Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ..., Volume 2; Volume 13; Volume 69Gales & Seaton, 1837 - Law |
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Page 1415
... authority given to make the con- tract ; but he supposed , from the emergency of the case , that the Government would recognise it , and fulfil its stipulations . He was also desirous of ascertaining from the Postmaster General the ...
... authority given to make the con- tract ; but he supposed , from the emergency of the case , that the Government would recognise it , and fulfil its stipulations . He was also desirous of ascertaining from the Postmaster General the ...
Page 1419
... authority of a distinguished predecessor ( Mr. Clay ) of yours , Mr. Speaker , under your authority , and that of your predecessor , and under the example of a gentle . man ( Mr. Sevier ) as scrupulous , as honest , and as hon- orable ...
... authority of a distinguished predecessor ( Mr. Clay ) of yours , Mr. Speaker , under your authority , and that of your predecessor , and under the example of a gentle . man ( Mr. Sevier ) as scrupulous , as honest , and as hon- orable ...
Page 1445
... authority to settle that controversy , ( now of more than thirty years ' duration , ) and to prescribe her limits by law , and that she must wait until we could find time to exercise that authority . She again waited during an almost ...
... authority to settle that controversy , ( now of more than thirty years ' duration , ) and to prescribe her limits by law , and that she must wait until we could find time to exercise that authority . She again waited during an almost ...
Page 1447
... authority whatever to call this convention . If valid , the objection is equally overthrown ; for the Legislature , under that constitution , had no authority , in any event whatever , to call a con- vention for the purpose indicated in ...
... authority whatever to call this convention . If valid , the objection is equally overthrown ; for the Legislature , under that constitution , had no authority , in any event whatever , to call a con- vention for the purpose indicated in ...
Page 1449
... authority , and clothed with their authori- ty . At all events , Congress , claiming the power to es- tablish the boundary line , without the assent of the peo- ple of Michigan , and having exercised that power by the enactment of a law ...
... authority , and clothed with their authori- ty . At all events , Congress , claiming the power to es- tablish the boundary line , without the assent of the peo- ple of Michigan , and having exercised that power by the enactment of a law ...
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