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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... legislative bodies at places unu- sual , uncomfortable , and distant from the repository of their public records , for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures . He has dissolved representative houses ...
... legislative bodies at places unu- sual , uncomfortable , and distant from the repository of their public records , for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures . He has dissolved representative houses ...
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... legislation , For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us ; For protecting them , by a mock trial , from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhab- itants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with ...
... legislation , For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us ; For protecting them , by a mock trial , from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhab- itants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with ...
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... legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . SECT . II.1 . The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every ...
... legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . SECT . II.1 . The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every ...
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... legislation , in all cases what- soever , over such district ( not exceeding ten miles square ) as may , by cession of particular states , and the accept- alice of Congress , become the seat of government of the United States , and to ...
... legislation , in all cases what- soever , over such district ( not exceeding ten miles square ) as may , by cession of particular states , and the accept- alice of Congress , become the seat of government of the United States , and to ...
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... legislation , and to those associated . with you , I look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked , amid the conflicting elements of a troubled ...
... legislation , and to those associated . with you , I look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked , amid the conflicting elements of a troubled ...
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