Also energetic in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act.
A member of Parliament from Stamford who was active in obtaining therepeal of the Stamp Act.
A speedy Repealof unconstitutional Acts of Parliament, and a final Removal of illegal and oppressive Officers.
However the cause of dissention was removed by a repeal of the statute, that had given offense.
Or what signifies the repeal of the STAMP-ACT, if these colonies are to lose their other privileges, by not tamely surrendering that of taxation?
The right noble Lords, and very worthy Commoners, who voted for the Repeal of the stamp Act from Principle.
That the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle.
It was the year derisively named "the Repeal year:" and the alarming accounts of proceedings in it diverted the feet of "Saxon" travellers to other lands.
Or has some old speech of Mr O'Connell's on the repeal of the union got shuffled amongst his papers?
Mr. Sumner reminded him that the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act was a special order at that time.
If at that election I received from the people of Massachusetts any special charge, it was to use my best endeavors to secure the repeal of this atrocity.
It was as late as August 26th that I had the honor of moving the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, being one of the Slavery compromises adopted by the previous Congress.
If I received from the people of Massachusetts any special charge, it was to use my best endeavors to secure the repeal of that act.
Mr. Sherman thought “we had better repealall the laws on the subject except the Act of 1793.
And yet he is anxious lest the repeal of the two obnoxious sections regulating the coastwise slave-trade should leave it open to unrestrained practice.
AN ACT to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of eighteen hundred and fifty, and all Acts and Parts of Acts for the Rendition of Fugitive Slaves.
He must not be more severe against Freedom now than was the representative of Slavery who occupied his place when I moved the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill.
Mr. Sherman preferred “not to repeal the law of 1793, about the constitutionality of which he had little doubt.
The bill was in the following terms:-- “A Bill to repeal all acts for the rendition of fugitives from service or labor.
He said he would recommend the repeal of the obnoxious New Laws, and had authority to suspend them.
Urged by their wives and the priests, the conservatives abandoned the attitude of abstention from politics which they had so long maintained, and went to the polls to do what they could to secure a majority for the repeal of the law.
That bank is now, on the repeal of the sub-treasury, on a level with the rest for the reception of the public moneys.
The very men that passed the bill had to repeal it, under the sneaking term of suspension, before their terms of service were out--within less than one year from the time it was passed!
Repeal, therefore, was taken as the watchword, and formal notice of it proclaimed in successive speeches, that all subscribers to the bank should be warned in time, and deprived of the plea of innocence when the repeal should be moved.
That section provided for the repeal of the joint resolution of 1816, which authorizes the receipt of bank notes as cash in the dues of the public.
The repeal of the sub-treasury has restored that institution to its capacity to become a depository of the public moneys: and well, and largely has she prepared herself to receive them.
When my object had been gained, I had no objection to the repeal of the Bill.
He made good sport of the Celestials, as a matter of course, but his mortification was extreme on learning that the incidental outlay would delay the hoped-for repeal of the paper duty.
Nevertheless, he applauded with delight the thumping majority that negatived in Parliament the motion for Repeal of the Union.
Postans saw his chance, for the Repeal of the Corn Laws was already being agitated, and the tooth-tax troubled his mouth less than the tax on bread.
Owing its ratification to the law of a State, it has been contended that the same authority might repeal the law by which it was ratified.
They are therefore at any moment liable to repeal by the ordinary legislative power, and of course have no constitutional sanction.
No wonder, they clamoured for a House of Commons that should represent their case, and repeal Acts that could only benefit one class, and inflict ruin and misery on all others.
To use his own language again, 'the repeal of the laws of entail would prevent the accumulation and perpetuation of wealth in select families and preserve the soil of the country from being more and more absorbed in mortmain.
Green, "was the first to formally deny the right of the British Parliament to meddle with internal taxation and to demand the repeal of the act.
How are we to account for the change of purpose that sent him on a mission to Ireland for the Repeal of the Union and the Emancipation of the Catholics?
One may well smile at such egregious ignorance of law and affairs in the self-confident youth, who was preparing to visit Ireland in order to Emancipate the Catholics, Repeal the Union, and instruct the whole Irish people in political science.
