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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... measures of each 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 ...
... measures of each 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 ...
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... measures . He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly , for opposing , with manly firmness , his invasions on the rights of the people . He has refused , for a long time after such dissolutions , to cause others to be elected ...
... measures . He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly , for opposing , with manly firmness , his invasions on the rights of the people . He has refused , for a long time after such dissolutions , to cause others to be elected ...
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... measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ; he may , on extraordinary occasions , convene both houses , or either of them , and in case of disagreement between them , with respect to the time of adjournment , he may adjourn ...
... measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient ; he may , on extraordinary occasions , convene both houses , or either of them , and in case of disagreement between them , with respect to the time of adjournment , he may adjourn ...
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... measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient . " The circumstances under which I now meet you will acquit me from entering into that subject further than to refer to the great constitutional charter under which you are assembled ...
... measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient . " The circumstances under which I now meet you will acquit me from entering into that subject further than to refer to the great constitutional charter under which you are assembled ...
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... measures on which the success of this government must depend . WASHINGTON'S FIRST ANNUAL ADDRESS . JANUARY 8 , 1790 . Fellow - Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : I EMBRACE with great satisfaction the opportunity which ...
... measures on which the success of this government must depend . WASHINGTON'S FIRST ANNUAL ADDRESS . JANUARY 8 , 1790 . Fellow - Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : I EMBRACE with great satisfaction the opportunity which ...
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