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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. "
Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and ... - Page 1503
by United States. Congress - 1825
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The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volumes 1-2

Henry Clay - 1843 - 1144 pages
...different conclusion. I think, I solemnly believe, that the President " assumed upon himself authority aud power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both," jn the language of the resolution. I believed then in the truth of the resolution ; and I now in my...
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The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volume 2

Henry Clay - 1843 - 804 pages
...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...
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A Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions ...

Grenville Mellen - 1843 - 866 pages
...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 derogatTon of both.' "Against the foregoing resolutions of the senate the president entered his protest,...
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The United States of America: Their History from the Earliest ..., Volume 3

Hugh Murray - 1844 - 390 pages
...warm debates, passed a resolution, that the president, in these proceedings, had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." JackBon replied by a long and indignant protest, strenuously defending his own conduct, and insisting...
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The United States of America: Their History from the Earliest ..., Volume 2

Hugh Murray - 1844 - 390 pages
...passed a resolution, by twenty-six to twenty, that the president had thereby assumed an authority " not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Jackson replied in a long and indignant protest, complaining that he had been condemned unheard, and...
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The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States ..., Volume 2

United States. President - 1846 - 968 pages
...president, in ihe 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." The expunging resolution which was now adopted, by a vote of 24 to 19, and immediately carried into effect,...
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America, Its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details ..., Volume 1

Francis Wyse - 1846 - 514 pages
...President in the late executive proceedings, in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself an authority and power, not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." If ever there was an act that deserved reprehension, and merited the united censure of an abused and...
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America, Its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details ..., Volume 1

Francis Wyse - 1846 - 524 pages
...President in the late executive proceedings, in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself an authority and power, not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." If ever there was an act that deserved reprehension, and merited the united censure of an abused and...
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The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Volume 2

Calvin Colton - 1846 - 510 pages
...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." It will be interesting, as well as instructive, in this connexion, to observe the EFFECTS of the removal...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 14

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1846 - 686 pages
...of 26 to 20, that the president, in directing a removal of the deposits, had assumed an authority " not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." The president, in his turn, sent to the Senate a protest, complaining that he had been condemned unheard,...
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