The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].R. Bentley, 1861 |
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... adopted from choice , and are directly opposed to interest they are convictions forced upon the mind by the facts and reasoning now submitted to the reader's judgment . : I have carefully avoided the use of figures whenever possible ...
... adopted from choice , and are directly opposed to interest they are convictions forced upon the mind by the facts and reasoning now submitted to the reader's judgment . : I have carefully avoided the use of figures whenever possible ...
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... adopt . It cannot , indeed , be supposed that we shall long continue dumb and passive when the most numerous of our industrial classes shall be pining in submissive destitution . The views or passions of any section of a foreign country ...
... adopt . It cannot , indeed , be supposed that we shall long continue dumb and passive when the most numerous of our industrial classes shall be pining in submissive destitution . The views or passions of any section of a foreign country ...
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... adopting a principle at one time and reversing it at another , to suit the convenience of the hour . There is , however ... adopted , by involving in the strife the existence of large masses of our people , forces the question upon us ...
... adopting a principle at one time and reversing it at another , to suit the convenience of the hour . There is , however ... adopted , by involving in the strife the existence of large masses of our people , forces the question upon us ...
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... adopting a course thus really beneficial to all parties . It may , indeed , be said , that after that event the war and the blockade might still con- tinue . But this is a war entirely dependent on a series of loans ; these loans ...
... adopting a course thus really beneficial to all parties . It may , indeed , be said , that after that event the war and the blockade might still con- tinue . But this is a war entirely dependent on a series of loans ; these loans ...
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... adopted as the standard . - Exaggeration 46 Perversion of history under its influence 50 Effect of incessant elections : excitability of temperament 54 Despotic rule of political majority . - Its effects 58 Degradation of judges and ...
... adopted as the standard . - Exaggeration 46 Perversion of history under its influence 50 Effect of incessant elections : excitability of temperament 54 Despotic rule of political majority . - Its effects 58 Degradation of judges and ...
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Página 338 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Página 343 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Página 40 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Página 353 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Página 344 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Página 356 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Página 354 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Página 330 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 336 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Página 349 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.