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" to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district, not exceeding ten miles square, as may by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States... "
Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 235
by Daniel Webster - 1843
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The Port Folio

1819 - 550 pages
...sixteenth paragraph of the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, it is provided, " That congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...of congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature,...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 4; Volume 47

United States. Congress - 1828 - 770 pages
...the enumeration of the powers of Congress, in the 8th section of the 1st article, in these words : " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation,...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by consent of the legislature...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 5; Volume 20; Volume 49

United States. Congress - 1830 - 498 pages
...there can be no difference of opinion. In article 1, section 8, of the constitution, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The words arc full, clear, and explicit. The power extends to "legislation in all cases...
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Legislative and Documentary History of the Bank of the United States ...

Matthew St. Clair Clarke - 1832 - 856 pages
...them. In the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, a right is enumerated : " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The power delegated to the Congress by virtue and force of this clause, is eminently...
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Remarks Upon Slavery: Occasioned by Attempts Made to Circulate Improper ...

William J. Hobby - 1835 - 40 pages
...clause of the 8th section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared that Congress shall have power, " to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by consent of the legislature...
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The Quarterly Anti-slavery Magazine, Volume 2

1837 - 486 pages
...examination, to the 17th clause of the same section, from which we have just quoted, where it reads — " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, &c." No one can reasonably suppose theframers of the Constitution foresaw the importance,...
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Anti-slavery Manual: Containing a Collection of Facts and Arguments on ...

La Roy Sunderland - 1837 - 176 pages
...the Union, possesses the power to abolish slavery in its capital, and refuses to exercise it. " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States."— Constitution U. Slates, Art. 1st, Sec. 8. The honor and good faith of this nation...
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Pamphlets. American History

1839 - 397 pages
...and of no force whatever. He read clause 17, sec. 8, art. 1, of the constitution, as follows : "The Congress shall have power, to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise -like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the ..., Volume 2

United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - 1846 - 612 pages
...authority over the land either expressly or by necessary implication. The Constitution of the United States declares that Congress shall have power to exercise " exclusive legislation " in all " cases whatsoever " over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 18

1848 - 694 pages
...of those who framed that part of section 8, art. 1, of the constitution of the United States, which declares that Congress shall have power to exercise...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United Slates, and to make all laws which may be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the...
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