The Congressional Globe, Volume 26Blair & Rives, 1857 |
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... duties of , where a wit- ness fails to testify before Congress ..... 400 || District of Columbia , insane persons in ... duty , 427 H. Hampden , John , portrait of , accepted . ... . . . 429 Hartstene , Henry J. , authorized to accept a ...
... duties of , where a wit- ness fails to testify before Congress ..... 400 || District of Columbia , insane persons in ... duty , 427 H. Hampden , John , portrait of , accepted . ... . . . 429 Hartstene , Henry J. , authorized to accept a ...
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... duty of passing a new one , the country was invited by agitators to enter into party organization for its repeal ; but that agitation speedily ceased by reason of the impracticability of its object . So when the stat- ute restriction ...
... duty of passing a new one , the country was invited by agitators to enter into party organization for its repeal ; but that agitation speedily ceased by reason of the impracticability of its object . So when the stat- ute restriction ...
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... duty , fully and fairly before Congress . It will be seen that in 1840 , accord- ing to the census of that year , we ... duty of thirty per cent . upon it ; and we import $ 23,297,384 of the manufactures of wool , on which we pay ...
... duty , fully and fairly before Congress . It will be seen that in 1840 , accord- ing to the census of that year , we ... duty of thirty per cent . upon it ; and we import $ 23,297,384 of the manufactures of wool , on which we pay ...
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... duty . This advantage over us they will continue to enjoy as long as our tax is continued . The reasons why they admit wool free are to be found in the fact that they manufacture more than they produce , and it is necessary they should ...
... duty . This advantage over us they will continue to enjoy as long as our tax is continued . The reasons why they admit wool free are to be found in the fact that they manufacture more than they produce , and it is necessary they should ...
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... duty . A single example illustrates the case : Great Britain admits wool , a raw material , free of duty , and the United States impose upon it a duty of thirty per cent . This enables the English manufacturer to interfere with the ...
... duty . A single example illustrates the case : Great Britain admits wool , a raw material , free of duty , and the United States impose upon it a duty of thirty per cent . This enables the English manufacturer to interfere with the ...
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Page 5 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 123 - March 6, 1820, which being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own...
Page 131 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 111 - The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent State, and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Page 99 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 148 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Page 111 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 79 - An act to grant a quantity of land to the territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river...
Page 177 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 58 - ... looked on, cool and collected; they saw the latent source from which these outrages proceeded; they gathered around their public functionaries and when the constitution called them to the decision by suffrage, they pronounced their verdict, honorable to those who had served them, and consolatory to the friend of man, who believes he may be intrusted with his own affairs.