History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1859 - United States |
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... Admission of Kentucky— State of opinion in New York - Its Convention meets - Clinton , Lansing , Smith , oppose Constitution - Advocates , Duane , Hamilton , Harrison , Jay , and Livingston - Debates - Importance of Union— Hamilton to ...
... Admission of Kentucky— State of opinion in New York - Its Convention meets - Clinton , Lansing , Smith , oppose Constitution - Advocates , Duane , Hamilton , Harrison , Jay , and Livingston - Debates - Importance of Union— Hamilton to ...
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... admitted by the enemy to be unjust . By an unjust war , the unjust party acquires no rights , for no rights can be derived from an injury . It was not a solemn war , and therefore con- ferred no rights upon the captor . Nor was that ...
... admitted by the enemy to be unjust . By an unjust war , the unjust party acquires no rights , for no rights can be derived from an injury . It was not a solemn war , and therefore con- ferred no rights upon the captor . Nor was that ...
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... admitted . The court also declared-- " Our union , as has been properly observed , is known , and le- galized in our constitution , and adopted as a fundamental law in the first act of our legislature . The federal com- pact hath vested ...
... admitted . The court also declared-- " Our union , as has been properly observed , is known , and le- galized in our constitution , and adopted as a fundamental law in the first act of our legislature . The federal com- pact hath vested ...
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... admitted , that less ceremony ought to be used in divesting any citizen of that right , than in depriv- ing him of his property . Such a doctrine would ill suit the principles of the revolution , which taught the inhab- itants of this ...
... admitted , that less ceremony ought to be used in divesting any citizen of that right , than in depriv- ing him of his property . Such a doctrine would ill suit the principles of the revolution , which taught the inhab- itants of this ...
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... admitted maxims of public law , to disregard the most sacred obligations , and to encroach upon and undermine the rights of individuals , and that the only security of the American citizen against local violence and usurpation , is in ...
... admitted maxims of public law , to disregard the most sacred obligations , and to encroach upon and undermine the rights of individuals , and that the only security of the American citizen against local violence and usurpation , is in ...
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