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... constitutional action thereon , the Senate did , on the eighth day of March , eighteen hundred and fifty - nine , advise and consent to the ratification of the same , by a resolution in the words and figures following , to wit : " IN ...
... constitutional action thereon , the Senate did , on the eighth day of March , eighteen hundred and fifty - nine , advise and consent to the ratification of the same , by a resolution in the words and figures following , to wit : " IN ...
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... Constitution , they preferred to take the risk of leaving some good undone , for lack of power in the agent , rather than arm any government officer with such great powers for evil as are implied in the dictatorial charge to " see that ...
... Constitution , they preferred to take the risk of leaving some good undone , for lack of power in the agent , rather than arm any government officer with such great powers for evil as are implied in the dictatorial charge to " see that ...
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... Constitution . Our government indeed , as a whole , is not vested with the sovereignty , and does not possess all the powers of the nation . It has no powers but such as are granted by the Constitution ; and many powers are expressly ...
... Constitution . Our government indeed , as a whole , is not vested with the sovereignty , and does not possess all the powers of the nation . It has no powers but such as are granted by the Constitution ; and many powers are expressly ...
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... Constitution , while it grants to Congress the unrestricted power to declare war , to raise and support armies , and to provide and maintain a navy , at the same time guards carefully against the abuse of that power , by withholding ...
... Constitution , while it grants to Congress the unrestricted power to declare war , to raise and support armies , and to provide and maintain a navy , at the same time guards carefully against the abuse of that power , by withholding ...
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... Constitution , ( and he is the only de- partment that is so required , ) to " take care that the laws ( all the laws ) be faithfully executed ; " and in the exercise of that function , his duties are coextensive with the laws of the ...
... Constitution , ( and he is the only de- partment that is so required , ) to " take care that the laws ( all the laws ) be faithfully executed ; " and in the exercise of that function , his duties are coextensive with the laws of the ...
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Page 66 - Army depots: freights, wharfage, tolls and ferriages; the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other sea-going vessels and boats required for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay...
Page 18 - ... that, from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and...
Page 4 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Page 42 - Undersigned, head chief, chiefs, headmen and delegates of the aforesaid confederated tribes and bands of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year hereinbefore written.
Page 19 - Missouri, for the purpose of removing misapprehensions and allaying public excitement, deem it proper to declare publicly that they have this day had a personal interview in this city, in which it has been mutually understood, without the semblance of dissent on either part, that each of them has no other than a common object equally interesting and important to every citizen of Missouri — that of restoring peace and good order to the people of the state in subordination to the laws of the general...
Page 10 - If at any time the public safety should require the suspension of the powers vested by this Act in the courts of the United States, it is for the Legislature to say so. That question depends on political considerations, on which the Legislature is to decide. Until the legislative will be expressed, this court can only see its duty, and must obey the laws.
Page 65 - ... extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the quartermaster's department in the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hospitals, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days...
Page 6 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Page 10 - But the great and efficacious writ, in all manner of illegal confinement, is that of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, directed to the person detaining another and commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, ad faciendum, subjiciendum et recipiendum, to do, submit to, and receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding such writ shall consider in that behalf.