Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr, Volume 1 |
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according to order acquaint the Senate adjourned until to-morrow Benjamin Bourne Benjamin Goodhue bill or bills bill under consideration Clerk Clerk's table committee appointed Congress day were further demanded by one-fifth desire their concurrence Egbert Benson Enrolled Bills entitled An act further postponed George Thatcher House a letter House adjourned House and read House do acquaint House do carry House proceeded instruction to examine Joshua Seney Josiah Parker late left the chair morning eleven o'clock motion Nicholas Gilman opinion thereupon ordered to lie Peter Silvester petition be referred postponed until to-morrow prepare and bring President proceeded to consider read the second read the third report his opinion resumed the chair Richard Bland Lee Samuel Griffin Samuel Livermore Secretary Senate therewith Speaker laid Speaker left Speaker resumed spent therein Thomas Fitzsimons Thomas Sinnickson Thomas Sumpter Thomas Tudor Tucker thousand seven hundred to-morrow morning eleven Treasury United Whole House William Smith
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Page 25 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness...
Page 11 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined; but all amendments, noting the page...
Page 314 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 135 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion, that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
Page 25 - And in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established...
Page 181 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 320 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 9 - After a motion is stated by the Speaker, or read by the Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the House, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
Page 314 - After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which, the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one...
Page 24 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...