Beginnings of the American People, Volumen2Houghton Mifflin, 1915 - 279 páginas |
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... John Quincy Adams , then a senior in Harvard College , was so affected by the odium which had fallen upon the practice of law that he was almost ready to abandon the career which he had chosen . The adjournment of the General Court in ...
... John Quincy Adams , then a senior in Harvard College , was so affected by the odium which had fallen upon the practice of law that he was almost ready to abandon the career which he had chosen . The adjournment of the General Court in ...
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... John Quincy Adams wrote in his diary : " It is calculated to increase the influence , and power , and wealth of those who have any already . " A writer in the Boston Gazette declared that the supporters of the Constitution consisted ...
... John Quincy Adams wrote in his diary : " It is calculated to increase the influence , and power , and wealth of those who have any already . " A writer in the Boston Gazette declared that the supporters of the Constitution consisted ...
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... John Quincy Adams , then Minister at The Hague . Meanwhile the skies cleared in the Northwest . Wayne's punitive expedition had done its work . With their towns destroyed and their crops ruined , the Indians had passed a terrible winter ...
... John Quincy Adams , then Minister at The Hague . Meanwhile the skies cleared in the Northwest . Wayne's punitive expedition had done its work . With their towns destroyed and their crops ruined , the Indians had passed a terrible winter ...
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... John Quincy Adams , who had broken with his party by voting for the em- bargo , and who had incurred the undying enmity of of the Essex Junto by defending the policy of the Administration . In the midst of what Jefferson called " the ...
... John Quincy Adams , who had broken with his party by voting for the em- bargo , and who had incurred the undying enmity of of the Essex Junto by defending the policy of the Administration . In the midst of what Jefferson called " the ...
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... John Quincy Adams ( 1882 ) , and Edmund Quincy , Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts ( 1867 ) , also contain interesting information . M. P. Follett , The Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives ( 1896 ) ; Edward Stanwood , History ...
... John Quincy Adams ( 1882 ) , and Edmund Quincy , Life of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts ( 1867 ) , also contain interesting information . M. P. Follett , The Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives ( 1896 ) ; Edward Stanwood , History ...
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Página 344 - The constitution confers absolutely on the government of the union the powers of making war, and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Página 140 - So if a law be in opposition to the Constitution; if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution; or conformably to the Constitution disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
Página 96 - Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.
Página 295 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Página 263 - Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea) that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished.
Página 151 - ... to enter into a treaty or convention with the First Consul of France for the purpose of enlarging and more effectually securing our rights and interests in the river Mississippi and in the Territories eastward thereof.
Página 153 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 190 - I deem it my duty to recommend the subject to the consideration of Congress, who will doubtless perceive all the advantages which may be expected from an inhibition of the departure of our vessels from the ports of the United States.
Página 143 - An opinion is huddled up in conclave, perhaps by a majority of one, delivered as if unanimous, and with the silent acquiescence of lazy or timid associates, by a crafty chief judge, who sophisticates the law to his mind, by the turn of his own reasoning.
Página 134 - On their part, they have retired into the judiciary as a stronghold. There the remains of federalism are to be preserved and fed from the treasury, and from that battery all the • works of republicanism are to be beaten down and erased.