American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 páginas |
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... Congress . The method of choice varied so greatly that the Congress was in every way an irregular and revolutionary body . The colonies without the consent of the British crown can scarcely be said to have enjoyed the right of calling ...
... Congress . The method of choice varied so greatly that the Congress was in every way an irregular and revolutionary body . The colonies without the consent of the British crown can scarcely be said to have enjoyed the right of calling ...
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... Congress , furthermore , recommended the call of a second Congress for the purpose of continuing the work thus begun ; and , acting on this suggestion , the revolutionary bodies in the colonies , organized in the form of the old ...
... Congress , furthermore , recommended the call of a second Congress for the purpose of continuing the work thus begun ; and , acting on this suggestion , the revolutionary bodies in the colonies , organized in the form of the old ...
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... Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole to take into consideration the state of America , and Dr. Franklin submitted a draft of a plan for confederation . Under the stress of the conflict without , Congress was compelled ...
... Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole to take into consideration the state of America , and Dr. Franklin submitted a draft of a plan for confederation . Under the stress of the conflict without , Congress was compelled ...
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... Congress as- sembled , and provided that in Congress each state , regardless of its area , population , and wealth , should have one vote . Other questions , notably taxation , ' were thoroughly con- sidered and the final draft approved ...
... Congress as- sembled , and provided that in Congress each state , regardless of its area , population , and wealth , should have one vote . Other questions , notably taxation , ' were thoroughly con- sidered and the final draft approved ...
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... Congress , each state was given one vote and had to assume the expense of maintaining its dele- gates . No president or permanent executive was provided , but Congress was authorized to appoint a committee to serve during its recesses ...
... Congress , each state was given one vote and had to assume the expense of maintaining its dele- gates . No president or permanent executive was provided , but Congress was authorized to appoint a committee to serve during its recesses ...
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Página 700 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Página 321 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Página 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 295 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Página 704 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Página 47 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Página 62 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Página 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Página 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.