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... Congress to impose a Tariff for the encou- ragement of Manufactures . By James Madison , late President of the United States . 2. Protest of the Legislature of South - Carolina against the system of protecting duties . & c . adopted on ...
... Congress to impose a Tariff for the encou- ragement of Manufactures . By James Madison , late President of the United States . 2. Protest of the Legislature of South - Carolina against the system of protecting duties . & c . adopted on ...
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... Congress never has been at liberty to dis- regard these solemn conditions . For the fulfilment of all these trusts , the public faith was and is fully pledged . How then , would it have been possible for Congress , if it had been so ...
... Congress never has been at liberty to dis- regard these solemn conditions . For the fulfilment of all these trusts , the public faith was and is fully pledged . How then , would it have been possible for Congress , if it had been so ...
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... Congress shall direct , " seems to vest in Congress a large discretion over the whole subject , The mode and manner of the sale necessarily involve the power of fixing such a price as Congress may consider , most likely to subserve the ...
... Congress shall direct , " seems to vest in Congress a large discretion over the whole subject , The mode and manner of the sale necessarily involve the power of fixing such a price as Congress may consider , most likely to subserve the ...
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... Congress . The debate on the Bank question , on the Tariff of 1816 , and on the Direct Tax , will show who was who , and what was what , at that time . The tariff of 1816 , one of the plain cases of oppression and usurpation , from ...
... Congress . The debate on the Bank question , on the Tariff of 1816 , and on the Direct Tax , will show who was who , and what was what , at that time . The tariff of 1816 , one of the plain cases of oppression and usurpation , from ...
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... Congress , with one distinguished exception , responded to the authentic expression of her opinions , by a zealous and unfaltering opposition to all ap- propriation for the objects of internal improvements , against the promotion of ...
... Congress , with one distinguished exception , responded to the authentic expression of her opinions , by a zealous and unfaltering opposition to all ap- propriation for the objects of internal improvements , against the promotion of ...
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Page 174 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise :hese That 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, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 164 - ... each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 98 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 163 - 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 the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Page 98 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line.
Page 168 - Having constituted the government, and declared its powers, the people have further said that since somebody must decide on the extent of these powers, the government shall itself decide, subject always, like other popular governments, to its responsibility to the people. And now, sir, I repeat, how is it that a state legislature acquires any power to interfere?
Page 438 - On the other hand it is perfectly clear that the sovereign powers vested in the state governments, by their respective constitutions, remained unaltered and unimpaired, except so far as they were granted to the government of the United States.
Page 163 - The states then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated...
Page 463 - Executive and a convenient number of the National Judiciary, ought to compose a council of revision with authority to examine every act of the National Legislature before it shall operate, and every act of a particular Legislature before a Negative thereon shall be final; and that the dissent of the said Council shall amount to a rejection, unless the Act of the National Legislature be again passed, or that of a particular Legislature be again negatived by of the members of each branch.
Page 168 - But who shall decide this question of interference ? To whom lies the last appeal ? This, sir, the constitution itself decides also, by declaring " that the judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States.