A Disquisition on GovernmentA. S. Johnston, 1851 - 406 páginas |
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... Articles of Confederation and Perpe- tual Union . " Its first article declares that the style of this confederacy shall be , " The United States of America ; " and the second , in order to leave no doubt as to the relation in which the ...
... Articles of Confederation and Perpe- tual Union . " Its first article declares that the style of this confederacy shall be , " The United States of America ; " and the second , in order to leave no doubt as to the relation in which the ...
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... articles of the confederation , and , also , in signing the Declaration of Independence ; ) - and , instead of this , the simple use of the general term " United States . " However plausible this may appear , an explana- tion perfectly ...
... articles of the confederation , and , also , in signing the Declaration of Independence ; ) - and , instead of this , the simple use of the general term " United States . " However plausible this may appear , an explana- tion perfectly ...
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... articles of confederation would furnish conclusive proof of the truth of that construction which I have placed upon the constitution ; and , also , that not a particle of sovereignty was intended to be transferred , by delegating the ...
... articles of confederation would furnish conclusive proof of the truth of that construction which I have placed upon the constitution ; and , also , that not a particle of sovereignty was intended to be transferred , by delegating the ...
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... articles of confederation , adopted the mode best calculated to express the same thing that was ex- pressed in the latter , by the words , - " in Congress assembled . " That the articles of confederation , in delegating powers to the ...
... articles of confederation , adopted the mode best calculated to express the same thing that was ex- pressed in the latter , by the words , - " in Congress assembled . " That the articles of confederation , in delegating powers to the ...
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... articles of confederation and perpetual union , for making alterations therein , by the assent of a Congress of the United States and of the legisla- tures of the several States , -and whereas , experi- ence has evinced that there are ...
... articles of confederation and perpetual union , for making alterations therein , by the assent of a Congress of the United States and of the legisla- tures of the several States , -and whereas , experi- ence has evinced that there are ...
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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.