Political Facts: A Text-book of History ; the Democratic and Other Parties, Men and MeasuresJohn B. Piet & Company, 1883 - 247 páginas |
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... language , repressing every impulse to use unne- ccssary words , or to waste , by long - drawn statements or superfluous comments , the reader's time . The work has been arranged so as to present , in ad- dition to the history of ...
... language , repressing every impulse to use unne- ccssary words , or to waste , by long - drawn statements or superfluous comments , the reader's time . The work has been arranged so as to present , in ad- dition to the history of ...
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... Language of the Hart- ford Convention . CHAPTER XI . - THE MISSOURI CONTROVERSY .......... 135 Popular Errors on the Subject of the So - called Missouri Compromise - The Slave Line of 36 ° 30 ' not the Real Com- promise Admission of the ...
... Language of the Hart- ford Convention . CHAPTER XI . - THE MISSOURI CONTROVERSY .......... 135 Popular Errors on the Subject of the So - called Missouri Compromise - The Slave Line of 36 ° 30 ' not the Real Com- promise Admission of the ...
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... , be added that this language was used soon after the awful " Reign of Terror " in France , from the fears of a repetition in this country of the terrible scenes enacted there . And thus it was that many a 10 POLITICAL FACTS .
... , be added that this language was used soon after the awful " Reign of Terror " in France , from the fears of a repetition in this country of the terrible scenes enacted there . And thus it was that many a 10 POLITICAL FACTS .
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... language in respect to it south of the Potomac was , that no State had a right to withdraw from the Union ; that it required the same power to dissolve as to form the Union , and that any attempt to dissolve it , or to obstruct the ...
... language in respect to it south of the Potomac was , that no State had a right to withdraw from the Union ; that it required the same power to dissolve as to form the Union , and that any attempt to dissolve it , or to obstruct the ...
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... language of General Lec , " by the superior numbers and resources of the North . " The next Presidential election occurred in 1864 , during the continuance of the war . The Demo- cratic party put General George B. McClellan in ...
... language of General Lec , " by the superior numbers and resources of the North . " The next Presidential election occurred in 1864 , during the continuance of the war . The Demo- cratic party put General George B. McClellan in ...
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Página 220 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina...
Página 231 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 219 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Página 4 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Página 36 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Página 69 - To say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...
Página 119 - States at any time during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States, within such time as shall be expressed in such order...
Página 222 - Trust, or Profit under the United States : but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION 4. The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the...
Página 222 - Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and Disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honour, Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Página 221 - The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.