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... Protection the Incident , Democratic Doctrine - The Reverse that of its Opponents - Changed Positions of Leading States- men on the Question - Views of John Stuart Mill - Extracts . 88 98 CHAPTER IX . - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ...
... Protection the Incident , Democratic Doctrine - The Reverse that of its Opponents - Changed Positions of Leading States- men on the Question - Views of John Stuart Mill - Extracts . 88 98 CHAPTER IX . - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ...
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... Protection and United States Bank - Secures Admission of Missouri- Duel with John Randolph - Often Unsuccessful Candidate for President - Personal Traits and Habits - Specimen of His Oratory . PAGE . CHAPTER IX - JOHN C. CALHOUN ...
... Protection and United States Bank - Secures Admission of Missouri- Duel with John Randolph - Often Unsuccessful Candidate for President - Personal Traits and Habits - Specimen of His Oratory . PAGE . CHAPTER IX - JOHN C. CALHOUN ...
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... protection . States which have no common umpire must be their own judges and execute their own decisions . " * * * The explanation of this curiosity of politics is that , previous to this time ( 1812 ) , the New Eng- land States ...
... protection . States which have no common umpire must be their own judges and execute their own decisions . " * * * The explanation of this curiosity of politics is that , previous to this time ( 1812 ) , the New Eng- land States ...
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... protection the incident , had been the rule of the earlier tariffs . Now that rule was sought to be reversed and to make protection the object of the law and revenue the incident . " And as strange as any of these curiosities , John Q ...
... protection the incident , had been the rule of the earlier tariffs . Now that rule was sought to be reversed and to make protection the object of the law and revenue the incident . " And as strange as any of these curiosities , John Q ...
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... protection as the incident ought to be the rule . 5th . The admission of Texas . 6th . The estab- lishment of the United States treasury . Hitherto the surplus moneys had been loaned to banks or distributed to the States . The bills to ...
... protection as the incident ought to be the rule . 5th . The admission of Texas . 6th . The estab- lishment of the United States treasury . Hitherto the surplus moneys had been loaned to banks or distributed to the States . The bills to ...
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Page 220 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina...
Page 231 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 219 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Page 4 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 36 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 69 - To say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...
Page 119 - States at any time during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States, within such time as shall be expressed in such order...
Page 222 - Trust, or Profit under the United States : but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment, and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION 4. The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the...
Page 222 - Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and Disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honour, Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Page 221 - The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.