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 1413
... true question before the House , and to take up time on mere party considerations , the debate ought to be closed , and he hoped , in justice to the people of Michigan , would be closed . Mr. HARDIN said he had been a member of the com ...
... true question before the House , and to take up time on mere party considerations , the debate ought to be closed , and he hoped , in justice to the people of Michigan , would be closed . Mr. HARDIN said he had been a member of the com ...
Page 1431
... true or false , yet , in the petition itself , there was not a word about slavery . And if the House should determine that a petition simply praying that all the in- habitants of the District of Columbia should be entitled to " the ...
... true or false , yet , in the petition itself , there was not a word about slavery . And if the House should determine that a petition simply praying that all the in- habitants of the District of Columbia should be entitled to " the ...
Page 1439
... true , as some gentlemen contended , that such assent involved an amendment of the constitu- tion ; and Congress , therefore , instead of referring it to any intermediate agency , whose powers were defined and limited , at once referred ...
... true , as some gentlemen contended , that such assent involved an amendment of the constitu- tion ; and Congress , therefore , instead of referring it to any intermediate agency , whose powers were defined and limited , at once referred ...
Page 1441
... true points in this case . It was calculated to induce the sus- picion or fear that some terrible revolution may have been wrought there . Sir , there has been no revolution in the Government of Michigan . Though a little terri tory may ...
... true points in this case . It was calculated to induce the sus- picion or fear that some terrible revolution may have been wrought there . Sir , there has been no revolution in the Government of Michigan . Though a little terri tory may ...
Page 1463
... 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 commotion which had so recently threatened to unhinge that , in almost ...
... 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 commotion which had so recently threatened to unhinge that , in almost ...
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