The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the First Annual Addresses and Messages, of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1857 ; Together with Their Farewell Addresses, and Illustrated with the Portrait of Each of the Presidents. With an Appendix Containing the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States ... Also, the Constitutions of the Most Important States in the UnionJ.B. Smith & Company, 1857 - 255 páginas |
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Página 50
... appeal but to force , the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism ; a well - disciplined militia , our best reliance in peace , and for the first mo- ments of war , till regulars may relieve them ; the suprem- acy of the civil ...
... appeal but to force , the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism ; a well - disciplined militia , our best reliance in peace , and for the first mo- ments of war , till regulars may relieve them ; the suprem- acy of the civil ...
Página 62
... appeal to arms ; to exclude foreign intrigues and foreign partiali- ties , so degrading to all countries , and so baneful to free ones ; to foster a spirit of independence , too just to in- vade the rights of others , too proud to ...
... appeal to arms ; to exclude foreign intrigues and foreign partiali- ties , so degrading to all countries , and so baneful to free ones ; to foster a spirit of independence , too just to in- vade the rights of others , too proud to ...
Página 101
... appeals have been made to the equity and magnanimity of France , in behalf of those claims , their justice has not been , as it could not be , de- nied . It was hoped that the accession of a new sovereign to the throne , would have ...
... appeals have been made to the equity and magnanimity of France , in behalf of those claims , their justice has not been , as it could not be , de- nied . It was hoped that the accession of a new sovereign to the throne , would have ...
Página 130
... appeal to the justice of Spain , in behalf of our citizens , for indemnity for spoliations upon our commerce , committed under her authority - an appeal which the pacific and liberal course observed on our part , and a due confidence in ...
... appeal to the justice of Spain , in behalf of our citizens , for indemnity for spoliations upon our commerce , committed under her authority - an appeal which the pacific and liberal course observed on our part , and a due confidence in ...
Página 140
... appeal to the source of power , in all cases of real doubt , and where its exercise is deemed advisable to the general welfare , as among the most sacred of all our obligations . Upon this country , more than any other If has , in the ...
... appeal to the source of power , in all cases of real doubt , and where its exercise is deemed advisable to the general welfare , as among the most sacred of all our obligations . Upon this country , more than any other If has , in the ...
Términos y frases comunes
adoption amendments anno domini appointed ARTICLE assembly authority bill bill of attainder chosen citizens civil clerk commerce commissions common pleas commonwealth Congress consent constitution continue court of appeals debt delegates District number dollars duties election electors entitled equal established executive exercise expire favor fellow-citizens foreign form another district Governor granted habeas corpus happiness hereafter hold their offices honor House of Representatives impeachment inhabitants institutions interest judges judicial justice lands lature legislative legislature liberty Lieutenant-Governor manner ment militia nation necessary object oyer and terminer party patriotism peace person prescribed by law present preserve President principles proper protection purpose racter require respective revenue secretary Senate session sinking fund spirit standing laws stitution supreme court taxes term thereof thousand eight hundred tion town treasury trial by jury trust Union United unless vacancy vote writ of election
Pasajes populares
Página 26 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this conduct, and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 133 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Página 27 - Hence, frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed and bloody contests. The nation, prompted by ill will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often,...
Página 56 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions...
Página 22 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control; counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Página 21 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay, by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Página 23 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name...
Página 22 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small, but artful and enterprising minority of the community : and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans, digested by common councils, and modified by mutual...
Página 24 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 20 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.