The American union; its effect on national character and policy [&c.].R. Bentley, 1861 |
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... same Government . Still it has been acknowledged . This fact now precludes argument upon its merits ; and because it will prove so disastrous to ourselves , I see We in that strong reason to respect it the more PREFACE . vii.
... same Government . Still it has been acknowledged . This fact now precludes argument upon its merits ; and because it will prove so disastrous to ourselves , I see We in that strong reason to respect it the more PREFACE . vii.
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... exulting prosperity of the New World encouraged . And there are those who are impressed with the belief , that it may prove impossible for this country to maintain a B policy of inaction for so long a period as civil CHAPTER I.
... exulting prosperity of the New World encouraged . And there are those who are impressed with the belief , that it may prove impossible for this country to maintain a B policy of inaction for so long a period as civil CHAPTER I.
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... prove that the Southern rebels and pirates may be simply following , and for similar reasons , the example of those who have been extolled for the very conduct so reprobated , in others , now . Indeed , we may possibly find that the ...
... prove that the Southern rebels and pirates may be simply following , and for similar reasons , the example of those who have been extolled for the very conduct so reprobated , in others , now . Indeed , we may possibly find that the ...
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... proved of fatal injury to Greece , by sustaining the small States in a separate yet ineffective existence ; whilst but for this they might have been incorporated with the larger , and so have prevented the civil wars that proved so ...
... proved of fatal injury to Greece , by sustaining the small States in a separate yet ineffective existence ; whilst but for this they might have been incorporated with the larger , and so have prevented the civil wars that proved so ...
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... proved a signal failure . If its merits are to be tested by experience , it would appear that results have invariably dis- proved it , not only in remote times , but in the present age , in the immediate neighbourhood of the Union , and ...
... proved a signal failure . If its merits are to be tested by experience , it would appear that results have invariably dis- proved it , not only in remote times , but in the present age , in the immediate neighbourhood of the Union , 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.