Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the ... Session of the ... Congress, Volumen1;Volumen13;Volumen68Gales & Seaton, 1837 |
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... question of boundary as fully settled . He was willing to admit Michigan , but not on grounds which were unfounded in fact . He gave notice that he should , when the bill came up for consideration , move to strike out the pre- amble ...
... question of boundary as fully settled . He was willing to admit Michigan , but not on grounds which were unfounded in fact . He gave notice that he should , when the bill came up for consideration , move to strike out the pre- amble ...
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... question was a mere question of right - a right which existed four years ago , but which had been met at the threshold , and fought inch by inch , till , at the last session of Congress , the friends of the admission had determined to ...
... question was a mere question of right - a right which existed four years ago , but which had been met at the threshold , and fought inch by inch , till , at the last session of Congress , the friends of the admission had determined to ...
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... question , had this self - constituted assembly the authority to assent for the State ? Had they the authority to do what is implied in giving assent to the condition of ad- mission ? That assent introduces the State into the Union ...
... question , had this self - constituted assembly the authority to assent for the State ? Had they the authority to do what is implied in giving assent to the condition of ad- mission ? That assent introduces the State into the Union ...
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... question whether the honorable Senator has given the true interpretation of the act , but , if it were , I could very easily show his interpretation to be erroneous ; for , if such had been the intention of Con- gress , the act surely ...
... question whether the honorable Senator has given the true interpretation of the act , but , if it were , I could very easily show his interpretation to be erroneous ; for , if such had been the intention of Con- gress , the act surely ...
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... question very naturally pressed itself upon his mind , what does all this mean ? Does it not prove to us that men are endeavoring to place themselves entirely above the power of the law , and do that which they think to be right in ...
... question very naturally pressed itself upon his mind , what does all this mean ? Does it not prove to us that men are endeavoring to place themselves entirely above the power of the law , and do that which they think to be right in ...
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