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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Page 81
... became a question of equal urgency and importance , whether the act prohibiting that intercourse was not to be considered as remaining in legal force . This question being , after due deliberation , determined in the affirmative , a ...
... became a question of equal urgency and importance , whether the act prohibiting that intercourse was not to be considered as remaining in legal force . This question being , after due deliberation , determined in the affirmative , a ...
Page 88
... became at length inevitable , and the result has shown that our government is equal to that , the greatest of trials , under the most unfavorable circum- stances . Of the virtue of the people , and of the heroic exploits of the army ...
... became at length inevitable , and the result has shown that our government is equal to that , the greatest of trials , under the most unfavorable circum- stances . Of the virtue of the people , and of the heroic exploits of the army ...
Page 152
... became an officer with a view to the public benefits ; and when these require his removal , they are not to be sacrificed to private inter- ests . It is the people , and they alone , who have a right to complain when a bad officer is ...
... became an officer with a view to the public benefits ; and when these require his removal , they are not to be sacrificed to private inter- ests . It is the people , and they alone , who have a right to complain when a bad officer is ...
Page 163
... became a member of the confederacy which eventuated in our federal union , as a sovereign state , always asserting her claim to certain limits ; which having been originally defined in her colonial charter , and subsequently recognized ...
... became a member of the confederacy which eventuated in our federal union , as a sovereign state , always asserting her claim to certain limits ; which having been originally defined in her colonial charter , and subsequently recognized ...
Page 178
... became free and independent states . But each state has the unquestionable right to regulate its own internal concerns according to its own pleasure ; and while it does not interfere with the rights of the people of other states , or ...
... became free and independent states . But each state has the unquestionable right to regulate its own internal concerns according to its own pleasure ; and while it does not interfere with the rights of the people of other states , or ...
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