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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... manner , choose a President . But , in choosing the President , the votes shall be taken by States , the representation from each State having one vote . A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two - thirds ...
... manner , choose a President . But , in choosing the President , the votes shall be taken by States , the representation from each State having one vote . A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two - thirds ...
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... manner as I can , the reasons why I with- hold my assent from the passage of this bill . There are two acts necessary to be performed to carry the present treaty into effect - one by the French Government , the other by our own . They ...
... manner as I can , the reasons why I with- hold my assent from the passage of this bill . There are two acts necessary to be performed to carry the present treaty into effect - one by the French Government , the other by our own . They ...
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... manner as in a com- mercial house , the consent of each member would be necessary to admit a new partner into the com- pany ; and whether the assent of every State to such an indispensable amendment were attaina- ble , was uncertain ...
... manner as in a com- mercial house , the consent of each member would be necessary to admit a new partner into the com- pany ; and whether the assent of every State to such an indispensable amendment were attaina- ble , was uncertain ...
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... manner to documents communicated under the injunction of secrecy , place us in an embar- rassing situation . Forbidden by our rules to ex- pose the papers referred to , even in argument , we can only declare what impressions they have ...
... manner to documents communicated under the injunction of secrecy , place us in an embar- rassing situation . Forbidden by our rules to ex- pose the papers referred to , even in argument , we can only declare what impressions they have ...
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... manner as to make an impression , that it was declared in the sixth article , that the Con- stitution , the laws of the United States , and all treaties made or to be made in pursuance thereof , shall be the supreme law of the land . My ...
... manner as to make an impression , that it was declared in the sixth article , that the Con- stitution , the laws of the United States , and all treaties made or to be made in pursuance thereof , shall be the supreme law of the land . My ...
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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...