The Constitutional History and Government of the United StatesHoughton, Mifflin, 1889 - 389 páginas |
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... the national authority . It will , I think , also appear that these constitutions were not to any great extent inventions , but the natural develop- DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLE SYSTEMS . 3 ment of the simple 2 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... the national authority . It will , I think , also appear that these constitutions were not to any great extent inventions , but the natural develop- DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLE SYSTEMS . 3 ment of the simple 2 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
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... authority to the governors , and the proper meas- ure of liberty to the people . The problem is , so to confer authority , and so reserve liberty , that each shall serve as a check or balance upon the other , and that each , without be ...
... authority to the governors , and the proper meas- ure of liberty to the people . The problem is , so to confer authority , and so reserve liberty , that each shall serve as a check or balance upon the other , and that each , without be ...
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... authority from the crown , and afterwards procured the charters which con- ferred the same authority they had already exercised . These charters conferred the power of government upon the people . The people elected their governors and ...
... authority from the crown , and afterwards procured the charters which con- ferred the same authority they had already exercised . These charters conferred the power of government upon the people . The people elected their governors and ...
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... authority , or abide its persecutions . Religious liberty in the new world could not long thrive without civil liberty . Each is inseparable from the other . Without religious liberty , civil liberty does not exist ; and without civil ...
... authority , or abide its persecutions . Religious liberty in the new world could not long thrive without civil liberty . Each is inseparable from the other . Without religious liberty , civil liberty does not exist ; and without civil ...
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... authority for taxation , and to provide against its abuse . Something too may be credited to the influence of the wil- derness . In those vast solitudes freedom was everywhere , and tyranny could not enter . Man might not think of lib ...
... authority for taxation , and to provide against its abuse . Something too may be credited to the influence of the wil- derness . In those vast solitudes freedom was everywhere , and tyranny could not enter . Man might not think of lib ...
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The Constitutional History and Government of the United States Judson Stuart Landon Vista completa - 1889 |
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Página 352 - ... 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Página 356 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 344 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 354 - 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 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.
Página 344 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the united states, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the united states — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The united states in congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of congress, to be denominated
Página 125 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact to which the 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...
Página 172 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Página 177 - ... so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Página 249 - 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...