The North American Review, Volume 170, Issues 4-6O. Everett, 1900 |
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Page 454
... tion was something of which my occupation would not permit . Therefore , it would certainly have been difficult for me to decide either in favor of England or the Transvaal . Secondly , the ques- tion was a political one . If I ...
... tion was something of which my occupation would not permit . Therefore , it would certainly have been difficult for me to decide either in favor of England or the Transvaal . Secondly , the ques- tion was a political one . If I ...
Page 456
... tion a country which I know well , will be on the fair road to bankruptcy if she persist in keeping all nations on a war footing , if she continue the manufacture of guns that are becoming daily more costly and more destructive , and if ...
... tion a country which I know well , will be on the fair road to bankruptcy if she persist in keeping all nations on a war footing , if she continue the manufacture of guns that are becoming daily more costly and more destructive , and if ...
Page 463
... tion become only the more alarming ? On the other side of the seas would be found great fortified camps such as we have in Europe ; there would be one in England and another in America , and both nations could truly be said to be under ...
... tion become only the more alarming ? On the other side of the seas would be found great fortified camps such as we have in Europe ; there would be one in England and another in America , and both nations could truly be said to be under ...
Page 467
... tion , it precipitated a great debate . The questions were , first , whether or not our Government had any power to acquire territory in the way proposed ; in the second place , whether or not we had power , when it was so acquired , to ...
... tion , it precipitated a great debate . The questions were , first , whether or not our Government had any power to acquire territory in the way proposed ; in the second place , whether or not we had power , when it was so acquired , to ...
Page 469
... tion , as compared with the rest of the United States ; and it may , as there is occasion to do in this instance with respect to coffee , impose a duty upon the importation of coffee into Puerto Rico for the protection of the coffee ...
... tion , as compared with the rest of the United States ; and it may , as there is occasion to do in this instance with respect to coffee , impose a duty upon the importation of coffee into Puerto Rico for the protection of the coffee ...
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Page 469 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 766 - Congress, be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct, for the establishment of civil government and for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of said Islands in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion...
Page 754 - I know your great motive in coming hither was the hope of being instrumental in a reconciliation ; and I believe, when...
Page 765 - ... prepare them for local self-government, and in due time to make such disposition of said islands as will best promote the interests of the citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of said islands.
Page 573 - Church holds to be sacred and canonical not because, having been carefully composed by mere human industry, they were afterwards approved by her authority, nor merely because they contain revelation, with no admixture of error, but because, having been written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, they have God for their author, and have been delivered as such to the Church herself.
Page 778 - Majesty's pleasure. 75. In all matters (i) arising under any treaty; (ii) affecting consuls or other representatives of other countries; (iii) in which the Commonwealth, or a person suing or being sued on behalf of the Commonwealth, is a party; (iv) between States, or between residents of different States, or between a State and a resident of another State; (v) in which a writ of Mandamus or prohibition or an injunction is sought against an officer of the Commonwealth, the High Court shall have original...
Page 778 - EVERY power of the Parliament of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, shall, unless it is by this Constitution exclusively vested in the Parliament of the Commonwealth or withdrawn from the Parliament of the State, continue as at the establishment of the Commonwealth, or as at the admission or establishment of the State, as the case may be.
Page 627 - Government will not impede the development of the commercial and industrial relations between Japan and Korea.
Page 766 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 582 - He that will not eat, till he has demonstration that it will nourish him ; he that will not stir, till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed ; will have but little else to do, but to sit still and perish.