The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page xxii
... authority of recorded decisions , but stating the general principles of law ap- plicable to the question , and arranging the facts in the simplest order , enforces his arguments by a priori reasonings , and shows the basis of his ...
... authority of recorded decisions , but stating the general principles of law ap- plicable to the question , and arranging the facts in the simplest order , enforces his arguments by a priori reasonings , and shows the basis of his ...
Page xlvii
... authority of the sheriff , attended him until he had executed the legal processes in his hands , including those against the indi- viduals who had resisted the laws . In announcing these measures to the legislature in his annual message ...
... authority of the sheriff , attended him until he had executed the legal processes in his hands , including those against the indi- viduals who had resisted the laws . In announcing these measures to the legislature in his annual message ...
Page lxxxvi
... authority over anything , whether acquired lawfully or seized by usurpation . The Constitution regulates our steward- ship ; the Constitution devotes the domain to union , to justice , to defence , to welfare , and to liberty . But ...
... authority over anything , whether acquired lawfully or seized by usurpation . The Constitution regulates our steward- ship ; the Constitution devotes the domain to union , to justice , to defence , to welfare , and to liberty . But ...
Page 21
... authorities , from so respectable a source , I regret to be compelled to use the authority of the President himself . But the document from which I shall read is one you are prepared to adopt , and although it clash with that of the ...
... authorities , from so respectable a source , I regret to be compelled to use the authority of the President himself . But the document from which I shall read is one you are prepared to adopt , and although it clash with that of the ...
Page 53
... authority of Congress . But she was left to organize herself without any boundaries fixed by pre- vious law or by prescription . She was obliged , therefore , to assume boundaries , since without boundaries she must have re- mained ...
... authority of Congress . But she was left to organize herself without any boundaries fixed by pre- vious law or by prescription . She was obliged , therefore , to assume boundaries , since without boundaries she must have re- mained ...
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