The History of the Union, and of the Constitution ...: With ... Appendix Containing the Constitution of the United States ...Van Evrie, Horton & Company, 1862 - 92 páginas |
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... the invention of crafty , and often of dishonest men . Principles are the doctrines of nature , which eternally inhere in the fitness of things . They are as old as the creation of man , and will survive ΤΟ THE READER. ...
... the invention of crafty , and often of dishonest men . Principles are the doctrines of nature , which eternally inhere in the fitness of things . They are as old as the creation of man , and will survive ΤΟ THE READER. ...
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... thing to abuse these doc- trines of our fathers - for abuse is as 66 easy as lying " - but who will attempt to refute them ? Who will dare to quarrel with the words of the revolutionary patriots ? Who will venture to deny that the only ...
... thing to abuse these doc- trines of our fathers - for abuse is as 66 easy as lying " - but who will attempt to refute them ? Who will dare to quarrel with the words of the revolutionary patriots ? Who will venture to deny that the only ...
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... thing they now sigh for transpired in England , when local self - government , intrenched in Saxon love of liberty , was all crushed out by the victorious Norman centralizing despotism . The result of the triumph of this Norman ...
... thing they now sigh for transpired in England , when local self - government , intrenched in Saxon love of liberty , was all crushed out by the victorious Norman centralizing despotism . The result of the triumph of this Norman ...
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... thing that strikes us , as we look into this mid - region between colonization and independence , is the perfect original independence of all the colonies , of each other . There was , in the beginning , not only no union , but there ...
... thing that strikes us , as we look into this mid - region between colonization and independence , is the perfect original independence of all the colonies , of each other . There was , in the beginning , not only no union , but there ...
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... things necessary to life rendered their bodies more vigorous , and their minds more impatient of all subjection . In these ... thing that led to the greater love of the principle of local independence among most of the col- onies , was a ...
... things necessary to life rendered their bodies more vigorous , and their minds more impatient of all subjection . In these ... thing that led to the greater love of the principle of local independence among most of the col- onies , was a ...
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Página 73 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Página 86 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vicepresident. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.] The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 82 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Página 38 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man ; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Página 82 - No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided.
Página 80 - Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak Now towering to the skies!
Página 82 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. 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.
Página 31 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Página 59 - The first section of the third article of the constitution declares that "the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Página 67 - It has been observed to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever devised. A failure of compliance will never be confined to a single State. This being the case can we suppose it wise to hazard a civil war? Suppose...