The Works of Daniel Webster..., Volumen4Little, Brown, 1858 |
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Página 176 - in a correspondent release of the United States from certain claims on them. The claims we make on Spain were never admitted by France, nor made on France by the United States ; they made, therefore, no part of the bargain with her, and could not be included in the release.
Página 157 - that the convention should be in force for the space of eight years, and having omitted the second article, the government of the French republic consents to accept, ratify, and confirm the above convention, with the addition importing that the convention shall be in force for the space of eight years, and with the retrenchment of the second article : Provided that,
Página 461 - founds the right of regulating the paper currency directly on the coinage power. "The only object," he says, "the framers of the Constitution could have in view, in giving to Congress the power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, must have been to give a steadiness and
Página 391 - States of America in Congress assembled, That every actual settler of the public lands, being the head of a family, or over twenty-one years of age, who was in possession, and a housekeeper by personal residence thereon, on or before the 1st day of December, 1837, shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of an act entitled
Página 224 - the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended, in whole or in part, under the direction of the President of the United States, for the military and naval service, including fortifications and ordnance,, and the increase of the navy ; provided such expenditures shall be rendered
Página 161 - to them by the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United States of America. " They think that the first object of the negotiation ought to be the determination of the regulations and the steps to be followed for the estimation and indemnification of injuries for which either nation may
Página 264 - Bill to regulate the Deposits of the Public Money," as an additional section : — SEC. —. And be it further enacted^ That the money which shall be in the treasury of the United
Página 140 - in relation to judicial officers, for whose acts he is not responsible. In the government from which many of the fundamental principles of our system are derived, the head of the executive department originally had power to appoint and remove
Página 498 - to the whole North? Heaven forbid! To the day of my death, neither he nor others shall hear such a cry from me. Finally, the honorable member declares that he shall now march off, under the banner of State rights! March off from whom ? March off from what ? We have been contending for great principles. We have been
Página 265 - Resolved, also, That it shall not be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to any person, or to any corporation, the power of directing what funds shall be receivable for customs, or for the public lands ; nor shall he make any discrimination in the funds so receivable, between different individuals, or between the different branches of the