Contributions to political science, including lectures on the Constitution of the United States, and other papersJ.B. Lippincott, 1881 |
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Página 66
... punished treason - in short , assumed many of the highest attributes of sovereignty , without being authorized or instructed to do so by any one higher than the congress , or by component parts . ' Before , and for nearly two years ...
... punished treason - in short , assumed many of the highest attributes of sovereignty , without being authorized or instructed to do so by any one higher than the congress , or by component parts . ' Before , and for nearly two years ...
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... punishing such persons , etc. Allegiance in these resolutions means obedience and nothing more . There was no independence , —no State Con- stitution or government . On the 10th of May , 1776 , Congress recommended Colonies to establish ...
... punishing such persons , etc. Allegiance in these resolutions means obedience and nothing more . There was no independence , —no State Con- stitution or government . On the 10th of May , 1776 , Congress recommended Colonies to establish ...
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... punishments only , that we should oppose to these grave lessons the callous disregard of unimpressionable minds . " He that will not hear must feel , " holds good in the school of life and nations as in the schools of children . It is ...
... punishments only , that we should oppose to these grave lessons the callous disregard of unimpressionable minds . " He that will not hear must feel , " holds good in the school of life and nations as in the schools of children . It is ...
Página 175
... punish the crime of piracy , and also to make further provision for punishing the crime of piracy , ' is not any part of the laws of the United States passed for the suppression of the slave - trade , but relates to the specific ...
... punish the crime of piracy , and also to make further provision for punishing the crime of piracy , ' is not any part of the laws of the United States passed for the suppression of the slave - trade , but relates to the specific ...
Página 176
... punishment of parricide , because so monstrous a deed had not occurred to their minds . Our forefathers omitted to provide for the place of the trial of treason and rebellion when , apparently , at least , a whole community commits it ...
... punishment of parricide , because so monstrous a deed had not occurred to their minds . Our forefathers omitted to provide for the place of the trial of treason and rebellion when , apparently , at least , a whole community commits it ...
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Página 188 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Página 111 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Página 61 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies...
Página 311 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Página 41 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Página 111 - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay, by the adoption of a constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
Página 51 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 51 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Página 308 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 68 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops : that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.