Souvenir and Official Programme of the Centennial Celebration of George Washington's Inauguration as First President of the United States, Volume 2John Alden Garnett & Gow, 1889 - 393 pages |
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... Jersey went back to this issue of paper money . One year before , Pennsylvania had emitted £ 50,000 in bills of credit , and had annulled the charter of the Bank of the United States , because it refused to receive these bills at par ...
... Jersey went back to this issue of paper money . One year before , Pennsylvania had emitted £ 50,000 in bills of credit , and had annulled the charter of the Bank of the United States , because it refused to receive these bills at par ...
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... Jersey , George Wythe and James McClurg , of Virginia , John Francis Mercer , of Maryland , Luther Martin , of New Jersey , Alexander Martin , of North Carolina , and William Richardson Davies , of South Carolina , and William Pierce ...
... Jersey , George Wythe and James McClurg , of Virginia , John Francis Mercer , of Maryland , Luther Martin , of New Jersey , Alexander Martin , of North Carolina , and William Richardson Davies , of South Carolina , and William Pierce ...
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... Jersey and Pennsylvania were on the other . Virginia and North Carolina held the balance of power after New York was left without a vote . The former was controlled by men who were opposed to slavery on principle . The latter was ...
... Jersey and Pennsylvania were on the other . Virginia and North Carolina held the balance of power after New York was left without a vote . The former was controlled by men who were opposed to slavery on principle . The latter was ...
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... JERSEY . WILLIAM LIVINGSTON . WILLIAM LIVINGSTON , of New Jersey , was born in 1723 , at Albany , New York . In company with a missionary , he spent some years of his boyhood life with the Mohawk Indians , but during that period his ...
... JERSEY . WILLIAM LIVINGSTON . WILLIAM LIVINGSTON , of New Jersey , was born in 1723 , at Albany , New York . In company with a missionary , he spent some years of his boyhood life with the Mohawk Indians , but during that period his ...
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... Jersey forces , and in 1776 was elected Gov- ernor , in which capacity it is related that he refused the position of ... Jersey , and died in 1790 while holding that office . JONATHAN DAYTON . NEW JERSEY . JONATHAN DAYTON . JONATHAN ...
... Jersey forces , and in 1776 was elected Gov- ernor , in which capacity it is related that he refused the position of ... Jersey , and died in 1790 while holding that office . JONATHAN DAYTON . NEW JERSEY . JONATHAN DAYTON . JONATHAN ...
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Page 123 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Page 126 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 126 - ... party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make.
Page 127 - 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...
Page 124 - 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...
Page 268 - I behold the surest pledges that as, on one side, no local prejudices or attachments, no separate views nor party animosities, will misdirect a comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests; so on another, that the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens...
Page 269 - Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 125 - United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SECTION 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good...
Page 119 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof ; but the Congress may, at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 121 - To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.