The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... authority of the United States , shall be the supreme law of the land . " - But a treaty to be thus obligatory , must not contravene the Constitution , nor contain any stipulations which transcend the powers therein given to the ...
... authority of the United States , shall be the supreme law of the land . " - But a treaty to be thus obligatory , must not contravene the Constitution , nor contain any stipulations which transcend the powers therein given to the ...
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... authority : that the Prince of Peace , more than a year subsequent to the Treaty of St. Ildefonso , declared that the King of Spain ( his master ) had not ceded Louis- iana to France . Another honorable gentleman has entertained us with ...
... authority : that the Prince of Peace , more than a year subsequent to the Treaty of St. Ildefonso , declared that the King of Spain ( his master ) had not ceded Louis- iana to France . Another honorable gentleman has entertained us with ...
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... authority to make , the conclusion is easy , that it creates no obligation on any branch or member of the Government to vote for this bill , or any other , which is calculated to carry into effect such unconstitutional compact . The ...
... authority to make , the conclusion is easy , that it creates no obligation on any branch or member of the Government to vote for this bill , or any other , which is calculated to carry into effect such unconstitutional compact . The ...
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... authority from his Government , these gentlemen considered our national honor so deeply impli- cated , and the rights of the western people so wantonly violated , that no atonement or redress was admissible , except through the medium ...
... authority from his Government , these gentlemen considered our national honor so deeply impli- cated , and the rights of the western people so wantonly violated , that no atonement or redress was admissible , except through the medium ...
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... authority to acquire for- eign territory be not included in the treaty - making power , it remains with the people ; and in that way all the doubts and difficulties of gentlemen may be completely removed ; and that , too , with- out ...
... authority to acquire for- eign territory be not included in the treaty - making power , it remains with the people ; and in that way all the doubts and difficulties of gentlemen may be completely removed ; and that , too , with- out ...
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Página 685 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Página 481 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 393 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states.
Página 253 - The General Assembly, or Legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum; and the members...
Página 745 - Towards the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Página 745 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments as of other human institutions; that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country; that facility in changes, upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion, exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...
Página 135 - President, the vote shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote...
Página 283 - An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.
Página 213 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Página 519 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States...