The Life and Public Services of Schuyler Colfax: Together with His Most Important SpeechesUnited States Publishing Company, 1868 - Всего страниц: 512 |
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... floor . " Mr. Clingman . - I must insist upon my question of order . " Mr. Colfax . - Other gentlemen have spoken since the previous question was called , and I claim the right to be heard also . " The Clerk . - The recollection of the ...
... floor . " Mr. Clingman . - I must insist upon my question of order . " Mr. Colfax . - Other gentlemen have spoken since the previous question was called , and I claim the right to be heard also . " The Clerk . - The recollection of the ...
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... floor . Sir , I am not a lawyer ; but I have often heard it stated by lawyers , that possession is nine points in the law . It is well known that the distinguished gentleman from South Carolina , whose name appears in this resolution ...
... floor . Sir , I am not a lawyer ; but I have often heard it stated by lawyers , that possession is nine points in the law . It is well known that the distinguished gentleman from South Carolina , whose name appears in this resolution ...
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... floor to While occupying the floor then I was invested me . with all the rights that can be exercised by any.
... floor to While occupying the floor then I was invested me . with all the rights that can be exercised by any.
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... floor . The call for the previous question has not been seconded . I am willing to renew the call for the previous question ; but I maintain that my prop- osition is now before the House as an amendment to the resolution of the ...
... floor . The call for the previous question has not been seconded . I am willing to renew the call for the previous question ; but I maintain that my prop- osition is now before the House as an amendment to the resolution of the ...
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... floor . Have we not heard appeal after appeal made to the friends of the gentleman from Illinois [ Mr. Richardson ] to take down that Democratic platform , which is a wall of fire that divides them , or to present some other can- didate ...
... floor . Have we not heard appeal after appeal made to the friends of the gentleman from Illinois [ Mr. Richardson ] to take down that Democratic platform , which is a wall of fire that divides them , or to present some other can- didate ...
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Стр. 306 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Стр. 54 - 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 way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Стр. 510 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Стр. 53 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Стр. 503 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate: if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Стр. 294 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States...
Стр. 316 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Стр. 155 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have never sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Стр. 510 - I love and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. I know they can achieve any thing except impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Стр. 51 - ... shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other Territory of the United States; but that the citizens of the several States or Territories shall be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid, and approved as aforesaid, had never been passed.