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 1447
... object of the condition of assent was not to create power where it was denied , nor to give validity to that law . It had quite another object ; and that was , to prevent dispute , conflict , litigation , agitation , between two ...
... object of the condition of assent was not to create power where it was denied , nor to give validity to that law . It had quite another object ; and that was , to prevent dispute , conflict , litigation , agitation , between two ...
Page 1453
... object patriotic and proper . He ( Mr. B. ) would like to see it accomplished , and he trusted that it would ul- timately be adopted by the vote of a majority of the House , without casting imputation upon any members who , in the ...
... object patriotic and proper . He ( Mr. B. ) would like to see it accomplished , and he trusted that it would ul- timately be adopted by the vote of a majority of the House , without casting imputation upon any members who , in the ...
Page 1465
... objects for which Government was establisned , if it may be made dependent upon and subservient to the will of any ... object , the success of representative government . Nor are we acting for ourselves alone , but for the whole human ...
... objects for which Government was establisned , if it may be made dependent upon and subservient to the will of any ... object , the success of representative government . Nor are we acting for ourselves alone , but for the whole human ...
Page 1485
... object . " 2d . Resolved , That in the bill providing for the call of a convention , the members of the convention ought to be distributed equally among the several congressional districts of this State , with the exception of the ...
... object . " 2d . Resolved , That in the bill providing for the call of a convention , the members of the convention ought to be distributed equally among the several congressional districts of this State , with the exception of the ...
Page 1491
... object . An election had been held , and turned upon this question ; yet they pertinaciously adhered to revolution . Still the twenty- one faithful , honest , fearless electors held to their posts , and determined to await the ...
... object . An election had been held , and turned upon this question ; yet they pertinaciously adhered to revolution . Still the twenty- one faithful , honest , fearless electors held to their posts , and determined to await the ...
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