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... occasion to say a few words in relation to the Hall . It is built as if to illustrate the successful ingenuity of an architect , who had staked his reputation on the erection of a building wherein the sound of the human voice might be ...
... occasion to say a few words in relation to the Hall . It is built as if to illustrate the successful ingenuity of an architect , who had staked his reputation on the erection of a building wherein the sound of the human voice might be ...
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... occasion , when that institution was so vigorously attacked by certain Western Democrats as to jeop- ard its existence , he was complimented as having saved it by his speech . Not less tried , and , at one time , scarcely less needed ...
... occasion , when that institution was so vigorously attacked by certain Western Democrats as to jeop- ard its existence , he was complimented as having saved it by his speech . Not less tried , and , at one time , scarcely less needed ...
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... occasion . The latter had presented a memorial purporting to come from citizens of Georgia , setting forth that they considered it a great grievance that he should have been placed at the head of the Committee on Foreign Re- lations ...
... occasion . The latter had presented a memorial purporting to come from citizens of Georgia , setting forth that they considered it a great grievance that he should have been placed at the head of the Committee on Foreign Re- lations ...
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... occasions avowed . We never saw the feelings of the House more wrought upon than when , speaking of the proposition to take Mexican territory by way of indemnity for the expenses of the war , he said , " Do you intend to charge Mexico ...
... occasions avowed . We never saw the feelings of the House more wrought upon than when , speaking of the proposition to take Mexican territory by way of indemnity for the expenses of the war , he said , " Do you intend to charge Mexico ...
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... occasions , he resigned his judicial station , to which he had been elected for life , and took the doubtful chances of an election to Congress . The opposing candidate , Mr. Browning , was one of the most eminent lawyers and eloquent ...
... occasions , he resigned his judicial station , to which he had been elected for life , and took the doubtful chances of an election to Congress . The opposing candidate , Mr. Browning , was one of the most eminent lawyers and eloquent ...
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Página 375 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 105 - It is agreed, that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall. together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Página 148 - Britannic majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Página 148 - Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.
Página 92 - European nation should be respected, but it is due alike to our safety and our interests that the efficient protection of our laws should be extended over our whole territorial limits, and that it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy that no future European colony or dominion shall with our consent be planted or established on any part of the North American continent.
Página 177 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Página 82 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Página 106 - Art. 2. It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.
Página 406 - Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted ; after which the names of the absentees shall...
Página 406 - When a member shall be discharged from custody and admitted to his seat, the House shall determine whether such discharge shall be with or without paying fees ; and in like manner, whether a delinquent member, taken into custody by a special messenger, shall, or shall not, be liable to defray the expense of such special messenger.