Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... Representatives , to originate all the principal grants of money for the support of Government . Would it be considered fair to charge Nathan- iel Macon and others , the friends of Mr. Madison , and distinguished supporters of the war ...
... Representatives , to originate all the principal grants of money for the support of Government . Would it be considered fair to charge Nathan- iel Macon and others , the friends of Mr. Madison , and distinguished supporters of the war ...
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... Representatives . III . " On the 25th of March , he voted against the bill to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union and repel invasion . " This is wholly a mistake , or misstatement . The Journal of the 25th of March ...
... Representatives . III . " On the 25th of March , he voted against the bill to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union and repel invasion . " This is wholly a mistake , or misstatement . The Journal of the 25th of March ...
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... Representatives , it was moved that no part of the money should be expended until the President laid before Congress a report stating the principles upon which the Capitol , Presi- dent's House , and the Post - Office should be rebuilt ...
... Representatives , it was moved that no part of the money should be expended until the President laid before Congress a report stating the principles upon which the Capitol , Presi- dent's House , and the Post - Office should be rebuilt ...
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... Representatives . Well , sir , in what did we differ ? One of the first measures of magnitude , after I came here , was Mr. Dallas's proposition for a bank . It was a war measure . It was urged as being absolute- ly necessary to enable ...
... Representatives . Well , sir , in what did we differ ? One of the first measures of magnitude , after I came here , was Mr. Dallas's proposition for a bank . It was a war measure . It was urged as being absolute- ly necessary to enable ...
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... Representative of the people , except so far as the Constitution and the laws create and denominate him such represen- tative . There is no usurpation so dangerous as that which comes in the borrowed name of the people . If , from some ...
... Representative of the people , except so far as the Constitution and the laws create and denominate him such represen- tative . There is no usurpation so dangerous as that which comes in the borrowed name of the people . If , from some ...
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