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 1409
... believe that they for whom this Government was formed , and by whom it is sustained , are withdrawing their guardianship . I will not believe them . He who has been intrusted with the chief management of their public affairs will not be ...
... believe that they for whom this Government was formed , and by whom it is sustained , are withdrawing their guardianship . I will not believe them . He who has been intrusted with the chief management of their public affairs will not be ...
Page 1417
... believe that their representatives are paid too much for travelling to the seat of Government ! Sir , do you think they will dis- turb the honored ashes of the dead , to pronounce a ver- dict against him ? If my colleague lived , if he ...
... believe that their representatives are paid too much for travelling to the seat of Government ! Sir , do you think they will dis- turb the honored ashes of the dead , to pronounce a ver- dict against him ? If my colleague lived , if he ...
Page 1455
... believe I will not be put to the proof . The practice which has obtained to some , I believe I may say to a considerable extent , of removals from office upon political grounds , or for opinion's sake , will not , I imagine , be denied ...
... believe I will not be put to the proof . The practice which has obtained to some , I believe I may say to a considerable extent , of removals from office upon political grounds , or for opinion's sake , will not , I imagine , be denied ...
Page 1463
... believe it the charm of a new administration , so powerful was the to be true , that upwards of one thousand removals have effect of the siren whispers of executive power , that the been made since General Jackson came into office ; and ...
... believe it the charm of a new administration , so powerful was the to be true , that upwards of one thousand removals have effect of the siren whispers of executive power , that the been made since General Jackson came into office ; and ...
Page 1477
... believe half the principle of the party now in power , in this country , statements made to them upon this subject , they are differ , as regards the honor or safety of it , from the right . They act upon the same principle upon which ...
... believe half the principle of the party now in power , in this country , statements made to them upon this subject , they are differ , as regards the honor or safety of it , from the right . They act upon the same principle upon which ...
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