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Extract from a speech delivered by Martin Van Buren, in the Senate of the United States, on the 28th December 1823, on the introduction of a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States in relation to the choice of President and Vice President. Reported for the National Intelligencer.
Having said this much upon that branch of the subject, Mr. V. B. would proceed to state briefly,... Continue Reading
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I owe you an apology for not having sooner acknowledged the receipt of your obliging letter of 26th of May. My opinions on the subject of the power of Congress over Slave Property in the Southern States, are so well understood by my friends, that I am surprised that an attempt to impose upon the public respecting them should be hazarded.
The subject is, in my judgment, exclusively under the... Continue Reading
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For the mutual accommodation of the public officers and creditors in your neighborhood, and of yourself and the Treasury Department, I propose hereafter to direct warrants in their favor to yourself, for payment, when desired by them.
It will be in your power, also, before a warrant is obtained by them, and whenever you have confidence in their honesty and solvency, to take an assignment or draft... Continue Reading
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The bill reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, "for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Robertson, deceased," was taken up in Committee of the whole. These petitioners pray to be relieved from the payment of the balance of a judgment recovered against their late father, Gen. Robertson, as surety on a bond given in the year 1783, by a Collector, in the state where he resided,... Continue Reading
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The bill reported by the committee on the Judiciary, "to provide for the punishment of certain crimes committed in any navy yard, arsenal, fort, dock, light house, tract of land, or other place, under the jurisdiction of the United States," was then taken up. Mr. LLOYD, of Mass. by whom the bill was originally introduced, explained its objects. He said, it merely extended the penal code of the... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the bill, entitled "An act to authorize the legal representatives of the Marquis de Maison Rouge, and those claiming under him, to institute a suit against the United States, and for other purposes," without amendment.
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The bill from the House of Representatives, "to authorize the legal representatives of the Marquis de Maison... Continue Reading
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On motion of Mr. Van Buren, the bill from the other House "to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend an act for the establishment of a Territorial government in Florida, and for other purposes," was taken up for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Van Buren explained the objects of the bill. Mr. Chandler made a remark in relation to it; and the bill was reported to the Senate without... Continue Reading
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MVB, Senate report of bills on the Florida government and Virginia's judicial districts, 22 May 1824
Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the bill, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend an act for the establishment of a Territorial government in Florida, and for other purposes;" and the bill, entitled "An act to alter the judicial districts of Virginia, and for other purposes," reported them severally without amendment.
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On motion of Mr. Van Buren, the bill reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, "in addition to an act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform system of naturalization," was taken up for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Van Buren stated the provisions of the different sections of the bill. Its principal provisions are, to authorize aliens, who were infants at the time of entering... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to alter the times of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of South Carolina," reported it without amendment.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill entitled "An act for altering the time for holding the circuit court of the United States, for the fourth circuit, in the Maryland district," reported it without amendment.
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Robinson reported a bill for the relief of the legal representative of Thomas Robinson, deceased; which was twice read, by unanimous consent.
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The bill from the House of Representatives "for the relief of the assignees and legal representatives of John H. Piatt," was taken up for consideration, in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Barbour in the Chair. The grounds of the claim were stated in the proceedings of the other House, upon the bill. A long discussion, touching the merits of the claim, took place. Mr. Van Buren stated the views which... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill, entitled "An act to authorize the issuing letters patent to Nathaniel Sylvester," reported it without amendment.
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On motion of Mr. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, the Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill "to provide for the punishment of certain crimes committed in any navy yard, fort, arsenal, magazine, dockyard, lighthouse, tract of land, or other place, the exclusive jurisdiction of which belongs to the United States;" Mr. King, of Alabama, was called to the Chair. Mr. Lanman... Continue Reading
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