Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850. Chiefly Taken from the Congress Debates, the Private Papers of General Jackson, and the Speeches of Ex-Senator Benton, with His Actual View of Men and Affairs: With Historical Notes and Illustrations, and Some Notices of Eminent Deceased Contemporaries, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1854 |
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... session of 1820-21 . The question of re- striction , that is , of prescribing the abolition of slavery within her limits , had been " compro- mised " the session before , by agreeing to admit the State without restriction , and ...
... session of 1820-21 . The question of re- striction , that is , of prescribing the abolition of slavery within her limits , had been " compro- mised " the session before , by agreeing to admit the State without restriction , and ...
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... session , but the first blow was struck : public attention was awakened , and the geographical , historical , and statistical facts set forth in the report , made a lodgment in the public mind which promised eventual favorable ...
... session , but the first blow was struck : public attention was awakened , and the geographical , historical , and statistical facts set forth in the report , made a lodgment in the public mind which promised eventual favorable ...
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... session of the Congress of which he was a member , and of the Supreme Court of which he was a practi- tioner . He fell like the warrior , in the plenitude of his strength , and on the field of his fame - matic and senatorial service ...
... session of the Congress of which he was a member , and of the Supreme Court of which he was a practi- tioner . He fell like the warrior , in the plenitude of his strength , and on the field of his fame - matic and senatorial service ...
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... session tions related - Mr . Asbury Dickens , since secre- of Congress . Congress was near its adjourn - tary of the Senate . This Mr. Crawford told ment ; the accuser was on his way to Mexico ; the charges were grave ; the ...
... session tions related - Mr . Asbury Dickens , since secre- of Congress . Congress was near its adjourn - tary of the Senate . This Mr. Crawford told ment ; the accuser was on his way to Mexico ; the charges were grave ; the ...
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... session was drawing to a close , and a hundred bills upon the table were each demanding attention . The occupa- tion of the Columbia River was a subject which had engaged the deliberations of Congress for four years past , and the minds ...
... session was drawing to a close , and a hundred bills upon the table were each demanding attention . The occupa- tion of the Columbia River was a subject which had engaged the deliberations of Congress for four years past , and the minds ...
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Página 142 - Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as
Página 142 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Página 367 - Army shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members of the Confederation or federal Alliance of the said States Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Página 332 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 114 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Página 109 - ... to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers ; it being well understood that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the...
Página 140 - But who shall decide this question of interference ? To whom lies the last appeal ? This, sir, the Constitution itself decides also by declaring "that the judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Página 297 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Página 488 - It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens aforesaid to sail with the ships and merchandise before mentioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens of those who are enemies of both or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy before mentioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction...
Página 346 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...