Scrap Book on Law and Politics, Men and TimesA.W. Elder, 1855 - 404 páginas A collection of speeches by the author. |
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... duty to address you on a subject which has become interesting to us all ; and one which , as men possessing personal rights , and as citizens duly appreciating our civil and po- litical privileges , it is equally our duty to in ...
... duty to address you on a subject which has become interesting to us all ; and one which , as men possessing personal rights , and as citizens duly appreciating our civil and po- litical privileges , it is equally our duty to in ...
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... duty of the lieutenant governor to adminis- ter the government , in case the governor should refuse to qualify , until a governor shall be duly qualified . It will he admitted , then , that in this event he is in office , and that the ...
... duty of the lieutenant governor to adminis- ter the government , in case the governor should refuse to qualify , until a governor shall be duly qualified . It will he admitted , then , that in this event he is in office , and that the ...
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... duty , and save the the only motive that prompted this address . constitution from violence , and his country And I think I have shewn clearly that we have from ruin and disgrace , he will defend them not a right to elect a governor to ...
... duty , and save the the only motive that prompted this address . constitution from violence , and his country And I think I have shewn clearly that we have from ruin and disgrace , he will defend them not a right to elect a governor to ...
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... duty of Congress to abstain from any act which will disturb that wise and eventful adjustment of a matter which can never be oth- erwise settled , either justly or peaceably . Hav- ing prohibited foreign importations of slaves into the ...
... duty of Congress to abstain from any act which will disturb that wise and eventful adjustment of a matter which can never be oth- erwise settled , either justly or peaceably . Hav- ing prohibited foreign importations of slaves into the ...
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... duty to his state and himself , to give some of the reasons which would influence his vote . Having introduced , early in the session , a resolution , instructing the committie on pub- lic lands to inquire into the expediency of the ...
... duty to his state and himself , to give some of the reasons which would influence his vote . Having introduced , early in the session , a resolution , instructing the committie on pub- lic lands to inquire into the expediency of the ...
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Página 126 - Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of the judicial to the legislative power. It only supposes that the power of the people is superior to both, and that where the will of the legislature, declared in its statutes, stands in opposition to that of the people, declared in the Constitution, the judges ought to be governed by the latter rather than the former. They ought to regulate their decisions by the fundamental laws rather than by those which are not fundamental.
Página 134 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the most High.
Página 83 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Página 126 - It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity, ought of course to be preferred; or, in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
Página 132 - Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void.
Página 132 - The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
Página 252 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Página 131 - As little will it avail us that they are chosen by ourselves. An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one which should not only be founded on free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several...
Página 83 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest, both the public good and the rights of other citizens.
Página 58 - But in a representative republic, where the executive magistracy is carefully limited both in the extent and the duration of its power; and where the legislative power is exercised by an assembly, which is inspired by a supposed influence over the people with an intrepid confidence in its own strength; which is sufficiently numerous to feel all the passions which actuate a multitude; yet not so numerous as to be incapable of pursuing the objects of its passions by means which reason prescribes; it...