 | United States. Congress - Law - 1831 - 692 pages
...allude. [The Secretary reaiT the following rule:] " Where the private interests of a member are con:erned in a bill or question, he is to withdraw. And where...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to any man o be a judge in his own cause, it is for... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1831 - 692 pages
...Secretary of the Senate may read the rule to which I allude. [The Secretary read tlie following rule:] " Where the private interests of a member are concerned...such an interest has appeared, his voice has been lisallowed, even after a division. In а с use so contrary, lot only to the laws of decency, hut to... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1831 - 688 pages
...allude. [The Secretary read the following rule:] " Where the private interests of a member arc con¡erned in a bill or question, he is to withdraw. And where...such an interest has appeared, his voice has been lisallowcd, even after a division. In a case so contrary, not only to the laws of decency, but to the... | |
 | Charles Sitgreaves - 1836 - 380 pages
...that is, the question must be moved, himself heard, and then to withdraw." 2 Hats. 121, 122. " When the private interests of a member are concerned in...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own case, it is for... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1837 - 202 pages
...stated, that is, the question must be moved, himself heard, and then to withdraw. — 2 Hats. 121, 122. Where the private interests of a member are concerned...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own cause, it is for... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1841 - 530 pages
...stated, that is, the question must be moved, himself heard, and then to withdraw. 2 Hats. 121, 122. Where the private interests of a member are concerned in a bill or question, he is to withdraw. K And where such an interest has appeared, his voice has been disallowed, even after a division. In... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1853 - 476 pages
...stated, that is, the question must be moved, himself heard, and then to withdraw. — 2 Hats. 121, 122. Where the private interests of a member are concerned...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to Ill any man to be a judge in his own case, it is... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 612 pages
...stated, that is, the question must be moved, himself heard, and then to withdraw.—2 Hats. 121, 122. Where the private interests of a member are concerned...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own cause, it is for... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1854 - 784 pages
...Secretary of the Senate шау read the rule to which I allude. u [The Secretary read the following rule :] "•Where the private interests of a member are concerned...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own cause, it is for... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - History - 1854 - 890 pages
...plain and emphatic paragraph : — " Whcre the private interests of a member are concerned in a bill in question, he is to withdraw. And where such an interest...only to the laws of decency, but to the fundamental principles of the social compact, which denies to any man to be a judge in his own cause, it is for... | |
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Where the private interests of a member are concerned in a bill or question, he is to withdraw. And where such an interest has appeared, his voice has been disallowed, even after a division. In a case so contrary not only to the laws of decency, but to... 