Mr. Layard, in reply, said there were no negociations pending with regard to the suspension or repeal of the Reciprocity Treaty, and the Government had received no official information upon the subject of the "Bonding Acts.
If we do not repeal it, (as we probably shall not,) she will then apply to the case the remedy of her doctrine.
Nevertheless its repeal or abrogation is a thing to be insisted on, and pursued, till it shall be accomplished.
They repeal and abrogate its most essential parts.
He must see, therefore, and does see, and every man sees, that the only alternative is a repeal of the laws throughout the whole Union, or their execution in Carolina as well as elsewhere.
This court, then, does not admit the doctrine, that a legislature can repeal statutes creating private corporations.
As visitors they may make rules, ordinances, and statutes, and alter and repeal them, as far as permitted so to do by the charter.
The subsequent actsrepeal this, and grant similar privileges to Livingston and Fulton; and the act of 1811 provides the extraordinary and summary remedy which has been already stated.
And this repeal is demanded because a single State interposes her veto, and threatens resistance!
Even in the worst times, this power of Parliament to repeal and rescind charters has not often been exercised.
Hincks, the astute parliamentary hand, led the House in requesting the British parliament to repeal the Act of 1840.
In L'Avenir, the propagandist journal which he founded, he preached repealof the Union and annexation to the United States.
Had he not done so, the charter would have become law, and its repealalmost impossible.
The Norwich Town Council resolved to petition the House of Commons for the totalrepeal of the Window-tax.
A meeting of the independent electors of East Norfolk was held at the Swan Hotel, Norwich, for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the constituency in the interests of the supporters of the movement for the repeal of the Malt Tax.
The Norwich Board of Guardians resolved to request the Local Government Board to repealparts of the Norwich Poor Act of 1863 in order to make the general law as to franchise and election of Guardians applicable to Norwich.
A resolution was passed affirming that the tax was unjust in principle, utterly opposed to the Free Trade policy adopted on the repealof the Corn Laws, and most injurious to British farmers as producers of barley.
Read, expressing satisfaction with the steps taken by the Government for the repeal of the Malt Tax by the substitution of a beer duty, "as repeatedly recommended by the chamber.
Many petitions were signed in the district in favour of the repeal of the tax.
He was also well-known as secretary to the Association for the Repeal of the Hop Duty.
Repeal would rob them of none of these; they would, in fact, eat their cake and still have it.
Mr. Kruger retained his office for some time after he had concerned himself in the Repeal agitation, but finally resigned his post on being refused an increased remuneration, for which he had repeatedly applied.
When Parliament met on January 18, he took advantage of the repeal of the law restricting the use of the French language, to deliver his speech in French as well as in English: even this they turned to his reproach.
I am very anxious to hear that you have taken steps for the repeal of so much of the Act of Union as imposes restrictions on the use of the French language.
Imperial Government to repeal the Imperial statute on this subject, would be sustained?
In England, the repeal of restrictive Navigation Laws was contended for by thoughtful statesmen on grounds of public policy.
Parliament was opened by the Queen in person on January 22, and the Speech from the Throne laid stress on the privation and suffering in Ireland, and shadowed forth the repeal of prohibitive and the relaxation of protective duties.
Don Carlos,' though now practically forgotten, ran through five editions in twelve months, and the people remembered it when its author became the foremost advocate in the House of Commons of the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
In fact, he makes it quite clear that he was in sympathy with the view which Lord Althorp expressed when O'Connell demanded the repeal of the Union--namely, that such a request amounted to a dismemberment of the Empire.
His great victory on behalf of the rights of conscience was won by the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in the reign of George IV.
This action brought the majority of the Estates of Holland to side with Amsterdam and to call for a repeal of the "limited convoy" resolution.
Knowing that no Parliament would repeal this act, James resolved to annul it on his own authority.
It was this Whig administration that finally renewed the struggle with America, which had been suspended since the repeal of the Stamp Act.
O'Connell accepted this compromise, and the Tithe War ended, but the Repeal agitation went on vigorously, and monster meetings all over Ireland were continually demanding Home Rule.
