The Governmental Instructor, Or, A Brief and Comprehensive View of the Government of the United States, and of the State Governments: In Easy Lessons : Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... sovereign , and every one would be bound to obey this united will whenever it was expressed . For the united will of ... sovereign ? If there are two or more what is sovereign ? What is a law ? Who are bound to obey it ? Upon whom ...
... sovereign , and every one would be bound to obey this united will whenever it was expressed . For the united will of ... sovereign ? If there are two or more what is sovereign ? What is a law ? Who are bound to obey it ? Upon whom ...
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... sovereign will may require . A nation of twenty millions , could not assemble together to enact a law , and yet every law must originate from the people . They therefore select from among themselves a small number of Representatives ...
... sovereign will may require . A nation of twenty millions , could not assemble together to enact a law , and yet every law must originate from the people . They therefore select from among themselves a small number of Representatives ...
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... sovereign capacity , may at any time withdraw their consent , and then the ruler's right to govern is extinguished . Thus , the people of England , having been ruled for several successive generations , by the Stuarts , at length ...
... sovereign capacity , may at any time withdraw their consent , and then the ruler's right to govern is extinguished . Thus , the people of England , having been ruled for several successive generations , by the Stuarts , at length ...
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... sovereign power still remained in the king , and each of the colonies separately . The dispute between the colonies and the mother country becoming warmer and warmer , a second Continental Congress was resolved upon by the seve- ral ...
... sovereign power still remained in the king , and each of the colonies separately . The dispute between the colonies and the mother country becoming warmer and warmer , a second Continental Congress was resolved upon by the seve- ral ...
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... sovereign When was the declaration of independence made ? Who were the committee appointed to draft it ? Who penned the declaration of independence ? From that moment what did the colonies cease to be ? And what did they become ? States ...
... sovereign When was the declaration of independence made ? Who were the committee appointed to draft it ? Who penned the declaration of independence ? From that moment what did the colonies cease to be ? And what did they become ? States ...
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Page 171 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 172 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 168 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 165 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 158 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Page 172 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 165 - ... 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 7. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign...
Page 58 - Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications of its own members...
Page 164 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Page 174 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...