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 1411
... thought it was time that the House should adopt a resolution of this character , with a view to put an end to discussions which had occupied so much of its time on the subject of abolition of slavery . He wished to have no debate ; he ...
... thought it was time that the House should adopt a resolution of this character , with a view to put an end to discussions which had occupied so much of its time on the subject of abolition of slavery . He wished to have no debate ; he ...
Page 1413
... thought the House had done injury enough for one day ; for they had ordered to a third reading one of the most crude and ill - digested bills ever brought before that House ; a bill containing more imperfections and doing more injustice ...
... thought the House had done injury enough for one day ; for they had ordered to a third reading one of the most crude and ill - digested bills ever brought before that House ; a bill containing more imperfections and doing more injustice ...
Page 1415
... thought , then , that Congress ought to make some provision for having this building insured , so as to exonerate the Gov- ernment from the risk incurred by the terms of this contract . He did not pretend to say whether the con- tract ...
... thought , then , that Congress ought to make some provision for having this building insured , so as to exonerate the Gov- ernment from the risk incurred by the terms of this contract . He did not pretend to say whether the con- tract ...
Page 1431
... thought could not be included in the resolution adopted by the House . It was a petition from fifty - four ministers and members of the Lutheran church in the State of New York , praying Congress to enact laws to secure to all the ...
... thought could not be included in the resolution adopted by the House . It was a petition from fifty - four ministers and members of the Lutheran church in the State of New York , praying Congress to enact laws to secure to all the ...
Page 1433
... inadequate to the purposes for which it was instituted ; these , as general propositions , had not been , and would not , he thought , be denied . The right JAN . 24 , 1837. ] Legislature there that was 1433 1434 OF DEBATES IN CONGRESS .
... inadequate to the purposes for which it was instituted ; these , as general propositions , had not been , and would not , he thought , be denied . The right JAN . 24 , 1837. ] Legislature there that was 1433 1434 OF DEBATES IN CONGRESS .
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