject to be debated and...
Stran 293 - When a motion has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof, on the same or the succeeding day: and such motion shall take precedence of all other questions, except a motion to adjourn.
Stran 21 - ... 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...
Stran 293 - Means to take into consideration all such reports of the Treasury Department, and all such propositions relative to the revenue, as may be referred to them by the House ; to inquire into the state of the public debt or the revenue, and of the expenditure ; and to report, from time to time, their opinion thereon...
Stran 291 - All acts, addresses, and joint resolutions, shall be signed by the Speaker ; and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas, issued by order of the House, shall be under his hand and seal, attested by the clerk.