The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... vessels , some of them without commissions , some with illegal commissions , others with those of legal form , but committing piratical acts beyond the authority of their commissions . They have captur- ed , in the very entrance of our ...
... vessels , some of them without commissions , some with illegal commissions , others with those of legal form , but committing piratical acts beyond the authority of their commissions . They have captur- ed , in the very entrance of our ...
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... vessels . Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small than of large vessels , and it would lessen risk as well as expense , to be authorized to em- ploy them of preference . The limitation suggested by the number of seamen would ...
... vessels . Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small than of large vessels , and it would lessen risk as well as expense , to be authorized to em- ploy them of preference . The limitation suggested by the number of seamen would ...
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... vessels which are intended to sup- said to be the general article , ) others with cargoes of port by force a traffic contrary to the law of nations , innocent goods , and others again in ballast . After the and to repel the efforts ...
... vessels which are intended to sup- said to be the general article , ) others with cargoes of port by force a traffic contrary to the law of nations , innocent goods , and others again in ballast . After the and to repel the efforts ...
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... vessels . They had taken out and impressed into their service emigrants coming to our country . They had violently drawn into their service our seamen , natives of our land . Naturalized foreigners had not been spared . Our neutrality ...
... vessels . They had taken out and impressed into their service emigrants coming to our country . They had violently drawn into their service our seamen , natives of our land . Naturalized foreigners had not been spared . Our neutrality ...
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... vessels of war , ( for they have armed vessels , ) they will take your unarmed ships bound to Jamaica , to the Spanish Main , to Cur- racoa , and molest your trade to Cuba ; they are upon the high road of your trade from Europe to New ...
... vessels of war , ( for they have armed vessels , ) they will take your unarmed ships bound to Jamaica , to the Spanish Main , to Cur- racoa , and molest your trade to Cuba ; they are upon the high road of your trade from Europe to New ...
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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.