Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and Seatons' Annals of Congress; from Their Register of Debates; and from the Official Reported Debates, by John C. Rives, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... observed ) to make it correspond with the rate per cent . on the value ; as the princi- ple of proportion seemed to be admitted by the committee . Mr. GOODHUE . - Fifteen cents , the sum laid on Jamaica spirits , is about one - third ...
... observed ) to make it correspond with the rate per cent . on the value ; as the princi- ple of proportion seemed to be admitted by the committee . Mr. GOODHUE . - Fifteen cents , the sum laid on Jamaica spirits , is about one - third ...
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... observed , there were a great variety of wines included in that general ex- pression , the prices of which were very differ- ent ; some worth even more than Madeira , and others less ; he submitted , therefore , to the committee the ...
... observed , there were a great variety of wines included in that general ex- pression , the prices of which were very differ- ent ; some worth even more than Madeira , and others less ; he submitted , therefore , to the committee the ...
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... observed , that , in the State of New York , the article paid a duty equal to six cents on im- portation , and if brought in foreign vessels , it amounted to eight cents ; and yet quantities of it were still imported , which proved that ...
... observed , that , in the State of New York , the article paid a duty equal to six cents on im- portation , and if brought in foreign vessels , it amounted to eight cents ; and yet quantities of it were still imported , which proved that ...
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... observed to the House , that the decision of the present question , in his mind , involved some very important alterations in the present measure ; the consequences re- sulting from which ought to be well considered . In order ...
... observed to the House , that the decision of the present question , in his mind , involved some very important alterations in the present measure ; the consequences re- sulting from which ought to be well considered . In order ...
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... observed , was not the case under despotic princes ; their will alone could tear away the security of the subject . Under a pure democracy , the case was almost as bad ; no confidence could be placed , because the caprice and whim of ...
... observed , was not the case under despotic princes ; their will alone could tear away the security of the subject . Under a pure democracy , the case was almost as bad ; no confidence could be placed , because the caprice and whim of ...
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Página 12 - ... flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years ; a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary, as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time. On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me...
Página 417 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 169 - Nor am I less persuaded, that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature.
Página 169 - ... to discriminate the spirit of liberty from that of licentiousness, cherishing the first, avoiding the last, and uniting a speedy but temperate vigilance against encroachments, with an inviolable respect to the laws.
Página 12 - ... day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision as the asylum of my declining years...
Página 169 - ... there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impression so immediately from the sense of the community as in ours, it is proportionably essential.
Página 250 - Union and of concord among the States was more important, and that therefore it would be better that the vote of rejection should be rescinded, to effect which some members should change their votes. But it was observed that this pill would be peculiarly bitter to the Southern States, and that some concomitant measure should be adopted to sweeten it a little to them.
Página 45 - When a message shall be sent from the Senate to the House of Representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the House by the doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.
Página 109 - President to give, from time to time, to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Página 208 - Under these impressions, they earnestly entreat your serious attention to the subject of slavery ; that you will be pleased to countenance the restoration of liberty to those unhappy men, who alone, in this land of freedom, are degraded into perpetual bondage...