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Mr. Van Buren, said he was opposed to the amendment under consideration, offered by the gentleman from Albany, (Chief Justice Spencer;) and he would beg the indulgence of the committee, for a short time, while he should attempt to explain the reasons, which, in his opinion, required its rejection. The extreme importance which the honorable mover had attached to the subject, and the somber and... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Buren. I had flattered myself, Mr. Chairman, that the Convention would have adopted the revisory power proposed by the select committee, with the same unanimity with which they determined, on Tuesday, to expunge the third article of the constitution, and to separate the judiciary from the legislature. But in that expectation I have been disappointed. Notwithstanding the unanimous... Continue Reading
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Mr. Van Beuren. (We regret exceedingly, that we cannot give Mr. Van Beuren's speech entire. The editor is not sufficiently expert, at short hand, to follow a Speaker whose utterance is as rapid as Mr. Van Beuren's. His speech was able, and delivered with much force and eloquence.) Mr. Van Beuren said he must trespass upon the committee while he stated the general considerations which induced him... Continue Reading
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GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE
AND OF THE ASSEMBLY,
IN meeting the Legislature for the first time since the termination of the war with Great Britain, allow me to congratulate you on the event, and of the negotiation of an honorable, and I trust, a permanent peace. Sensible of its blessings, we ought to ascribe its attainment to the direction of that Providence, under whose auspices we have been... Continue Reading
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The Senate at the close of their last session, indulged in common with their fellow-citizens, the pleasing expectation, that before this period the blessings of peace, upon just and honorable terms would have been restored to their country—they have thus far been disappointed; and although the mission to which they looked for its accomplishment has not yet terminated—the delay which has taken... Continue Reading
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THE extreme pressure of public business, and the peculiar emergencies of the war in which we are engaged, induced me to call this session of the Legislature. At the close of the last session, a confident expectation prevailed, that existing hostilities would soon be terminated by a fair and honorable peace. Great-Britain, it is true, had declined the proffered mediation of the Emperor of Russia;... Continue Reading
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SPEECH,
of the
HON. M. VAN BUREN,
OF THE SENATE,
On the Act to carry into Effect, the Act of 13th April, 1819,
FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE LATE
Governor's Accounts.
ALBANY:
PRINTED BY J. BUEL
1820.
SPEECH.
Mr. CHAIRMAN,
I had flattered myself that the bill upon your table, would have obtained the unanimous assent of the committee. The principles upon which it is based, and the justice and equity of... Continue Reading
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SUBSTANCE
OF
MR. VAN BUREN’S OBSERVATIONS
IN
THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
On Mr. FOOT’S amendment to the Rules of the Senate, by which it was proposed to give the Vice President the right to call to order for words spoken in debate.
Mr. VAN BUREN said, he had not been disposed to partake largely in the present debate. He did not believe that any difficulty was likely to arise from... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN said, it was, until yesterday, m intention, Mr. President, to abstain from all participation in the discussion of the bill now under consideration. The able examination which it has already received, and the advanced period of the session at which it has been brought forward, alike dictate the propriety of this course. But as neither the bill reported by the Committee, nor the... Continue Reading
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The Senate then proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill “to annul an act concerning wreckers and wrecked property, passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida."
Mr. VAN BUREN moved to strike out so much of the bill as deferred the period of its going into operation, until the first day of March next. He observed, that, as the provision of the... Continue Reading
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When the debate closed, & before putting the question on the motion made by the Senator Mr Clay that the memorial should ^not^ be received, the Vice President rose & observed in substance. <illegible> That the it was with much regret that the Chair felt itself comd compelled to detain the Senate at so late an hour, by any observations of its own, upon a subject which had been... Continue Reading
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The following resolution was offered by Mr. VAN BUREN, in the Senate, on Friday evening last:
“Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to the Senate copies of any instructions which may have been issued to the Collectors of the Customs, or any of them, within the State of New York, relative to the collection of tonnage duties, or any other charge, on Boats employed... Continue Reading
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On motion of Mr. VAN BUREN, the Senate proceeded to consider the report of the managers on the part of the Senate, at the conferrence on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, on the amendment proposed by the Senate, to the bill making appropriations to carry into effect the Treaty concluded between the United States and the Creek Indians, ratified on the 22nd of April, 1826.
The report having... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN said, that, being a member of the committee by whom the resolution, under consideration, had been reported, he would add a few words to the observations made by the Chairman. He concurred in the propriety of the disposition of the resolution proposed by the Chairman. The advanced period of the session, would alone furnish a sufficient inducement for the adoption of that course, but... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN said that he would state, in a few words, the points of difference between the two Houses. One related to the arrangement of the circuits, the other to the provision requiring the Judges to reside within their respective circuits. He had not particularly adverted to the latter when the bill was under consideration, because, at that time, he had entertained the belief that no... Continue Reading
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