History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1859 - United States |
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... considered as omens which portend the diminution of our respectability , power , and felicity . I hope that as the wheel turns round , other and better indications will soon appear . I am persuaded that America possesses too much wisdom ...
... considered as omens which portend the diminution of our respectability , power , and felicity . I hope that as the wheel turns round , other and better indications will soon appear . I am persuaded that America possesses too much wisdom ...
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... considered , not as a sovereign enacting a law , but as a party to a contract ; as a member of a more ex- tensive community agreeing to a constitution of govern- ment . It is absurd to say , one of the parties to a contract may , at ...
... considered , not as a sovereign enacting a law , but as a party to a contract ; as a member of a more ex- tensive community agreeing to a constitution of govern- ment . It is absurd to say , one of the parties to a contract may , at ...
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... considered , a member of the Senate , a violent noted partisan of Clinton , ‡ moved an amendment , prescribing a test oath , which , though op- posed by Schuyler and five other senators , was incorporated in the Act . It disfranchised ...
... considered , a member of the Senate , a violent noted partisan of Clinton , ‡ moved an amendment , prescribing a test oath , which , though op- posed by Schuyler and five other senators , was incorporated in the Act . It disfranchised ...
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... considered as a mere pretext , for that sense cannot appear to them in a form so explicit and au- thoritative as the constitution under which they act ; and if it could appear with equal authority , it could only bind when it had been ...
... considered as a mere pretext , for that sense cannot appear to them in a form so explicit and au- thoritative as the constitution under which they act ; and if it could appear with equal authority , it could only bind when it had been ...
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... considered it as a cardinal maxim to secure to herself the exclusive trade of her colonies , would relax in favour of the United States , so recently revolted , was little to be expected . Indeed , the people of this coun- try did not ...
... considered it as a cardinal maxim to secure to herself the exclusive trade of her colonies , would relax in favour of the United States , so recently revolted , was little to be expected . Indeed , the people of this coun- try did not ...
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