A Disquisition on GovernmentA. S. Johnston, 1851 - 406 páginas |
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... appertain- ing to our nature , -constituted as it is ; and which are as unquestionable as is that of gravitation , or any other phenomenon of the material world . In asserting that our individual are stronger than our social feelings ...
... appertain- ing to our nature , -constituted as it is ; and which are as unquestionable as is that of gravitation , or any other phenomenon of the material world . In asserting that our individual are stronger than our social feelings ...
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... appertained to the patricians , were , perhaps indis- pensable to withstand the vast and apparently irreg ular power of the tribunate ; -while the possession of such great powers by the patricians , made it ne- cessary to give ...
... appertained to the patricians , were , perhaps indis- pensable to withstand the vast and apparently irreg ular power of the tribunate ; -while the possession of such great powers by the patricians , made it ne- cessary to give ...
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... appertains to them or to the Union . It seems to be forgotten that the term was repudiated by the con- vention , after full consideration ; and that it was carefully excluded from the constitution , and the letter laying it before ...
... appertains to them or to the Union . It seems to be forgotten that the term was repudiated by the con- vention , after full consideration ; and that it was carefully excluded from the constitution , and the letter laying it before ...
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... appertaining to sovereignty , may be divided ; and the exercise of one portion delegated to one set of agents , and another portion to another : or how sovereignty may be vested in one man , or in a few , or in many . But how ...
... appertaining to sovereignty , may be divided ; and the exercise of one portion delegated to one set of agents , and another portion to another : or how sovereignty may be vested in one man , or in a few , or in many . But how ...
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... appertained when the constitution was adopted . Having now established that the powers dele- gated to the United States , were delegated to them in their confederated character , it remains to be explained in what sense they were thus ...
... appertained when the constitution was adopted . Having now established that the powers dele- gated to the United States , were delegated to them in their confederated character , it remains to be explained in what sense they were thus ...
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A Disquisition on Government and Selections from the Discourse John Caldwell Calhoun Vista previa limitada - 1995 |
A Disquisition on Government, and Selections from the Discourse John Caldwell Calhoun Vista de fragmentos - 1953 |
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Página 325 - That to this compact each state accede,d as a state, and is an integral party, its co-states forming as to itself, the other party : That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Página 295 - States, and the decision is against their validity, or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity...
Página 323 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the !States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting...
Página 288 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Página 202 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Página 200 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Página 130 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página 288 - States, and the decision is in favor of their validity ; or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption, specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the constitution, treaty, statute, or commission...
Página 109 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 145 - The idea of a National Government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful Government. Among a People consolidated into one Nation, this supremacy is completely vested in the National Legislature.