The Statesman's Manual: An Enlarged and Revised Edition of the President's Messages ; with Other Public Documents, a Biography of Each President, and a History of Their Administrations, Etc, Volume 2 |
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... house of representatives to decide an election of so high and solemn a character , is unjust to the people ; and becomes , when it occurs , a source of embarrassment to the individuals thus brought into power , and a cause of distrust ...
... house of representatives to decide an election of so high and solemn a character , is unjust to the people ; and becomes , when it occurs , a source of embarrassment to the individuals thus brought into power , and a cause of distrust ...
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... House of Representatives of the United States : - GENTLEMEN : From information received at the department of state , it is ascertained that , owing to unforeseen circumstances , several of the mar- shals have been unable to complete the ...
... House of Representatives of the United States : - GENTLEMEN : From information received at the department of state , it is ascertained that , owing to unforeseen circumstances , several of the mar- shals have been unable to complete the ...
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... House of Representatives of the United States : - THE accompanying papers show the situation and extreme peril , from which more than sixty of our fellow - citizens have been rescued by the courage and humanity of the master and crew of ...
... House of Representatives of the United States : - THE accompanying papers show the situation and extreme peril , from which more than sixty of our fellow - citizens have been rescued by the courage and humanity of the master and crew of ...
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... House of Representatives : - ON your assembling to perform the high trusts which the people of the United States have confided to you , of legislating for their common wel- fare , it gives me pleasure to congratulate you upon the happy ...
... House of Representatives : - ON your assembling to perform the high trusts which the people of the United States have confided to you , of legislating for their common wel- fare , it gives me pleasure to congratulate you upon the happy ...
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... house of representatives " shall have the sole power of impeachment ; " that the senate " shall have the sole power to try all impeachments ; that " when sitting for that purpose , they shall be on oath or affirmation " -that " when the ...
... house of representatives " shall have the sole power of impeachment ; " that the senate " shall have the sole power to try all impeachments ; that " when sitting for that purpose , they shall be on oath or affirmation " -that " when the ...
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Page 787 - I consider then the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Page 784 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...
Page 1410 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 1434 - Europe, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of His Britannic Majesty in Europe of any articles, the growth. produce, or manufacture of the United States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country...
Page 1020 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 807 - State will thenceforth hold themselves absolved from all further obligation to maintain or preserve their political connexion with the people of the other States, and will forthwith proceed to organize a separate government, and do all other acts and things which sovereign and independent States may of right do.
Page 771 - Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves — in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence; not in its control, but in its protection; not in binding the States more closely to the center, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.
Page 918 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Page 784 - ... null and void, otherwise than through the civil tribunals of the country, as inconsistent with the longer continuance of...
Page 820 - States; and in case of any attempt otherwise to take such vessel or cargo by any force, or combination, or assemblage of persons too great to be overcome by the officers of the customs...