Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... Congress , and who well knew what his votes were during the war , was perfectly silent when this challenge was made . VII . " He also voted against a bill to provide additional revenue for the support of the Government and the public ...
... Congress , and who well knew what his votes were during the war , was perfectly silent when this challenge was made . VII . " He also voted against a bill to provide additional revenue for the support of the Government and the public ...
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... Congress when war was declared , nor in public life , any where . I was pursuing my profession , and keep- ing company with judges , sheriffs , and jurors , and plaintiffs and defendants . If I had been in Congress , and had enjoyed the ...
... Congress when war was declared , nor in public life , any where . I was pursuing my profession , and keep- ing company with judges , sheriffs , and jurors , and plaintiffs and defendants . If I had been in Congress , and had enjoyed the ...
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Daniel Webster. in opinion ; for I was not in Congress , and had nothing to do with the act cre- ating the embargo . And as to opposition to measures for carrying on the war , after I came into Congress , I again say , let the gentleman ...
Daniel Webster. in opinion ; for I was not in Congress , and had nothing to do with the act cre- ating the embargo . And as to opposition to measures for carrying on the war , after I came into Congress , I again say , let the gentleman ...
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... Congress on the one hand , and in the vast increase of Executive authority on the other . The government of the United States , in the aggregate , or the legislative power of Congress , seems fast losing , one after another , its ...
... Congress on the one hand , and in the vast increase of Executive authority on the other . The government of the United States , in the aggregate , or the legislative power of Congress , seems fast losing , one after another , its ...
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... Congress is driven . Congress can no longer establish a Bank , controlled by the laws of the United States , amenable to the authority , and open , at all times , to the examina- tion and inspection of the legislature . It is no longer ...
... Congress is driven . Congress can no longer establish a Bank , controlled by the laws of the United States , amenable to the authority , and open , at all times , to the examina- tion and inspection of the legislature . It is no longer ...
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