The American Politican: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of Interesting Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, and Many Other Distinguished Characters |
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... administration ; and this can be learned only from public documents . It is true that the press teems with political publications , from which it might be supposed that the people could obtain the requisite information . But it is to be ...
... administration ; and this can be learned only from public documents . It is true that the press teems with political publications , from which it might be supposed that the people could obtain the requisite information . But it is to be ...
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... of new appropriations of lands . He has obstructed the administration of justice , by re- fusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers He has made judges dependent on his will alone , 8 THE AMERICAN POLITICIAN .
... of new appropriations of lands . He has obstructed the administration of justice , by re- fusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers He has made judges dependent on his will alone , 8 THE AMERICAN POLITICIAN .
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... administration , ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies . In this conflict of emotions , all that I dare aver is , that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by ...
... administration , ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies . In this conflict of emotions , all that I dare aver is , that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by ...
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... administration , that every valua- ble end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people ; and by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights ; to dis- cern and provide against ...
... administration , that every valua- ble end of government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people ; and by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights ; to dis- cern and provide against ...
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... administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable . Not uncon- scious , in the outset , of the inferiority of my qualifications , experience in my own eyes , perhaps still more in the eyes ...
... administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable . Not uncon- scious , in the outset , of the inferiority of my qualifications , experience in my own eyes , perhaps still more in the eyes ...
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