The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... leave us a surplus of nearly a million of dollars at our free disposal . Should you concur in the provis- ions of arms and armed vessels , recommended by the circumstances of the times , this surplus will furnish the means of doing so ...
... leave us a surplus of nearly a million of dollars at our free disposal . Should you concur in the provis- ions of arms and armed vessels , recommended by the circumstances of the times , this surplus will furnish the means of doing so ...
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... leave to bring in a bill to prohibit the importation of certain persons therein described , into any port or place within the juris- diction of the United States , from and after the first day of January , which will be in the year of ...
... leave to bring in a bill to prohibit the importation of certain persons therein described , into any port or place within the juris- diction of the United States , from and after the first day of January , which will be in the year of ...
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... leave to bring in a bill to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place with- in the jurisdiction of the United States , from and after the first day of January , 1808 ; and , after de- bate , the previous question was ...
... leave to bring in a bill to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place with- in the jurisdiction of the United States , from and after the first day of January , 1808 ; and , after de- bate , the previous question was ...
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... leave to introduce this bill , assigned any new reasons as the foundation of his motion , whatever my opinion might have been upon their merits , I should not think it proper to combat them at this time ; but the object of the bill is ...
... leave to introduce this bill , assigned any new reasons as the foundation of his motion , whatever my opinion might have been upon their merits , I should not think it proper to combat them at this time ; but the object of the bill is ...
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... leave . He complimented his friend from Pennsylvania , for the purity of his motives in bringing forward the present motion . But he could not refrain from an expression of his surprise , and even his regret , that the subject had been ...
... leave . He complimented his friend from Pennsylvania , for the purity of his motives in bringing forward the present motion . But he could not refrain from an expression of his surprise , and even his regret , that the subject had been ...
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Page 67 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 201 - WHEN a question 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 re-consideration thereof...
Page 121 - 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...
Page 289 - 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.
Page 287 - 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...
Page 287 - 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.
Page 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...
Page 287 - 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.
Page 367 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Page 291 - When a message shall be sent from the Senate to the House of Representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the House by the doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.