The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-12-02
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ly proceedings of the two houses of Congress-
The speeches of the members are abridged, or
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motions made, are given at length, in the movers
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por'ant questions. 1t is printed with small Type
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nual message, the reports of the principal officers
OF the Government that accompany ii, and all the
long speeches OF members of Congress, written
out or revised by themselves 1t is printed in the
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ly makes about the same number of pages, There
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OF Il session, as there are numbers of the Congress
sional Globe; because the members are slow in
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guilty in the synopsis of the speech, or any denial
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contained history, was suspended in the year
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gressona Globe and Appendix, and did not con-
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the cunent proceedings being omitted The
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~ as written out by the Reporters aud the MEM
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