The Constitutional History and Government of the United StatesHoughton, Mifflin, 1889 - 389 páginas |
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... charters were asked in their behalf , well might the king have exclaimed , " Charters ! God pity the miserable wanderers ! Charters are only parchment . Give them charters . " But the exiles prospered . They were nominally under the ...
... charters were asked in their behalf , well might the king have exclaimed , " Charters ! God pity the miserable wanderers ! Charters are only parchment . Give them charters . " But the exiles prospered . They were nominally under the ...
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... charters would permit . Naturally , the leading colonists be- came familiar with the several systems , and adopted as far as they could the best features of the best of them . Thus their systems improved side by side and became very ...
... charters would permit . Naturally , the leading colonists be- came familiar with the several systems , and adopted as far as they could the best features of the best of them . Thus their systems improved side by side and became very ...
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... charter framed a cen- tury ago ; a charter which , however well it may have been adapted to a small people , with few needs and imperfect de- velopment , must necessarily be ill adapted to a great people , with great needs , great ...
... charter framed a cen- tury ago ; a charter which , however well it may have been adapted to a small people , with few needs and imperfect de- velopment , must necessarily be ill adapted to a great people , with great needs , great ...
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... charter of the province . These charters were at first frequently altered , but soon took about the following form : The governor could convene a gen- eral assembly of the freeholders or planters . This assembly formed the lower house ...
... charter of the province . These charters were at first frequently altered , but soon took about the following form : The governor could convene a gen- eral assembly of the freeholders or planters . This assembly formed the lower house ...
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... charter governments : Massachusetts , Connecticut , and Rhode Island . These charters might with propriety be called ... charter to the colony of Connecticut in 1662. That charter contin- ued as its constitution until 1818. The same king ...
... charter governments : Massachusetts , Connecticut , and Rhode Island . These charters might with propriety be called ... charter to the colony of Connecticut in 1662. That charter contin- ued as its constitution until 1818. The same king ...
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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...