Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 |
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... Orders , have substituted the amicable course which has issued thus happily ... laws , proper to adapt them to the arrangement which has taken place with ... Council , in the persua- sion that the intercourse with Great Britain would ...
... Orders , have substituted the amicable course which has issued thus happily ... laws , proper to adapt them to the arrangement which has taken place with ... Council , in the persua- sion that the intercourse with Great Britain would ...
Page 99
... Orders in Council will have been withdrawn , have proclaimed that , when they shall be withdrawn , a renewal of in- tercourse shall take place ? And here , too , comes the construction given to the non - intercourse act . On the ...
... Orders in Council will have been withdrawn , have proclaimed that , when they shall be withdrawn , a renewal of in- tercourse shall take place ? And here , too , comes the construction given to the non - intercourse act . On the ...
Page 101
... Orders in Council ; and to what did they amount ? So soon as you , by your own law , cut off your trade with France , he agrees to revoke the orders interfering with it . Mr. Canning might as well have withdrawn blank paper . They had ...
... Orders in Council ; and to what did they amount ? So soon as you , by your own law , cut off your trade with France , he agrees to revoke the orders interfering with it . Mr. Canning might as well have withdrawn blank paper . They had ...
Page 103
... Orders in Council known ? It was not ; and I take the opportunity of saying so here , because I see it has been as- serted in the British Parliament , by a gentlemen of the first respectability for talents and charac- ter , that they ...
... Orders in Council known ? It was not ; and I take the opportunity of saying so here , because I see it has been as- serted in the British Parliament , by a gentlemen of the first respectability for talents and charac- ter , that they ...
Page 105
... Orders in Council , we stood in need of the non - importation act , and as in 1807-8 , prior to a knowledge of the Orders in Council , we stood in need of an embargo , for the same reasons we now stand in need of some other substitute ...
... Orders in Council , we stood in need of the non - importation act , and as in 1807-8 , prior to a knowledge of the Orders in Council , we stood in need of an embargo , for the same reasons we now stand in need of some other substitute ...
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Aaron Lyle agreed amendment Anderson Archibald Van Horn armed vessels authority Bayard believe bill was read BRADLEY Brent Britain British Government British Minister claim commerce conduct Congress consider and report Crawford Daniel Sheffey David Bard declared disavowal District duty Ebenezer Sage embargo engrossed entitled An act Erskine Executive favor foreign France Gaillard gentleman GILES Gilman Gregg gunboats Hillhouse honor House of Representatives instructions intercourse interdiction Jackson Jacob Hufty Jacob Swoope John John Rea Joseph Calhoun Joseph Desha land Leib letter Lloyd MACON manufactures Matthew Clay Meigs ment Meshack Franklin Message Messrs motion nation NAYS-Messrs non-intercourse object officers opinion Orders in Council passed petition POPE ports postponed present President question read the second read the third referred report thereon reported the bill resolution Resolved respect Secretary select committee Senate resumed ships Smith of Maryland Territory Thomas Gholson tion Treasury treaty United Whole William YEAS-Messrs
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Page 835 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer, Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 37 - Congress concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies...
Page 617 - ... for one share, and not more than two shares, one vote; for every two shares above two, and not exceeding ten, one vote; for every four shares above ten, and not exceeding thirty, one vote; for every six shares above thirty, and not exceeding sixty, one vote; for every eight shares above sixty, and not exceeding one hundred, one vote ; and for every ten shares above one hundred, one vote ; but no person, co-partnership, or body politic shall be entitled to a greater number than thirty votes.
Page 617 - ... natural and private capacities ; and an action of debt may, in such case, be brought against them, or any...
Page 33 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 141 - It seemed, therefore, to be my duty to admonish our citizens of the consequences of a contraband trade and of hostile acts to any of the parties, and to obtain by a declaration of the existing legal state of things an easier admission of our right to the immunities belonging to our situation.
Page 617 - ... six shares above thirty and not exceeding sixty, one vote; for every eight shares above sixty and not exceeding one hundred, one vote; and for every ten shares above one hundred, one vote; but no person, copartnership, or body politic, shall be entitled to a greater number than thirty votes. And after the first election, no share or shares shall confer a right of suffrage, which shall not have been holden three calendar months previous to the day of election.
Page 619 - ... his, her or their private or natural capacity or capacities, and shall be assignable and negotiable in like manner as if they were so issued by such private person or persons; that is to say, those which shall be payable to any person or persons...
Page 583 - An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year 1823?
Page 671 - ... of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them or either of them.