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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it wi
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it wi
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it wi
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it wi
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it wi
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it wi
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Caleb Cushing:
If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave intCaleb Cushing:
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summCaleb Cushing:
Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefCaleb Cushing:
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will yeCaleb Cushing:
Sir, allusion has been made, in an early stage of this debate, to the history of the excitement whiCaleb Cushing:
Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy whiCaleb Cushing:
Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommeCaleb Cushing:
The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cuttiCaleb Cushing:
The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade,Caleb Cushing:
The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in ou