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Page 61
... never brought with me to this place making two motions , the nature and tendency of till now , and which can be collated and compared which he took occasion to explain . It would be by others . It will prove that the old army is rot ...
... never brought with me to this place making two motions , the nature and tendency of till now , and which can be collated and compared which he took occasion to explain . It would be by others . It will prove that the old army is rot ...
Page 65
... never have in these walls wounded the feelings of any man except circumstances justified it , nor ever will . Mr. RANDOLPH said he well recollected the time at which the alteration had been made in the rule for appointing a Committee of ...
... never have in these walls wounded the feelings of any man except circumstances justified it , nor ever will . Mr. RANDOLPH said he well recollected the time at which the alteration had been made in the rule for appointing a Committee of ...
Page 69
... never see such another Administration as the last ; it had my hearty approbation for one half of its career- as to my opinion of the remainder of it , it has been no secret . The lean kine of Pharaoh de- voured the fat kine ; the last ...
... never see such another Administration as the last ; it had my hearty approbation for one half of its career- as to my opinion of the remainder of it , it has been no secret . The lean kine of Pharaoh de- voured the fat kine ; the last ...
Page 75
... never exist another Congress which will have the temerity and hardihood to meddle with the rights of the people and the States on this point . There are some of us , sir , who were members of the House of Representatives at the time the ...
... never exist another Congress which will have the temerity and hardihood to meddle with the rights of the people and the States on this point . There are some of us , sir , who were members of the House of Representatives at the time the ...
Page 85
... never attack the reputation R. , we must often recur to fundamental princi- of any man by any indirect mode ; and , he con- ples , look frequently over our file of precedents , ceived , it would become the duty of the Commit- and ...
... never attack the reputation R. , we must often recur to fundamental princi- of any man by any indirect mode ; and , he con- ples , look frequently over our file of precedents , ceived , it would become the duty of the Commit- and ...
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