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Side 11
... ment , during the late war . been presented to Congress by the President , in a very strong message , at the last session ; but , owing to cir cumstances unnecessay to mention , had not been acted on . He wished it taken up , and ...
... ment , during the late war . been presented to Congress by the President , in a very strong message , at the last session ; but , owing to cir cumstances unnecessay to mention , had not been acted on . He wished it taken up , and ...
Side 17
... ment to Oregon would not be confined to that poor pros- pect of a piece of land . [ H. of R. Mr. Chairman , this river must be occupied ; so noble a stream , watering with its branches a tract of country from the 42d to the 53d degree ...
... ment to Oregon would not be confined to that poor pros- pect of a piece of land . [ H. of R. Mr. Chairman , this river must be occupied ; so noble a stream , watering with its branches a tract of country from the 42d to the 53d degree ...
Side 43
... ment of the country on the Oregon was seriously intend- ed , we must expect that there would soon be on that river something more than a mere guard of soldiers ; the number of the settlers would greatly exceed that of any military force ...
... ment of the country on the Oregon was seriously intend- ed , we must expect that there would soon be on that river something more than a mere guard of soldiers ; the number of the settlers would greatly exceed that of any military force ...
Side 59
... ment and security amount to the same thing . In the whole system there is nothing but simple force and con- finement : reformation of the convict forms no part of the system adopted here . No labor of the prisoners— but all is actual ...
... ment and security amount to the same thing . In the whole system there is nothing but simple force and con- finement : reformation of the convict forms no part of the system adopted here . No labor of the prisoners— but all is actual ...
Side 71
... ment , together with the property of every individual of each , in a relation reciprocally hostile to each other ; and , according to the original principles of international law , each nation had a right to do the other all the harm it ...
... ment , together with the property of every individual of each , in a relation reciprocally hostile to each other ; and , according to the original principles of international law , each nation had a right to do the other all the harm it ...
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Side 127 - 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...
Side 649 - That the 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.
Side 129 - 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Side 1 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Side 637 - The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill (HR 18542) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes.
Side 393 - Resolved, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the...
Side 39 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, 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...
Side 545 - In this state of things, could my refusal to accept the trust thus delegated to me, give an immediate opportunity to the people to form and to express with a nearer approach to unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination. But the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal...
Side 3 - The vain wish has been sometimes indulged, that Providence would allow the patriot, after death, to return to his country, and to contemplate the intermediate changes which had taken place ; to view the forests felled, the cities built, the mountains levelled, the canals cut, the highways constructed,. the progress of the arts, the advancement of learning, and the increase of population. General, your present visit to the United States is a realization of the consoling object of that wish. You are...
Side 339 - States," as used in this title includes: (1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States...