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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... limit- ing our demands upon others to mere justice ; holding ourselves ever ready to do unto them as we would wish to be ... limits between ourselves and that repub- lic ; and finally , the arbitrament of the question between the United ...
... limit- ing our demands upon others to mere justice ; holding ourselves ever ready to do unto them as we would wish to be ... limits between ourselves and that repub- lic ; and finally , the arbitrament of the question between the United ...
Page 735
... limit- ing our demands upon others to mere justice ; holding ourselves ever ready to do unto them as we would wish to be ... limits between ourselves and that repub- lic ; and finally , the arbitrament of the question between the United ...
... limit- ing our demands upon others to mere justice ; holding ourselves ever ready to do unto them as we would wish to be ... limits between ourselves and that repub- lic ; and finally , the arbitrament of the question between the United ...
Page 747
... limits extensive tracts of Indian lands , and in some instances , powerful Indian tribes ? Was it not understood by both parties that the power of the states was to be co - exten- sive with their limits , and that , with all convenient ...
... limits extensive tracts of Indian lands , and in some instances , powerful Indian tribes ? Was it not understood by both parties that the power of the states was to be co - exten- sive with their limits , and that , with all convenient ...
Page 748
... limits . When this is done , the duties of the general government in relation to the states and the Indians within their limits are at an end . The Indians may leave the state or not , as they choose . The purchase of their lands does ...
... limits . When this is done , the duties of the general government in relation to the states and the Indians within their limits are at an end . The Indians may leave the state or not , as they choose . The purchase of their lands does ...
Page 762
... limits is dangerous to their peace and injurious to himself . In accordance with my recommend- ation at a former session of Congress , an appropriation of half a million of dollars was made to aid the voluntary removal of the various ...
... limits is dangerous to their peace and injurious to himself . In accordance with my recommend- ation at a former session of Congress , an appropriation of half a million of dollars was made to aid the voluntary removal of the various ...
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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...