A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof ; Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General Readers. With an Appendix, Containing Important Public Documents, Illustrative of the ConstitutionHarper & Brothers, 1847 - 372 páginas |
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... exists . The Crown has the sole and exclusive right to abrogate the existing laws , and to prescribe , what new laws shall prevail there ; although , until the pleasure of the Crown is made known , the former laws are deemed to remain ...
... exists . The Crown has the sole and exclusive right to abrogate the existing laws , and to prescribe , what new laws shall prevail there ; although , until the pleasure of the Crown is made known , the former laws are deemed to remain ...
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... exist in the comparative representa- tion of several other States . Some have remained near- ly stationary , and others have had a very rapid increase of population . The Constitution has , therefore , wisely provided , that there shall ...
... exist in the comparative representa- tion of several other States . Some have remained near- ly stationary , and others have had a very rapid increase of population . The Constitution has , therefore , wisely provided , that there shall ...
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... exist a common divisor for all , which should leave no fraction in any State . Such a case never yet has existed ; and in all human probability it never will . Every com- mon divisor , hitherto applied , has left a fraction , greater or ...
... exist a common divisor for all , which should leave no fraction in any State . Such a case never yet has existed ; and in all human probability it never will . Every com- mon divisor , hitherto applied , has left a fraction , greater or ...
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... exists . Upon mature deliberation , the last was thought to possess a decided preference over either of the other two . It was recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment , and of giving to the State governments ...
... exists . Upon mature deliberation , the last was thought to possess a decided preference over either of the other two . It was recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment , and of giving to the State governments ...
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... exist , it would be utterly impracticable to transact the business of the nation at all , or at least , to transact it with decency , deliberation , and order . Without rules , no public body can suitably perform its functions . If ...
... exist , it would be utterly impracticable to transact the business of the nation at all , or at least , to transact it with decency , deliberation , and order . Without rules , no public body can suitably perform its functions . If ...
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Página 258 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place, or places, as the Congress may by law have directed.
Página 274 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 132 - And in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Página 255 - The congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six Months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Página 255 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Página 267 - ... employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively, though often covertly and insidiously, directed, — it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 273 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Página 264 - ... united states in congress assembled can be consulted nor shall any state grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which...
Página 263 - ... nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any state, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the united states, in congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such state...
Página 267 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...