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... petition for rechartering a bank in the city of Washington had been presented by a gentleman near him , and been referred , without ex- citing his immediate attention . During the last session he had objected to the receiving of petitions ...
... petition for rechartering a bank in the city of Washington had been presented by a gentleman near him , and been referred , without ex- citing his immediate attention . During the last session he had objected to the receiving of petitions ...
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... petition on this or that subject , or in this or that manner , the right of petition is but a mockery . It is true we have a right to say that no petition which is couched in disrespectful language shall be received ; but I presume ...
... petition on this or that subject , or in this or that manner , the right of petition is but a mockery . It is true we have a right to say that no petition which is couched in disrespectful language shall be received ; but I presume ...
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... petition . No one , sir , values that right more highly than I do , nor would guard it more scrupulously . I hold that the people have a right to petition and to remonstrate on any subject they please . But just as that right is ...
... petition . No one , sir , values that right more highly than I do , nor would guard it more scrupulously . I hold that the people have a right to petition and to remonstrate on any subject they please . But just as that right is ...
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... petition enumerates , these slaveholders must be criminals . I am clear , ( said Mr. P. , ) that no men in this country have a right to come here , and , in the form of petition , accuse this body or any of its members of offences ...
... petition enumerates , these slaveholders must be criminals . I am clear , ( said Mr. P. , ) that no men in this country have a right to come here , and , in the form of petition , accuse this body or any of its members of offences ...
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... petition as will close the doors , once and for all , upon others of similar import ; we ask to be relieved from the conster- nation in which we and our constituents are thrown ; we ask that the motion of my honorable friend and ...
... petition as will close the doors , once and for all , upon others of similar import ; we ask to be relieved from the conster- nation in which we and our constituents are thrown ; we ask that the motion of my honorable friend and ...
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