Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People, Страници 94–830S. Shepherd & Company, 1890 - 919 страници |
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... Chairman , -As the resolutions just read were offered by me , parliamentary usage requires that I should explain and defend them . I should enter on this duty , under the most auspicious circumstances , with great diffidence and ...
... Chairman , -As the resolutions just read were offered by me , parliamentary usage requires that I should explain and defend them . I should enter on this duty , under the most auspicious circumstances , with great diffidence and ...
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... Chairman , that I have been driven into this discussion without some degree of preparation . Yet I may be permitted to declare , that I did not antici- pate that I should thus early be called on to submit my views to the Committee . It ...
... Chairman , that I have been driven into this discussion without some degree of preparation . Yet I may be permitted to declare , that I did not antici- pate that I should thus early be called on to submit my views to the Committee . It ...
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... Chairman , -I have to express my acknowledgments to the Committee for the indulgence extended to me on yesterday ; an indulgence which I should not have asked , had it not been necessary . And now , it may perhaps , be proper , before ...
... Chairman , -I have to express my acknowledgments to the Committee for the indulgence extended to me on yesterday ; an indulgence which I should not have asked , had it not been necessary . And now , it may perhaps , be proper , before ...
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... Chairman , I will submit to the gentlemen ; not tauntingly , but respectfully , and by way of illustration , this proposition . Will they agree to pay all the taxes and to take all the representation ? Sir , they will not accept the ...
... Chairman , I will submit to the gentlemen ; not tauntingly , but respectfully , and by way of illustration , this proposition . Will they agree to pay all the taxes and to take all the representation ? Sir , they will not accept the ...
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... Chairman rose to take the vote ; whereupon , Mr. Leigh of Chesterfield , inoved that the Committee now rise : the motion prevailing , the Committee rose accordingly , and thereupon , the Convention adjourned , to meet to - morrow , at ...
... Chairman rose to take the vote ; whereupon , Mr. Leigh of Chesterfield , inoved that the Committee now rise : the motion prevailing , the Committee rose accordingly , and thereupon , the Convention adjourned , to meet to - morrow , at ...
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