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 1435
... constitution for a State Government . The preamble to this constitution declares the Territory of Michigan to be " as established by the act of Con- gress of 1805 , " which separated the Michigan from the Indiana Territory . That act ...
... constitution for a State Government . The preamble to this constitution declares the Territory of Michigan to be " as established by the act of Con- gress of 1805 , " which separated the Michigan from the Indiana Territory . That act ...
Page 1437
... constitution , in any other mode than that prescribed by the constitution of Michigan itself , he would ask what authority the Legislature of Michigan had to call a con- vention for such purpose ? If the Legislature had a right to ...
... constitution , in any other mode than that prescribed by the constitution of Michigan itself , he would ask what authority the Legislature of Michigan had to call a con- vention for such purpose ? If the Legislature had a right to ...
Page 1439
... constitution . " Here , said Mr. V. , we have the mode of amending the constitution of Michigan clearly pointed out to us . What stronger right had the Legislature than the people to call a convention to amend the constitution ? ( if ...
... constitution . " Here , said Mr. V. , we have the mode of amending the constitution of Michigan clearly pointed out to us . What stronger right had the Legislature than the people to call a convention to amend the constitution ? ( if ...
Page 1441
... constitution has committed to your hands the great trust of regulating commerce , and you forthwith set about inquiring the ways and means you had best put in requisition to pre- vent a recurrence of such shocking catastrophes ; and ...
... constitution has committed to your hands the great trust of regulating commerce , and you forthwith set about inquiring the ways and means you had best put in requisition to pre- vent a recurrence of such shocking catastrophes ; and ...
Page 1443
... constitution of a State , a revolution in place to which my constituents have here elevated me as Government , is something more than the loss of a few to pervert it on every occasion into the means of pouring miles of disputed ...
... constitution of a State , a revolution in place to which my constituents have here elevated me as Government , is something more than the loss of a few to pervert it on every occasion into the means of pouring miles of disputed ...
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