History of the State of New York, Political and Governmental, Volume 6Ray Burdick Smith Syracuse Press, 1922 - New York (State) |
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... Andrew Jackson reëlected President .......... Martin Van Buren elected Vice - President ....... 1836 Democratic National convention ( 1835 ) .... The two - thirds rule regularly established ... Van Buren and Johnson ....... Whig party ...
... Andrew Jackson reëlected President .......... Martin Van Buren elected Vice - President ....... 1836 Democratic National convention ( 1835 ) .... The two - thirds rule regularly established ... Van Buren and Johnson ....... Whig party ...
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... Johnson ........... 193 Platform of the northern Democracy .. 194 Breckinridge and Lane ........... .195 , 196 ... Andrew Johnson elected Vice - President .... 210 1868 Republican party : Grant and Colfax ... 211 Platform of the ...
... Johnson ........... 193 Platform of the northern Democracy .. 194 Breckinridge and Lane ........... .195 , 196 ... Andrew Johnson elected Vice - President .... 210 1868 Republican party : Grant and Colfax ... 211 Platform of the ...
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... Andrew Jackson ........ .120 Thomas Jefferson ... 56 Andrew Johnson .... ..264 Abraham Lincoln .. William McKinley .. James Madison ... ........ James Monroe ... Frontispiece .376 72 88 Franklin Pierce .. .232 James K. Polk ..... 184 ...
... Andrew Jackson ........ .120 Thomas Jefferson ... 56 Andrew Johnson .... ..264 Abraham Lincoln .. William McKinley .. James Madison ... ........ James Monroe ... Frontispiece .376 72 88 Franklin Pierce .. .232 James K. Polk ..... 184 ...
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... Andrew Jackson , of Tennessee , was nominated unanimously ; for Vice - President , Martin Van Buren , of New York , by 208 votes against 49 for Philip P. Barbour , of Virginia , and 26 for Richard M. Johnson , of Kentucky . The choice ...
... Andrew Jackson , of Tennessee , was nominated unanimously ; for Vice - President , Martin Van Buren , of New York , by 208 votes against 49 for Philip P. Barbour , of Virginia , and 26 for Richard M. Johnson , of Kentucky . The choice ...
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... Andrew Johnson , of Tennessee , 12 ; Daniel S. Dickinson , of New York , 7 ; Joseph Lane , of Oregon , 6 ; Isaac Toucey , of Connecticut , 22 ; Jefferson Davis , of Mississippi , 12 ; Franklin Pierce , of New Hampshire , 1. Fifty ...
... Andrew Johnson , of Tennessee , 12 ; Daniel S. Dickinson , of New York , 7 ; Joseph Lane , of Oregon , 6 ; Isaac Toucey , of Connecticut , 22 ; Jefferson Davis , of Mississippi , 12 ; Franklin Pierce , of New Hampshire , 1. Fifty ...
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Page 147 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 30 - Government, as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further 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...
Page 30 - ... confederation, were the less liable to be misconstrued) so as to destroy the meaning and effect of the particular enumeration which necessarily explains, and limits the general phrases, and so as to CONSOLIDATE THE STATES BY DEGREES INTO ONE SOVEREIGNTY, THE OBVIOUS TENDENCY AND INEVITABLE RESULT OF WHICH WOULD BE, TO TRANSFORM THE PRESENT REPUBLICAN SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES INTO AN ABSOLUTE, OR AT BEST, A MIXED MONARCHY. That the General Assembly doth particularly protest against the palpable...
Page 101 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 440 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
Page 81 - That the Federal Government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution ; and the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the government ; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. 2. That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improvements.
Page 177 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 33 - SINCE THE DISCRETION OF THOSE WHO ADMINISTER THE GOVERNMENT, AND NOT THE CONSTITUTION, WOULD BE THE MEASURE OF THEIR POWERS : That the several States who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, THAT A NULLIFICATION BY THOSE SOVEREIGNTIES, OF ALL UNAUTHORIZED ACTS DONE UNDER COLOR OF THAT INSTRUMENT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY...
Page 24 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Page 289 - European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of these, in turn, despise the Republic and endanger liberty.