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Mr. VAN BUREN said it became those whose special duty it had been to examine into this subject, to make some reply to the views which have been taken by the gentlemen from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Georgia.
The resolution of the gentleman from New Hampshire, (Mr. WOODBURY,) Mr. V.B. said, was general in its terms, referring this matter back again to the Committee on the Judiciary, with the... Continue Reading
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"By M. Van Buren Esq. The town of Granger—She has broke the fetters which bound her to unjust domination—we hail her emancipation."
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The Senate were in Committee of the whole to day on the Cattskill Bank Bill, from the House.—A motion for its rejection being lost, various means were resorted to in order to defeat the Bill.
Mr. Van Buren, on this Bill, made a speech of an hour and 35 minutes, in very neat language, and although done on the spur of the moment, very correct.
He is what is termed, among the "Lobby members," an... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN said he approached the discussion of the bill under consideration with a degree of solicitude he had seldom experienced. It arose from a deep consciousness of the importance and delicacy of the subject, and the difficulties which would attend a satisfactory determination. He freely confessed, that he did not remember a legislative question in which his feelings had been more deeply... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN followed Mr. S. at great length, in favor of the claims.
(The Editors have been unable to obtain accurate reports of either of the above speeches.)
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SPEECH OF MARTIN VAN BUREN, at the Albany county meeting, held at the capitol, of which gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer was chairman, and judge Buel secretary, for the appointment of delegates to the state convention.
MR VAN BUREN said, that it had not been without difficulty that he had been able to satisfy himself of the propriety of his participating in the proceedings of the meeting.
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Mr. VAN BUREN said, he had no desire to prolong the discussion on the general merits of the measure under consideration. The subject had been placed on its true grounds, by his colleague, and those who had spoken on the same side with him. Mr. V. B. concurred fully in the views expressed by his colleague, and was unwilling to trespass on the patience of the Senate by a reputation of matters which... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN said, that, as the decision of the immediate question before the Senate would control his course on the final passage of the bill, he felt himself constrained to state the principles which would govern him in the vote he was about to give. He might not, he said, be as sanguine in his expectation of the benefits to be anticipated from the establishment of an uniform system of... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN then took the floor, in reply, and sustained the motion to reconsider in a speech of considerable length. (The speeches of Mr. V. B. on this and the preceding day, are unavoidably omitted, the report or notes thereof having been forwarded to that gentleman for revision, and by him unfortunately mislaid.)
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Mr. VAN BUREN said he had listened with great attention and profit to the gentleman from Kentucky, on the subject of his proposed amendment; but he could not vote for it in the form in which it now stood. Not that he was opposed to the principle, but he did not think they were properly connected with the bill now under consideration. The general rule, Mr. V. B. said, which would influence his... Continue Reading
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On motion of Mr. VAN BUREN, the Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on the Judiciary relative to the conference asked by the House of Representatives, on the subject of the Judiciary Bill.
Mr. VAN BUREN said he would detain the Senate but a few moments. The report spoke the views of the committee; and, in deference to the House of Representatives, the resolution provided for... Continue Reading
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On the question of agreeing to this amendment, Mr. VAN BUREN rose, and addressed the Senate as follows:
In noticing the proposed amendments, I shall give my own views, and, as far as I understand them, the views of the majority of the committee, in relation to the bill under consideration. The ample discussion which the subject has so recently undergone elsewhere, and which, though not heard... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN, of New York, said, it was with great reluctance that he rose to address the Senate. The cause of that reluctance, (said Mr. V. B.) shall be stated with frankness, but without asperity. I entertain no feelings but those of perfect liberality towards gentlemen with whom it is my misfortune to differ. Claiming for myself an entire freedom of opinion, I yield it cheerfully to them.... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN submitted the following motion for consideration:
“Resolved, That Congress does not possess the power to make Roads and Canals within the respective States.
“Resolved, That a select committee be appointed, with instructions to prepare and report a Joint Resolution, for an amendment of the Constitution, prescribing and defining the power Congress shall have over the subject of... Continue Reading
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Mr. VAN BUREN was too sensible of the indulgence he had received from the Senate yesterday, to trespass longer on their time than would be required to notice one or two of the points touched on by the gentleman from South Carolina. That gentleman had done no more than justice to the enormities practised on our fellow citizens; the documents on our tables were replete with evidence of the most... Continue Reading
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