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... trust with power ; that our Constitution has accordingly fixed the limits to which , and no farther , our confidence may go ; and let the honest advocate of confi- dence read the alien and sedition acts , and say if the Constitution has ...
... trust with power ; that our Constitution has accordingly fixed the limits to which , and no farther , our confidence may go ; and let the honest advocate of confi- dence read the alien and sedition acts , and say if the Constitution has ...
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... trust and weighty responsibility as the reward of public services , to the detriment of all or any particular interest in , or section of , the country ; and , con- sequently , to the continuance of Mr. Madison in an office which , in ...
... trust and weighty responsibility as the reward of public services , to the detriment of all or any particular interest in , or section of , the country ; and , con- sequently , to the continuance of Mr. Madison in an office which , in ...
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... trust and whose principles we sanction . PARTIES IN 1840 . The Abolitionists met in national convention at Warsaw , N. Y. , Nov. 13 , 1839 ; nominated a Presidential ticket and adopted a resolution that in their judgment " every ...
... trust and whose principles we sanction . PARTIES IN 1840 . The Abolitionists met in national convention at Warsaw , N. Y. , Nov. 13 , 1839 ; nominated a Presidential ticket and adopted a resolution that in their judgment " every ...
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Democratic Platform . 1. Resolved , That the American Democracy place their trust in the intelligence , the patriot- ism and the discriminating justice of the Amer- ican people . 2. Resolved , That we regard this as a distinct- ive ...
Democratic Platform . 1. Resolved , That the American Democracy place their trust in the intelligence , the patriot- ism and the discriminating justice of the Amer- ican people . 2. Resolved , That we regard this as a distinct- ive ...
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... tributaries , natural and artificial , embrace the whole Union , render the protection of the inter- ests of the whole country his first trust , and whose various duties in past life have been rendered , 18 NATIONAL PARTY PLATFORMS .
... tributaries , natural and artificial , embrace the whole Union , render the protection of the inter- ests of the whole country his first trust , and whose various duties in past life have been rendered , 18 NATIONAL PARTY PLATFORMS .
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Page 1 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights,...
Page 1 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Page 3 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Page 26 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 26 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 26 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism— polygamy and slavery.
Page 37 - We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political.
Page 30 - Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 29 - That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carried slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 1 - That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, against every aggression either foreign or domestic; and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.