The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster, The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell AddressG.G. Evans, 1860 - 504 páginas |
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... hope and anticipation . By ascending to an association with our an- cestors ; by contemplating their example and studying their character ; by partaking their sentiments , and imbibing their spirit ; by accompanying them in their toils ...
... hope and anticipation . By ascending to an association with our an- cestors ; by contemplating their example and studying their character ; by partaking their sentiments , and imbibing their spirit ; by accompanying them in their toils ...
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... hope of salvation to contend for , can hardly fail to be attained . Conscience , in the cause of religion and the worship of the Deity , prepares the mind to act and to suffer beyond almost all other causes . It sometimes gives an 16 ...
... hope of salvation to contend for , can hardly fail to be attained . Conscience , in the cause of religion and the worship of the Deity , prepares the mind to act and to suffer beyond almost all other causes . It sometimes gives an 16 ...
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... hope of maintaining the government of a great nation on principles entirely popular . In the absence of military power , the nature of government must essentially depend on the manner in which property is holden and distributed . There ...
... hope of maintaining the government of a great nation on principles entirely popular . In the absence of military power , the nature of government must essentially depend on the manner in which property is holden and distributed . There ...
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... hope for a security beyond the law , and above the law , in the prevalence of an enlightened and well - principled moral sentiment . We hope to continue and prolong the time , when , in the villages and farm houses of New England ...
... hope for a security beyond the law , and above the law , in the prevalence of an enlightened and well - principled moral sentiment . We hope to continue and prolong the time , when , in the villages and farm houses of New England ...
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... be regarded as distinguished by signal prosperity and success . They must be sanguine in- deed , who can hope for benefit from change . Whatever division of the public judgment may have existed in relation 28 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT BOOK .
... be regarded as distinguished by signal prosperity and success . They must be sanguine in- deed , who can hope for benefit from change . Whatever division of the public judgment may have existed in relation 28 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT BOOK .
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Página 456 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Página 443 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Página 451 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 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 453 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. " Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Página 457 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Página 465 - I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country ; and that in withdrawing the tender of service which silence in my situation might imply, I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest ; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness; but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible...
Página 447 - The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside : And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Página 338 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 473 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Página 151 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.