The Congressional Globe, Volume 31Blair & Rives, 1855 - Law |
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... carry away the books and papers , on the pretense that they were private property , be- cause purchased out of the ... carried away was cause of suspicion as to the integrity of the collectors , and in four ports , to wit : Oswego ...
... carry away the books and papers , on the pretense that they were private property , be- cause purchased out of the ... carried away was cause of suspicion as to the integrity of the collectors , and in four ports , to wit : Oswego ...
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... carried them to the Chincha Islands , the St. Mary's was sent there in April . Commander Bailey found in port about one hundred and sixteen sail of ves- sels , two thirds of which were American . The presence of the St. Mary's had a ...
... carried them to the Chincha Islands , the St. Mary's was sent there in April . Commander Bailey found in port about one hundred and sixteen sail of ves- sels , two thirds of which were American . The presence of the St. Mary's had a ...
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... carry into effect the plan here sub- mitted without prejudice to its revenues . It is not proposed to make the registering of valuable letters compulsory , nor that the Govern- ment shall become liable for such letters when lost , but ...
... carry into effect the plan here sub- mitted without prejudice to its revenues . It is not proposed to make the registering of valuable letters compulsory , nor that the Govern- ment shall become liable for such letters when lost , but ...
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... carried , but if these contracts are to be considered with reference to the transportation of the mails , the prices paid are too high , and if continued , all competition on the part of private individuals unconnected with the Gov ...
... carried , but if these contracts are to be considered with reference to the transportation of the mails , the prices paid are too high , and if continued , all competition on the part of private individuals unconnected with the Gov ...
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... carried into effect ; and I now await a project , which Mexico is to propose , for a more perfect arrangement , by which it is expected the rates of postage between the two countries will be materially reduced . Under our postal ...
... carried into effect ; and I now await a project , which Mexico is to propose , for a more perfect arrangement , by which it is expected the rates of postage between the two countries will be materially reduced . Under our postal ...
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Page 176 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 35 - When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Page 167 - Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Page 168 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly...
Page 168 - Territory ; but the qualifications of voters, and of holding office, at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be prescribed by the Legislative Assembly : Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 156 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Page 167 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
Page 167 - Congress deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then, either by affirming or repealing the Mexican laws, or by an act declaratory of the true intent of the Constitution and the extent of the protection afforded by it to slave property in the territories, so your committee are not prepared...
Page 12 - Such a reorganization of the examining corps as will place all its members on a proper footing is a subject worthy of consideration. The assistant examiners, who are performing the duties of principal examiners, may justly expect, at no distant day, the compensation attached to those duties and responsibilities. The Attorney General should be clothed with supervisory power over the accounts of the marshals, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United States now possessed by this Department....
Page 167 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.