 | Henry Clay - United States - 1842 - 518 pages
...different conclusion. I think, I solemnly believe, that the President " assumed upon hin»27 -,/ self authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both," in the language of the resolution. I believed then in the trutli of the resolution ; and I now in my... | |
 | Jabez Delano Hammond - New York (State) - 1842 - 590 pages
...the journals of the senate of the United States, the resolution of the 28th March, 1834, declaring ' That the president, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the conslituiion and laws, but in derogation... | |
 | Jabez Delano Hammond - New York (State) - 1842 - 584 pages
...the journals of the senate of the United States, the resolution of the 28th March, 1834, declaring ' That the president, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1842 - 794 pages
...our senators and representatives." It is thus seen that four senators have declared by their votes that the President, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the revenue, had been guilty of the impeachable offence of " assuming upon himself authority and power... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1842 - 610 pages
...involving the main subject of controversy. In the Senate the following resolution was adopted : " Resolved, that the President, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 1144 pages
...the United States. But the resolution, in fact, imported no such guilt. It simply affirmed, that he had " assumed upon himself, authority and power not...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." It imputed no criminal motives. It did not profess to penetrate into the heart of the President. According... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 614 pages
...the United States. But the resolution, in fact, imported no such guilt. It simply affirmed, that he had ' assumed upon himself authority and power not...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.' It imputed no criminal motives. It did not profess to penetrate into the heart of the president. According... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 612 pages
...mind conducts me to a totally different conclusion. I think, I solemnly believe, that the President " assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both," in the language of the resolution. I believed then in the truth of the resolution ; and I now in my... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 804 pages
...mind conducts me to a totally different conclusion. I think, I solemnlv believe, that the President " assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in deroga; tion of both," in the language of the resolution. I believed then in the truth of the resolution... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 622 pages
...Clay, relative to the removal of the public deposits from the bank of the United States. ' Kcsohed, that the president, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation... | |
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Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both. 
